Hagan is the points leader and needs this win to keep pace with Force who just picked up another 20 points. Hagan chooses the right lane, the first of the higher qualified cars to do so.

Pedregon gets the advantage off the line, gets about 400 feet out and goes up in smoke. hagan must have made the right lane choice, making the quickest pass of the round so far in the win.

Hagan will have lane choice over Head in round two.