This is the first time Wilkerson and Troxel have faced each other in eliminations. Troxel won here in Top Fuel in '07. Wilkerson was the runner-up here in '04.

Troxel got out in front off the line, started pulling away, then struck the tires about 300 feet out and had to give up on the run. Wilkerson drove around Troxel just past the 330 foot mark, then started mixing up cylinders about 900 feet out.Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.018), 330 ft(-0.015), 660ft(0.272). MOV: 0.4752 seconds (more than 100 feet).