Greg Anderson is not giving up the Pro Stock world championship fight.

Anderson, who struggled in qualifying, bounced back with a victory Sunday at the NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex Friday near Dallas Sunday.

Anderson clocked a 6.609-second elapsed time in 209.75 mph to edge Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s 6.610-second lap at 207.56 mph.

“Jeg and I have had so many titanic clashes that mean so much with so much on the line and I knew it would be close,” Anderson said. “My car made a better run (than his) and it was a total team effort. Sometimes the driver gets the job done, sometimes the car gets the job done and we had both today and that’s what it takes to win a national event in Pro Stock right now. You have to have perfection every time out there.”

Anderson arrived in town eighth in the points in the NHRA Mello Yello Series moved up to seventh place – 99 points behind leader Erica Enders. Anderson has won four NHRA Pro Stock world championships 2003-05 and 2010.

This was Anderson’s 94th career NHRA national event victory. He is second on NHRA’s all-time Pro Stock victory list, behind only Warren Johnson’s 97 wins.

Anderson qualified No. 10 in his Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro at 6.568 seconds for Ken Black, but mowed down his teammate Jason Line, points leader Erica Enders, Deric Kramer and then Coughlin.

“I will start with first round and my matchup with my teammate Jason Line,” Anderson said. “He certainly had what we consider the best Hot Rod of the KB fleet for the last half dozen races and we think has the best chance to find a championship this year. It’s almost a no-win situation. If I lose again it is depressing because I keep losing in the first round in the Countdown and if I win, I knock his chances of a winning a championship seriously in the butt. You have to race and every time we race, we lock horns. We go 100 percent and whoever wins, wins. Luckily, I got the w,in.

Erica Enders you just have to be perfect against her. She does a great job of driving the race car. She’s had the fastest Hot Rod for the last several weeks. She’s the favorite right now and to knock her out was absolutely huge. That saved a lot of guys' bacon who are in the points championship. I made a lot of friends with that one, outside the Elite camp. Deric Kramer had a great, great race car and there’s no margin for error there either. Thank my lucky stars I came up with another (win). The car made a great run.”

This was Anderson’s third win of the season. He also claimed victories in Denver and Sonoma, Calif. He was coming off a first-round, holeshot loss to Aaron Stanfield Oct. 14 at the last race in Charlotte, N.C.

“After Charlotte, I was a realist, and I was 150 points back and my car was not performing anywhere near like Jason's, or Erica's or Jegs'. The list goes on and on. I don’t quit. I don’t ever give up. I keep trying and I keep digging and we made a lot of changes this week to give it one last shot and we hit on it. All of sudden, my red Summit Chevy is fast just like our other team cars are and it has a chance. I knew coming into (Sunday) I had a race car that has a chance to go for the title. Now, it is just a question of if I can drive the car well enough. The good Lord put his hand on my shoulder today and he let that clutch go at the right time every time.”

There are two races left in the Countdown to the Championship – Las Vegas (Oct. 31-Nov. 3) and at the Auto Club Finals in Pomona, Calif. (Nov. 14-17). In Pomona, the points-and-a-half system will be in play allowing drivers to make up more ground.

“(The competition-level) is not just intense, but it is so deep, there are so many of them,” Anderson said. “There are legitimately 10 cars any race in the Countdown that can contend for the title. The class has never been that deep on talent. I have no idea who is going to win this thing. I can’t tell you who is the favorite and who is going to win this thing because everybody right now can beat everybody else and that’s different than it has been in years past.”