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Chip Ellis
0.053 | 6.778 | 197.19
Joey Gladstone
0.059 | 6.973 | 194.32
This is the first time Ellis and Gladstone have faced each other in eliminations. Chip Ellis won here two years ago.

Gladstone bogged on the launch. Ellis makes the quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Chip Ellis' incremental times: 60ft-1.057 sec., 330ft-2.831, 660ft-4.331/163.67 mph, 1,000ft-5.646. He'll have lane choice over Angie Smith in round two.