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Sidnei Frigo 0.045 | 4.035 | 243.68 Doug Kalitta 0.076 | 3.725 | 329.42

This is Doug Kalitta's 37th number one spot, a spot that hasn't been very good to him over his career. He has not won from the top spot since 2004, a span of eighteen races. He is 31-5 in round one when starting from the top spot..Sidnei Frigo is making his seventh start in Top Fuel and his fourth from the #16 spot. Frigo with the starting line advantage, but Kalitta had the lead by the time they went by the Christmas tree. Kalitta with a great looking pass, he was straight down the groove with the seventh quickest pass of 1000-foot racing. Kalitta also runs top speed of the event. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.120, 660ft-2.993/291.01 mph. Frigo was on a good pass and then started mixing up cylinders, the engine let go with a huge explosion and then the right tire blew out. Frigo did a great job keeping the car straight and getting it stopped.