The greatness we are witnessing with Super Stock and Stock Eliminator driver Justin Lamb. If you do not know who he is, he was the 2017 Stock and Super Stock World Champion, a task that only two other drivers have accomplished, Scotty Richardson in 1994, and Jeff Strickland in 2016, in 2017 Justin Lamb joined the club. The incredible part about this story is that he almost did it again, this year, let’s rewind to see how the end of his season unfolded.

Going into the last Divisional Race of the season racers from all of the United States flocked to Las Vegas, for their chance at gaining the most points possible, a Division Championship, or their shot to clinch the World Championship. Coming into Vegas, Justin Lamb was leading the Super Stock World Championship Points, with a few on his heels, especially Brad Zaskowski. Qualifying was over, and the ladder came out. Lamb was qualified number 72, .306 under his index, Zaskowski was qualified number 40. This places them decently close on the ladder, which they both have to turn on two win lights to match up with each other for third round. That ended up being the case, this round is pretty much the make or break for the World Championship title, Lamb is ahead of Zaskowski by about one and a half rounds, so he would need to win this round, then win the next to take the lead. If Lamb takes the win that pretty much locked it up. With all of the pressure being on these drivers, both showed up, third amber popping up, both driver let go green. Zaskowski .015 to Lambs .009, up top Zaskowski goes dead one on his 10.20, and Lamb goes dead two on his 8.67 to take the win with .011 package. Zaskowski packing up with a very impressive .016 package. Lamb showing us once again, why he is now the Super Stock back to back World Champion, this is his fifth World Championship.

Coming into Vegas Brian McClanahan is ahead of Justin Lamb, Lamb having to reach the semi-finals to better his score. Unfortunately, round one Justin Lamb turned it red, for making it one of the less drama filled classes, with the red light, that locked it up for McClanahan and his World Championship. Lamb lost the World Championship in Stock by one point. His total of 689 points is the second most in sportsman drag racing, only to fall to the one person with the highest total of 690 points, Brian McClanahan.  He would have been the first to claim back to back NHRA World Championships in two classes, and is the second one to claim three championships in just two years, joining Scotty Richardson. Why might Justin Lamb be the best to ever do it? Let me share some facts with you that I heard off the Sportsman Drag Racing Podcast with Luke Bogacki and Jared Pennington, Justin Lamb had a perfect National Score In Super Stock by July and then won two more National Events wins that didn’t even count. In this years competition in National Events in Super Stock he was 30-3, thirty wins and only three losses. Combined with his record last year, he entered 15 National Events, with two cars, that’s 30 opportunities to bring home a Wally. He was in 14 Final Rounds, that means 47% of the time he staged the car in an event, he was in the final round. Picking up eight National Event wins in the last two years, 27% of the time he entered, he was bringing home the Wally. He is only 31 years old, with five World Championships, you be the judge, is he the best to ever do it?