Dixon is 6 - 3 against Brown in prior events and each has won once against the other in final rounds. Dixon has 49 prior wins in 93 final rounds, Brown has 24 wins in 50 prior final rounds. This is the fourth time the #1 and #2 qualifiers have met in the final round at this event and the #1 qualifier has won this event two of the last three years.

All that hype and it turned into a pedaling contest, with Dixon coaxing his flaming beast to the stripe first. Literally, because he "blowed it up" and the engine was ablaze as he crossed the finish line. Dixon's 50th win was not pretty, but it was fun to watch. Brown smoked the tires second and had the initial lead in the pedaling contest, but Dixon managed to regain enough traction to spurt into the lead when it counted. Larry Dixon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.008), 330 ft(-0.095), 660ft(-0.126). MOV: 0.0919 seconds (approximately 23 feet).