After staging dual, Beckman gets off the line first and then has the slicks start to spin. He tries to pump it to no avail and then coasts on down.

Force must have thought he had it in the bag until his Mustang started to smoke and spin the tires before half track. Thinking Beckman was still chasing him down, he pumped the throttle several times with the car swerving across the track and over the center line before the 1000 foot lights.

Hight will have lane choice in the next round.

John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.018), 330 ft(0.191), 660ft(0.979). MOV: 2.3137 seconds (more than 100 feet).

11:56 a.m.