Run Notes X Close
Brad Personett
0.155 | 5.857 | 254.66
Dennis Radford
0.054 | 6.005 | 236.26
On paper, Radford didn't have a chance, so his best strategy was to cut a good light and make a consistent run to make Personett earn the win. Radford did his job and had a tenth in hand at the tree. He almost pulled off the upset, but Personett's car made it's trademark top end charge and Personett took the lead beyond the 1,000-foot marker.

Brad Personett's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.139), 330 ft(-0.137), 660ft(-0.089), 1,000ft(-0.021). MOV: 0.0470 seconds (approximately 16 feet). Then the fun began as Personett tried to get the car stopped and he went way into "the beach" (which is huge here at zMax Dragway). It took a huge crew to drag the car back to the pavement and his crew will have a lot of work to do to get that car cleaned up for round two. If he can answer the call, he will have lane choice against Hoover in the quarterfinals.