That left Dale and the Gremlin known as "Spike" (evidently your car has to have a nickname if you want to be a famous, big time street or grudge racer? Not very original, and I suppose The Gremlin, or Gremmie would work, but I didn't have a say in the matter) up against the 93 Firebird they call "Nanner" (Ok, on second thought maybe Spike isn't so bad!).

Based on previous rounds, this should have been very close as their bests matched up as 9.00 to 9.12, but as soon as the tree came down, and the Firebird's nose didn't reach for the sky, it was over.