Todd Nielsen wins Super Gas at NHRA Mile High Nats

Todd Nielsen earned his second national event victory after winning Super Gas at the NHRA Mile High Nationals.

DENVER – Todd Nielsen defeated super class star Kevin Moore to claim his second NHRA national event. Competing at the Mile High Nationals, Nielsen drove his Trans Am to a .011 over 10.511 in the final to turn back Moore’s 10.520.

Nielsen’s run to the winners circle almost stopped before it started. In his round one match up with Morgan Minor, Nielsen missed the tree posting a .089 reaction. Lucky for Nielsen, Minor was .072 off the line and took .025 stripe to be -.002 under the 10.50 index. Nielsen posted a safe 10.506 to advance.

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In round two, Nielsen won another close race taking a double-breakout win by .002 over Bob Reinhardt. He then defeated defending event champ Michael Miller after Miller hogged up the stripe to go -.011 under.

That win gave Nielsen a bye to the semifinals where Ethan Conyers was .031 red. Up until that point, Conyers had been killing the tree with lights of .009, .000, and .014 in previous rounds.

On his path to his second straight Mile High final round, Kevin Moore battled engine problems almost every round. He fought through adversity and drove to the finals. Moore was the DragChamp pre-race pick to win Super Gas.

There he was behind from the start .032 to .018. After driving around Nielsen, Moore turned him loose at the stripe only to to see Nielsen go .01 above for the win.

Nielsen’s .018 and 10.511 left Moore mathematically ineligible after his .032 reaction. Nielsen now has two NHRA Wally’s in the his trophy case. Congratulations to Todd Nielsen on his Mile High Nationals victory.