Tony Schumacher has two wins at this event...Troy Buff is looking for his first win against Tony in 11 tries. Troy was runner-up here in the Top Alcohol Dragster in 2000.

Buff with the starting line advantage, but it appears like it might have broke a throttle cable as all pipes go wet and the car doesn't move.

Schumacher launched hard and was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into round two. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.146, 660ft-3.016/290.82 mph.