It came down to a pair of Radials vs. the World '69 Camaros vying for the Lights Out 13 title Sunday afternoon at South Georgia Motorsports Park, where Ken Quartuccio prevailed over Bryan Markiewicz for his first major Duck X Productions win.

Joining Quartuccio in the SGMP winner's circle was Pro 275 racer Mo Hall, who successfully defended his 2021 Lights Out win, as well as his 2021 Duck X Sweet 16 victory at the same track.  

Quartuccio made single runs in each of the first two elimination rounds, then overcame a holeshot by Giust in the quarterfinals. He next beat number-one qualifier Jason Lee, who lost traction off the hit in the semis to set up the final against Markiewicz.

On the opposite side of the ladder, Markiewicz also had a first-round bye before making another solo pass when Justin Swanstrom couldn't answer the call for round two. Markiewicz had another relatively easy win over Calvin Franco in round three, then managed a come-from-behind win against Jamie Hancock in the semi-finals.

In the final, Quartuccio left first with a sizable .088 holeshot, while Markiewicz almost immediately headed into a big wheelstand that he eventually had to overcome as Quartuccio went on to post an event-winning 3.76 at 200.35 mph to a 3.77 at 198.76 by Markiewicz.

"I knew he was faster than we were all day, so I said to myself, 'All I wanna' do is leave on him,' because if I leave on him and he just outruns me I'll be able to shake his hand and not feel bad about it," Quartuccio said. "So I knew I cut a good light, because I knew I got a car on him, but I could still hear him there.

"And then about 60 feet out my front end came up on me. It felt like it was three feet high, but probably it was really only about a foot, but it didn't matter because I wasn't lifting. Fortunately, he had to lift because his car wheelied, too, so he did have to just blip the throttle. By that time, though, I wasn't gonna' lift, no matter what. I was gonna' flip it over if that's what it took, but then it just sat down on its own and I was able to drive down through there and luckily got the win."

In Pro 275 Hall took the top spot in qualifying with a 3.73 run at 198.23 mph in his nitrous-injected C6 Corvette, followed by Manny Buginga, Paul Gargus, Canada's Nick Agostino and David Singletary in the top five of a full 32-car field.

Hall eventually would meet number-10 qualifier Eric Dillard in the final after making a first-round bye run when Luke Turpin couldn't answer the call to stage. He then took out Mark Woodruff, Craven Moore, and Singletary in a rerun following a starting tree problem in the semis.

Meanwhile, Dillard raced through Jack Greene, Hank Stubbs, and Robbie Vander Woude before overcoming a .053 holeshot by David Reese to win by .010 in the semis.

The P275 final saw Dillard leave with a .047 light in the left lane, while Hall posted .137, by far his worst light of the day. But Dillard's Proline turbocharged '69 Camaro quickly lost traction, and though he recovered quick enough to post a 3.92 at 191.16-mph effort, it wasn't quite enough to overcome the 3.77 at 197.39 put together by Hall.

"We didn't leave anything on the table. Brandon (Switzer, tuner) told me it had a short fuse and it'd be going to the engine shop win or lose after we were done," Hall said. "I saw him (Dillard) right out there beside me when we left, which usually isn't a good sign, but then he suddenly went away and I started whoopin' and hollerin' in there because I knew we had it won then."

Also among the winners at Lights Out 13 were Frank Mewshaw in X275, Dallas Buchanan in Limited Drag Radial, and Dave Fiscus in Ultra Street. Lyle Barnett also visited victory lane after the first No Time Pro Truck race in Duck X Productions history.