Dallas Glenn is an NHRA rookie.

Yet, the way Glenn has been driving in the 2021 NHRA Camping World Series in the Pro Stock class he has looked like a savvy veteran.

That trend continued Sunday at the Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Glenn clocked a 6.660-second time at 204.60 mph to beat two-time reigning world champion Erica Enders’ 6.684-second lap at 203.74 mph in the finals.

This was Glenn’s third victory of the season – to go along with the wins he had in Charlotte, N.C., and Topeka, Kan.

He ousted Aaron Stanfield, who had a red-light start, Kenny Delco, Mason McGaha, who also had a red-light start, and then Enders. Glenn’s win persevered a 32-point lead for Greg Anderson, his teammate, in the points standings over Enders.

Glenn is third in the points – 109 points behind Anderson.

The final race of the season – the Auto Club Finals is in Pomona, Calif., Nov. 11-14.

“Obviously first round was going to be a memorable moment no matter what, the way the ladder was stacked,” Glenn said about his race day. “Going in, I was most anxious for that one just because Aaron has got me twice this season and he got me in a final round (in Sonoma, Calif.) and I really wanted revenge on him. When I got by Aaron I just kind of relaxed and just started clicking them off. I missed it a little bit in the semis against Mason and luckily, I think a little bit of reputation with the clutch pedal kind of helped me out today. It gave me a little bit of luck when I needed it.

“In the final, I was just trying to do everything I could and hit all my spots. I had all the faith in Rob Downing, Dave Connolly and Jason Line was here in town helping us out and I knew it was going to be good as long as I could do my job. I hit all my shifts and I knew I was good on the tree, and I was hoping the win light would come on.”

Glenn had some problems getting his Camaro started for the final round, but once it turned over Glenn responded with an .001 light and the win.

“Once the car fires up everything else just falls away,” Glenn said. “I just took an extra deep breath before it went into pre-stage and did my thing. I knew once I heard the starter go off and they reached underneath the dash and I heard the starter turn over I knew it wasn’t the starter I knew we would be fine. There’s a lot of bracket racing experience in there, I think. When I left and staged shallow, and it went green I knew it was good. It feels really good to go up there with a plan and execute it.”

There was strategy in play for race day as the Elite Motorsports Team had Troy Coughlin shut off early on three qualifying runs to make sure he faced Anderson in round one.

The plan worked as Coughlin beat No. 1 qualifier Anderson on a holeshot.

“Looking back at it now, there might be some benefit to (that type of strategy) because anytime you can get a good car out early it helps because the longer you let them run the better, they get,” Glenn said. “It changes the game and adds that little bit more pressure and fun to it.”

Glenn has a simple plan for Pomona.

“If I just go up there and do my job like I did today in Pomona I honestly don’t car about rookie of the year at that point,” Glenn said. “I just want to try to get as many race wins as I can and see if we can get a championship or least get second. The main goal at the end of the day is to get round wins and win races.”

It was brought up in the post-media conference with Glenn about Enders beating Coughlin in the semis when his car went silent at the 1,000-foot mark, which Glenn addressed best he could.

“I didn’t get to see the run, so I don’t know,” Glenn said. “I know on that run in the semis, my car was moving around. That was the windiest run I think we have had. It is possible he could have got out of the groove, but I don’t know. At the end of the day, you have to put those behind you and go up there and do everything you can to take them out. Erica has got me twice just like Aaron, so I really wanted revenge, especially since those were both in the Countdown.”