Whiteley got a starting line advantage when Smith's car did not launch cleanly, but he gave it back in the first 60 feet and was never a threat after that.

Rickie Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.078), 330 ft(0.174), 660ft(0.189), 1,000ft(0.333). MOV: 0.6527 seconds (more than 100 feet).