2022 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Competition Eliminator winner Doug Engels
After breaking a 14-year victory drought earlier this season in Topeka, Doug Engels added a second U.S. Nationals Comp trophy to his shelf to sit alongside his 2008 silverware. Engels, the No. 1 qualifier, made it through five rounds losing only .03-second to the Competition Index Control, then smashed out a (-.58) 7.38 in the final to defeat the (-.53) 7.41 of three-time world champ and 2019 Indy winner Frank Aragona Jr.