1:33 p.m. These two were waiting in the water while the Safety Safari cleaned up Brown's oildown and were about to fire their engines when the crowd started abandoning the stands as rain started falling. It's a "pop-up shower," not heavy, but it's heavy enough to bring things to a halt until it stops.

1:42 p.m. There's that noise again - the shower passed, the track dried itself and the crew chiefs were signaled to fire 'em up.

This was a great drag race, almost identical elapsed times and the two lowest elapsed times of the event. Fuller got what he wanted, coming from behind on the top end to get the win light and a measure of revenge for last-year's loss. He goes to the semifinals and will have lane choice against Herbert in that round. Rod Fuller's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.013), 330 ft(-0.020), 660ft(-0.008), 1,000ft(0.003). MOV: 0.0315 seconds (approximately 14 feet).