Kalitta with the starting line advantage and then dropped a cylinder or two before half track and then right in the lights the engine let gor with a huge engine explosion with a big fireball. It blew the intake and blower off the top of the engine. He still holds on for the holeshot win...Doug Kalitta's MOV: 0.0240 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Palmer was on a good pass until around 1/8 mile mark when the chute came out for no apparent reason.