This is the first time Brown and Salinas have faced each other in eliminations.

Salinas with the starting line advantage and the lead until just past 330-foot mark when it started mixing up cylinders and then the engine let go with a huge fireball and Brown was able to chase him down. The word from the top end is there is oil in Salinas' lane. Mike Salinas was charged with an oildown, #2 for the season. That will cost 10 points and $2K.