Gray gets a big head start at the green and is running hard until right at the 330 lights. The slicks start to smoke at that point and he has to pedal. The engine doesn't like that at all and the blower explodes splitting the body in two right at the fire wall. Thanks to the new body restraint rules, the body stays on the car, but the front half folds up, blocking his view and making steering difficult. Gray keeps it straight for a while and then slows drifts over and scraps the wall before stopping. He quickly jumps out of the car and is not a Happy Camper!

Force was ready for him and powers on down the track for the easy win. He picks up some ET and speed over round one too.

John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.014), 330 ft(0.004), 660ft(0.274). MOV: 0.9014 seconds (more than 100 feet).

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.304, 660ft-3.276/266.27 mph.

1:11 p.m. Lots of clean up in the right lane.