DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Comp champ Frank Aragona Jr.
Frank Aragona Jr. helped himself in the championship race by winning a second straight Comp title in his J/AA ’32 Bantam. Aragona, a winner a week ago in Reading, drove to a (-.400) 7.600 to beat Larry Pritchett’s slowing 8.733 in his A/SM Pontiac Sunfire. Aragona helped himself with wins against incoming points leader Pete D’Agnolo and John Frech during final eliminations. Pritchett was seeking his 12th win and his first since the 2004 season.