NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Brad Plourd won the Comp title at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in March but hadn’t been behind the wheel of Harry Schwartz’s AA/AM roadster since. He showed no signs of rust in Dallas where he powered to a string of low six-second runs to win for the 22nd time in his career. Plourd lost .11-hundredths in CIC penalties before the final yet still had enough performance left to run a (-.559) 6.271 to defeat Don Thomas, who lost .13-second to the CIC, yet still posted a (-.493) 6.807 in his B/Econo Dragster in the final.