Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Top Dragster winner Phil Unruh
Versatile Phil Unruh won in Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs over Steve Will, the father of former Top Fuel racer Hillary Will. Unruh won for the sixth time in his career when Will fouled by four-thousandths in the final. Unruh would have been tough to beat regardless with a .015 light in his Special Metals dragster. Unruh, who has won in Top Dragster, Super Stock, and Super Street, survived a tough battle against former world champ Matt Driskell and also logged wins against Mario Boesch and Rusty Baxter on his way to the final.