Run Notes X Close
Jim Yates
0.042 | 6.692 | 205.63
Jason Line
0.086 | 6.681 | 206.67
Line is the defending event champion and was runner-up in '04 and '06. This is his 100th consecutive start and he joins Bruce Allen as the only two professional drivers to start their careers by qualifying for their first 100 events. Yates has been runner-up here three times, is still seeking his first win at this event. Yates and Line have each won 4 times against the other in prior events.

Yates treed Line for a holeshot victory. Jim Yates' incremental margins: 60ft(0.053), 330 ft(0.047), 660ft(0.043), 1,000ft(0.038). MOV: 0.0333 seconds (approximately 10 feet). He will have lane choice against Gaines in round two.