Ron won his in 505 races while Larry won his in 430 races. John Force is the defending event champion. He also won this race in 2002, 2010 & 2013. This is the 91st time these two have met and that's the 2nd most meetings between any two Funny Car drivers (Force - Cruz, 103).

Force is 55 - 35 against Capps in prior events.

Force gets off the line first, gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires. Capps goes up in smoke about the same time. Capps' engine explodes in a ball of flame and there is nothing he can do at that point. Force gets back on the throttle, makes a move to the left, but hangs on and takes the win.

John Force's incremental margins: 60ft(0.008), 330 ft(0.014), 660ft(0.273). MOV: 0.7984 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Hight will have lane choice over John Force in the next round.