THREE – Pete for Connolly… Jeg moves into 3rd … FOUR in a row Team Yellow…

Connolly and his Torco Race Fuels/Seelye Wright - Chevrolet - Cobalt crew have picked the perfect time to go on a winning streak and there's no denying he has the best car in the class at the moment. Averaging a .025-second reaction time on the day, he survived non-Countdown racers Craig Hankinson, Richie Stevens, and Jim Yates before extending his points lead over his nearest pursuer Anderson in the final with a 6.648 at 207.59 mph to Anderson 's 6.658 at 208.65 mph in his Summit Racing Pontiac GTO.

"You couldn't ask for a better time to get hot," Connolly said. "It's just remarkable and I'm so thankful I get to do this with the team I have, Tommy and John Utt, Keith Graham and Craig Campton, these guys are like family to me. I'm just a small part of this whole process -- the lucky guy that gets to drive up and down the track.

"I start to look back three or four years when I was first getting started and every time I got to the final there was Greg and he was beating me. Here we are a few years later and I've beaten him in two finals in a row. Everything is just clicking right now and hopefully we don't use up all our luck before we're done."

After favoring the left-hand lane all weekend, the track shifted midway through eliminations for all of the Pro Stock competitors and Connolly and Anderson did the best job of making the switchover. Anderson survived a late start in Round 1 against Ron Krisher when Krisher's car got out of shape and then came to life against fellow contenders Larry Morgan and Jeg Coughlin en route to his 10th final of the year and 74th of his career. Connolly improved to 15-12 in final rounds and now leads Anderson in the standings by 33 points. (Story by NHRA.com)

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