The winner's circle at Saturday's Sunoco Thunder Valley Shootouts finale at Bristol Dragway looked more like a family reunion than the conclusion of a day at the races.

Junior Houston and his father, Vance, defeated opponent after opponent and met in the final round of Super Pro action. Vance's grandson and Junior's nephew, Denver Maltba, also took home top honors in Junior Dragster Division II.

Junior Houston, from Newland, N.C., won the Super Pro division after Vance Houston received a red light disqualification for leaving the starting line too soon. Junior used a .013 reaction time and a 4.752 elapsed time at 145.02 mph to record the victory. Vance left the line with a -.012 R.T. and ran a 4.753 E.T. at 145.77 mph. The Houstons' rail dragsters had identical 4.74 dial-ins.

Maltba, also from Newland, N.C., claimed the victory in First Class Travel Junior Dragster Division II when the driver he was racing, Chase Sutton of Sevierville, jumped the gun and received a red light. Maltba's .039 R.T. and 7.921 E.T. at 83.27 helped lift him to the win over Sutton's -.023 R.T. and 7.959 E.T. at 82.21 mph.

A host of new faces came to Thunder Valley in an attempt to upset Larry Snead's continued domination of the new Charter Communications Bristol Bandits. The Bristol native collected his third straight win by defeating Rogersville's Adam Phipps in the final. Snead's 1985 Ford EXP left the line with a .006 R.T. and ran the track in 9.049 seconds at 138.64 mph. The 1999 Monte Carlo of Phipps had a .015 R.T. and recorded a 9.090 second run at 126.85 mph.

Blountville's Josh Wyatt drove his 1990 Mustang to the win in Pro over the 1972 Nova of Neal Church from Boone, N.C. Wyatt used a .058 R.T. and a 7.138 E.T. at 94.31 to oust his opponent. Church had a .088 R.T. with a 6.386 E.T. at 105.68 mph.

Jonathan Williams from Bristol, Va. won the Sportsman division when Michelle Walters turned on the red light in the final round. Candler, N.C.'s John Swafford rode his 1992 Katana to victory over Hendersonville, N.C.'s Bobby Austin in Pro Bike competition. Bristol, Va.'s Ben Denton won First Class Travel Junior Dragster Division II when Katie Cundiff from Gray went faster than her dial-in and received a disqualification.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 RESULTS
Driver, Hometown	Car	RE	DI	ET	MPH
BRISTOL BANDITS
W- Larry Snead, Bristol, TN	1985 Ford EXP	.006	9.00	9.049	138.64
R- Adam Phipps, Rogersville, TN	1999 Monte Carlo	.015	9.00	9.090	126.85
SUPER PRO
W- Junior Houston, Newland, NC	2006 Racetech	.013	4.74	4.752	145.02
R- Vance Houston, Spruce Pine, NC	2005 Racetech	-.012	4.74	4.753	145.77
PRO
W- Josh Wyatt, Blountville, TN	1990 Mustang	.058	7.11	7.138	94.31
R- Neal Church, Boone, NC	1972 Nova	.088	6.38	6.386	105.68
SPORTSMAN
W- Jonathan Williams, Bristol, VA	1991 Mustang LX	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
R- Michelle, Walters, Bluff City, TN	1972 Demon	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PRO BIKE
W- John Swafford, Candler, NC	Katana	.076	6.20	6.334	98.33
R- Bobby Austin, Hendersonville, NC	Kawasaki	.085	7.02	7.211	95.47
JUNIOR DRAGSTER DIVISION 1
W- Ben Denton, Bristol, VA	N/A	.069	9.07	9.106	70.97
R- Katie Cundiff, Gray, TN	N/A	.082	13.05	13.034	48.40
JUNIOR DRAGSTER DIVISION 2
W- Denver Maltba, Newland, NC	2004 Barr	.039	7.90	7.921	83.27
R- Chase Sutton, Sevierville, TN	2005 Halfscale	-.023	7.90	7.959	82.21