Racing neck and neck with the crowds cheering on their favorite, the two belt-sanders catapult down the track to the finish line where it looks to be a photo finish. Race after race with a Double Elimination ruling, contestants compete for their share of the prize money. In the Stock Division the first twelve places are rewarded with cash prizes or trophies and plaques. Now it begins, the International Belt-Sander Drag Racing Championship Finals will have a new winner within the next 60 minutes or so. Whether it is a returning champion or a new unknown, the outcome is never decided until the last belt-sander zooms across that lighted finish line with cameras popping for the photo finish.
Contestants go over their sanders with loving hands and patience like that seen in operating rooms.
Soon the first two contestants step up for the first face off. With a Double Elimination race, as before, suspense fills the air as participant after participant face off and either fail or continue on for the final show-down. You can feel the intense emotions from the racing track as once again all eyes go to the Racing Tree . In a time measured too slowly by the contestants, the final race has been completed and the stands erupt into thunderous cheers and applause in respect and admiration for the new Champion of the International Belt-Sander Drag Racing Finals . The top 4 places of the Modified Division are brought before the judges and given their just rewards.