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Monty Bogan entered the Charlotte event with two NHRA wins to his credit and nearly left with four after a win in Super Stock and a runner-up finish in Stock. Bogan crushed the Tree in the final with a .001 but didn’t need it after former national champ Joe Santangelo fouled by four-thousandths. Bogan also got help from semifinal opponent Joe Tysinger via a red-light start, but he had his hands full in the quarterfinals against Anthony Bertozzi. Santangelo punched his ticket to the final after Byron Worner fouled in the semi’s.