Force and Pedregon have faced each other once in eliminations with Force winning that one. This is Force's first final round appearence. Pedregon has a 35-26 win/loss record in final round competition. A win here would just about clinch the championship for Pedregon. He gets it on a holeshot! He was moving around on the top end, but he hung on for the win by approximately 8 feet.

Tony Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.353, 660ft-3.355/256.26mph, 1,000ft-4.173Ashley Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.903 sec., 330ft-2.314, 660ft-3.285/262.23mph, 1,000ft-4.101