Castellana left first and led past the 60-foot timing mark, but he was slowed by tire shake and Knowles took the lead to stay. Castellana was closing on the top end, but ran out of race track.

Mike Knowles' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.027), 330 ft(0.060), 660ft(0.105), 1,000ft(0.127). MOV: 0.1074 seconds (approximately 37 feet).