COMMERCE, Ga. – After finishing as the runner-up at the opening race of the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season, Justin Bond finished the job Sunday.
Bond beat back-to-back world champion Stevie Jackson on a holeshot in the final round of the final race at Atlanta Dragway.
The race, which was presented by Alsum Farms/Wisconsin Potato, is the second event of the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service season, and Bond picked up his second career victory in the process.
Bond went 5.738 seconds at 249.49 mph in his ProCharger-powered Bahrain 1 Racing Camaro to beat Jackson, who went a quicker 5.724 at 252.43 at his home track.
After qualifying third, Bond – whose first win in the class came a year ago in Houston – beat Alex Laughlin, Dwayne Wolfe and Brandon Snider to reach his fourth final round.
He posted a .038 reaction time in the championship round against Jackson to hold off the standout driver and grab the victory.
“This feels awesome and I can’t thank my guys, including (crew chief) Brad Personett, and all the people who are behind us for supporting me,” said Bond, who also moved into the points lead. “I’ve just had an awesome time down here.”
Jackson, who didn’t qualify at the opening race of the season, advanced to his 18th career final round by beating Doug Winters, Mike Castellana, who had won the previous two races at Atlanta, and Justin Jones.
The E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service returns to action May 14-16 as part of the NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte.