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Tommy Johnson Jr.
0.059 | 3.94 | 324.9
Matt Hagan
0.063 | 3.838 | 334.73
Matt Hagan has been the runner-up here in three of the five years of this event. Matt starts the day with 298 round wins. Tommy Johnson was runner-up here last year. This is only the 2nd time that these two have met in the first round. TJ starts the day with 299 Funny Car round wins while Matt has 298. Only eight drivers have won 300 or more rounds in the Funny Car class.

Hagan is 11 - 9 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Johnson gets the advantage off the line but Hagan reels him in and goes around before they reach the sixty foot mark. Hagan starts pulling away and goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round to take the win.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.009), 330 ft(0.052), 660ft(0.078). MOV: 0.0981 seconds (approximately 47 feet).

Hagan will have lane choice over Hight in the next round.