Ron Capps wins prestigious 18th Annual Big Bud Shootout on Sunday in truly dramatic fashion. Capps burns up fantastic looking Copenhagen gold edition Camaro after winning round one over Dean Skuza. But Don Prudhomme owned team digs deep -- completing massive repairs and installing their spare body in record time to make round two. Capps beats Del Worsham and then heavily favored Tony Pedregon to win the $100,000 first prize. Pedregon had run consecutive 4.90’s coming into the final but then spins tires. Capps’s best run was only 5.266 secs and came in final. The Big Bud win was his second consecutive.

Top Fuel racing features some inspired efforts not the least of which is a runner-up finish by 19 year old Australian racer Andrew Cowin. Cowin qualifies 16th and then rudely upsets low qualifier Joe Amato (4.529 secs - track record) in round one. He then beats Randy Parks and Bob Vandergriff but cannot handle Cory McClenathan’s MBNA-sponsored dragster in final. Top Fuel racing includes some huge surprises -- including DNQ efforts by class powers Kenny Bernstein and Larry Dixon. Tony Schumacher has strong semi final round finish and with that moves into the overall Winston Championship points lead.

Superman themed machines of Warren Johnson and Matt Hines prevail in Pro Stock and in Pro Stock Bike respectively. WJ dominates from the start with both low ET and top speed for the class. He beats his former crew chief Greg Anderson in the final round. Hines tops points leader Angelle Seeling in Pro Stock Bike final by the narrowest of margins -- his quicker leaving 7.348 secs beat’s Angelle’s 7.344 secs. Hines collects big time cash at Indy as he doubles up by also winning the Holley Pro Stock Dominator Duel on Saturday. He beats Angelle in that final too (7.286 secs to 7.343 secs). Hines resets IRP track record to 7.260 secs while earning pole.

FC field at Indy is drag racing’s all time quickest at 5.081 secs. As was the case in Top Fuel upsets are common including first round exit of points leader John Force at the hands of eventual winner Frank Pedregon. Semi finals feature some refreshing new faces with Frank Pedregon Vs Scotty Cannon and Jim Epler Vs Bob Gilbertson in the final four. "Frankie" takes "Big Jim" Dunn’s consistent running Penthouse Pontiac to the podium when nervous Jim Epler has a blatant (.249 red) foul start driving WWF Undertaker Pontiac.

Lady racer Cristen Powell makes her class debut in FC driving John Costanza’s JCIT Pontiac. Cristen looks steady throughout qualifying hitting a 4.921 secs best for the 7th slot. She then runs 4.987 secs in round one but is KO’d by Epler’s quicker leaving 5.028 secs. Epler’s WWF racing teammate Jerry Tolliver debuts brand new Stone Cold C-5 Corvette and qualifies 11th.

Defending NHRA Federal Mogul World Champion Rick Santos all but nails down his second consecutive World Title in FMD with a dominating win. He drives the Jack O’Bannon-owned Oakwood Homes machine to low ET of the event in the final at 5.491 secs to beat defending U.S. Nationals champ Darren Nicholson. Get this -- Nicholson cuts a perfect .400 light in final but loses -- his 5.561 secs is not enough.

Tony Bartone wins titanic battle of class heavyweights in Federal Mogul Funny Car final as he tops Frank Manzo. Bartone’s Camaro and Manzo’s Avenger are neck to neck all the way with Bartone taking the winlight by the narrowest of margins -- 5.648 secs to 5.658 secs. Earlier Bartone had run low ET at 5.613 secs and Manzo 254.33 mph for top speed -- both track records.

Super Stock and Stock racing is a dream come true for Chevy fans as both final rounds feature nothing but Camaros. Doug Lambeck edges out Rick Brown in the Super Stock round as his SS/BS ‘92 model wins. Colorado’s Kevin Helms wins in Stock with his B/S ‘69 Camaro over Jerry Emmons.

Super Stock class elminations are run off during the U.S. Nationals. Fan favorite SS/AA catagory shootout goes to Louisiana’s Sid Bonnecarrere who drives Joe Teuton’s ‘68 Hemi Dart past Michigan’s Jim Keyes in the final round. Bonnecarrere’s "Cajun Flyer" runs winning 9.18 secs 142.94 mph to win over Keyes who cards a 9.27 secs 142.45 mph in his ‘68 Hemi Cuda. No less then 12 cars show for SS/AA class showdown.

Pro Stock Truck class attracts 43 entries -- a NHRA record. Chevy S-10’s dominate taking 14 of 16 available qualifying slots. Mike Coughlin, who won for the first time last June at his hometown Columbus, Ohio., upsets the field topping first time finalist Scott Perin in final. Both drivers are in Chevy S-10s. Points leader Mark Osborne qualifies on pole with track record 7.623 secs.