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J.R. Todd 0.084 | 3.815 | 323.04 Morgan Lucas 0.086 | 4.088 | 228.58

The #1 qualifier has not won in Dallas since 2002, and hasn't won at all since the Charlotte race a year ago. JR Todd has been the #1 qualifier five times in his career and two of them have come here at Dallas (2007). He has been the top qualifier at each of the first two races in the Countdown. Lucas is 5 - 1 against Todd in prior events. They leave together, but Todd grabbed the lead early and then just stretched it out from there on. Lucas dropped a cylinder or two and then the engine let go with a big fireball around 660 feet. The word from the top end is there is oil on the track. Todd will have lane choice over Massey in the next round.