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Ashley Force Hood 0.07 | 4.334 | 259.96 Jeff Arend 0.078 | 4.359 | 266.42

Arend won here in 1996. Coming into this race, he had no round wins and had never won when he started in the 16th spot in the qualifying order. Force Hood was the number one qualifier for the fifth time this year and the eighth time of her career. She has never won from the top qualifying spot. Force Hood got off the starting block first by a few thousandths of a second. She stayed out in front the whole way down the track, but Arend was closing the gap when they ran out of track. Just as this round of eliminations ended, the announcement was made that Ashley Force Hood's car was DQed because it was light in weight at the scales. That gave the win to Arend.