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Rickie Smith
0.013 | 6.767 | 204.05
Dave Connolly
0.059 | 6.755 | 204.51
Connolly's car appeared to be down on power lately, but they found a problem with one of the shocks. Smith was runner-up here in 1996. Connolly holds a 5-1 record against Smith.

Smith did his thing here, taking a four-hundredths edge at the start and hanging on for the win. Rickie Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.035), 330 ft(0.040), 660ft(0.038), 1,000ft(0.036). MOV: 0.0349 seconds (approximately 10 feet). He will not have lane choice against KJ next round.