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Shawn Langdon
0.065 | 3.86 | 312.42
Doug Kalitta
0.094 | 4.277 | 265.85
10:58 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.27 inches, adjusted altitude 2,269 feet, track temperature 81 degrees. The forecast is "iffy" but right now conditions are just about perfect, the track warm enough, the air still relatively dry. The teams are on 65-minute turnarounds again this weekend, hopefully we'll get it all done before conditions change.

This is the first time Langdon and Kalitta have ever faced each other - half of the matchups in this round today fall into that category. By the way, the top half is the place to be at this event - 28 of the prior 29 winners have started in the top half of the field. Last year, Antron Brown broke that string by winning from the 9th starting position.

Langdon got the early edge and Kalitta's car faltered a bit about 200 feet out, well off the pace by the 660-foot marker. Langdon's car ate some pistons in the lights, but he'll be back for round two.