Robert Hight has 2 wins here and each time that he won he started from the #1 spot. This is his 49th #1 spot and that is 4th most in the Funny Car class..Brandon Welch is making his 3rd pro start.

Hight is 1 - 0 against Welch in prior events.

They leave the line together but Hight starts pulling away quickly. Welch drifts a little to the right, loses traction about 300 feet out and has to back off the throttle. Hight goes right down the groove with a good pass to take the win.

Robert Hight's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.147), 660ft(0.668). MOV: 1.5843 seconds (more than 100 feet).