Schumacher and Herbert have met in the final round at the last two events. Schumacher was looking to extend a 14-round win streak, against 10 different opponents. Herbert was looking to break that string, go to his third final round in a row, and get the win that has been so close.

It looked like it was all over when Herbert's rear tires puffed smoke early in the run, then it looked like "DougZilla" had a chance when Schumacher also started smoking them a little further down the track, but Schumacher once again got the rear tires hooked back up to get his 15th round win in a row, tying a record held by Cory McClenathan, Scott Kalitta, and Larry Dixon.