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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Kyle Smith became the latest first-time winner in Top Alcohol Funny Car after beating Bob McCosh in the final. Smith left first with a nearly perfect .009 light and then capped off the victory with the second-quickest run of the event, a 5.496. Smith had previously run 5.487 in qualifying. McCosh, fresh off a win a week earlier in Topeka, sealed his runner-up finish with a 5.616.
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Gary Stinnett, a Brainerd winner in 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2019, turned in a solid performance in the final to take an 8.909 to 8.904 win against Schultz in a race decided by six thousandths at the finish line. Stinnett also toppled fellow world champion John Labbous Jr. in the semfinals.
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Anthony Bertozzi claimed the 26th win of his amazing career by driving his Pontiac Grand Am to a victory in Super Stock. Bertozzi took an early lead against Mike Mans in the final with a .009 light and held on for the victory with a 9.019 on his 8.97 dial. Bertozzi also defeated recent Topeka winner Wyatt Wagner on his way to the final.
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There was a single run to decide the title in Top Alcohol Dragster after four-time world champion Joey Severance broke a part in his front suspension and couldn’t stage against McPhillips. It might not have mattered as McPhillips continued with his string of 5.1-second performances with a 5.194 to seal the victory.
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