Force is 5 - 4 against Hight in prior events. Hight is fourth in points, 72 behind Wilkerson. Force is seventh, 193 back. This is Hight's third visit to VMP and he is 1-1 in prior first rounds here. Force is making his eighth visit here and his worst finish here is the semifinals - with four wins and three semifinal finishes at VMP. This is the first time Force and Hight have ever squared off in the first round.

Force was chattering the tires and pedaling almost immediately, getting very sideways before throwing in the towel. It probably didn't matter, Hight ripped off the quickest run ever at the 1,000-foot distance. Robert Hight's MOV: 2.7216 seconds (more than 100 feet). Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.258, 660ft-3.218/266.90 mph.