Tim Wilkerson was the champion here in 2015. This is the 500th race for Tim and he is the ninth pro driver to reach the 500 race mark. Cruz Pedregon won here in 1998.

Pedregon is 20 - 17 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Pedregon with the slight starting line advantage and then started to lose traction and he clicked it off. Wilkerson with a good looking pass and was just a few ticks off his qualifying time for the win.