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Tommy Johnson Jr.
0.057 | 3.987 | 316.97
John Force
-0.005 | 6.502 | 110.21
Force holds a 30-9 record against Johnson in prior events, 9-3 in round one. This is Force's worst starting position of the season (10th) and he has started from the bottom half in half of the races so far this year. In the entire 2015 season he only started from the bottom half four times. John Force has won here six times and that is the most for any driver in any of the pro classes. His win here in 2002 was the 100th of his career. Tommy Johnson has 300 round wins coming into this race. His 30 losses to John are, by far, the most losses for Tommy against any driver he has faced.

Force went red by five thousandths, then smoked the tires. TJ was on time and made his second 3.9-second run of the event. He won't have lane choice against DeJoria in round two.

That's only the 26th red light for Force in 1,768 rounds of competition.