Force and Hight have each won 19 times against the other in prior events.

Hight gets out of the gate first, gets about 300 feet out, goes up in smoke and backs off the throttle. Force gets out of the groove, makes a move toward the centerline about 500 feet out and has to back off the throttle to stay in his lane. Force goes on through and takes the win.

John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.043), 330 ft(0.187), 660ft(0.888). MOV: 1.7229 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Hagan will have lane choice over Force in the next round.