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Robert Hight
0.081 | 3.85 | 331.45
Dale Creasy Jr.
0.116 | 4.168 | 258.32
Robert Hight won here in 2015. Robert starts the day with 399 round wins and that is 6th best in Funny Car history. The last #1 Funny Car qualifier to win in Brainerd was Eric Medlen in 2005. This is the 96th start for Dale Creasy Jr. Hight is 4 - 0 against Creasy Jr. in prior events.

Creasy started trailing smoke just before the finish. Hight makes a solid pass to move on to round two. Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.860 sec., 330ft-2.222, 660ft-3.118/289.07 mph.