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Scott Kalitta
0.097 | 4.808 | 301.67
Ron Capps
0.08 | 4.891 | 299.73
After an oil cleanup (Head had a freebie coming), these two squared off. This is Scott Kalitta's 522nd round of competition, with a round win record of 274-247. This is the 30th time he's qualified fourth in his career, more times than he's qualified in any of the other 15 ladder positions. Capps holds a 5-3 record against Kalitta and has qualified 13th nine times in his career, twice in the last five races.

Capps left first, but Kalitta's team has found something (maybe several somethings) and he ran Capps down before half track. Scott Kalitta's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.022), 330 ft(-0.017), 660ft(0.032), 1,000ft(0.058). MOV: 0.0662 seconds (approximately 29 feet). That hurts Capps' championship chase, now he'll have to wait for the two Force cars to run to see how badly. Kalitta will have lane choice against head in round two.

This is Head's 303rd start and a match between two drivers with both Top Fuel and Funny Car credentials. This is Head's best start since Englishtown, but Scelzi enjoys a 7-1 career record against Head.