This is the first time that the #1 qualifiers in Top Fuel and Funny Car have lost in round one at the U.S. Nationals.

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,479 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Millican is 4 - 1 against alBalooshi in prior events, 1-0 in round two.

Both drivers had problems after almost identical launches. alBalooshi was slightly ahead at 330 feet, but he dropped a cylinder. Then Millican lost traction and the race was over - alBalooshi nursing a wounded car to the stripe.