We’re taking you inside the Tear Down Barn at the U.S. Nationals. National Tech Director Lonnie Grim is breaking down the process.
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Curt Harshfield won the Super Street title in Topeka in 2001 and has returned to take a second win in a car much quicker, his six-second ’55 Chevy. Harshfield earned the title in Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers following a tough race against Steve Jaeger’s Monte Carlo in the final round. Harshfield ran right on his 6.96 dial and also cut a competitive .022 light, leaving little room for Jaeger to finish first. Harshfield put together a similar run in the semifinals against Steve Stockton.
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Kendra Larson put together a great run in the final of Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers with a 7.088 on her 7.08 dial but didn’t need it after Holden Laris fouled by a hundredth. Larson also defeated Laris’ father, Ross, in the opening round of eliminations en route to her first national event victory.
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Luke Bogacki followed his national event win in Atlanta and divisional victories in Dallas and Norwalk with another title in Brainerd. The final was over quickly after opponent Dale Evens encountered a mechanical issue and left before the Tree, but Bogacki’s driving was on point for the majority of the event, including a 9.93 to 9.91 holeshot win in against Chris Hess in the semifinals.
Stock winner Brett Speer has now won four national events, and all of them have come at his home track in Brainerd. Speer’s latest victory was unique in that it came as the result of a heads-up, no-breakout final round against Russ Kramer. Speer, in his Chevy Nova, gave up a starting-line edge to Kramer’s vintage ’64 Plymouth but quickly made up the difference to take a 10.510 to 10.815 victory. Speer also won the 2019 Brainerd race, giving him what amounts to back-to-back victories because the event was not held last year.
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