NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 30.25 inches, adjusted altitude 1,219 feet, track temperature 83 degrees. Tony Schumacher is 18 - 7 in Rd. 1 at this race (72%). Shawn Reed is 0 - 3 against Schumacher and they have all been in Rd. 1 Schumacher with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Schumacher with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0075 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Reed with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

Steve Torrence is 230 - 90 (72%) in Rd. 1 in his career. Billy Torrence is 1 - 3 against Steve in Rd. 1. In their 22 meetings Steve has "left first" 15 times. S. Torrence is 17 - 5 against B. Torrence in prior events. Steve with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Billy is up in smoke right at the hit. Steve with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Brittany Force has qualified #1 48 time and that is 5th most in TF. She is 43 - 4 in Rd. 1 when qualified #1. Shawn Langdon is 0 - 6 in Rd. 1 when qualified #16. Force is 15 - 8 against Langdon in prior events. Langdon with the starting line advantage, but force chased him down by the 1/8 mile mark. She starts mixing up cylinders and then the engine lets goe right in the lights with a big fireball. She holds on for the win. Brittany Force's MOV: 0.0052 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Force with low e.t. of race day for the win. She will have lane choice over Schumacher in the next round. Langdon with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort. This is the 3rd time in 17 races that T.J. Zizzo has been in the top half of the field at Indy. And #3 is his best start here. Ida Zetterstrom is the 14th woman to qualify for the TF field at Indy. Zizzo with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Zetterstrom kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove with her career quickest and fastest pass for the win. She will give up lane choice to Steve Torrence in the next round.

This (#2) equals the best starting spot for Tony Stewart. Doug Foley beat Stewart in Rd. 1 at Bristol. They have identical reaction times and Stewart never trailed from there on for the win. Stewart with quickest and fastest pass of the weekend for the win. Foley with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

Antron Brown wins 81% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Clay Millican is 4 - 17 (19%)in Rd. 1 against Brown. Brown is 33 - 7 against Millican in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage, but Millican has the lead by 200 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Millican with the quickest pass of race day and his of the event for the win. Brown started to lose traction...

Tripp Tatum is 0 - 3 in Rd. 1 at this race. Average R/T in those 3 losses is .079. Josh Hart is 36 - 32 overall in Rd. 1 and 6 - 6 this year. Tatum is 1 - 0 against Hart in prior events. Hart with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He started hazing the tires and drop cylinders on the top end. He holds on for the win. He will give up lane choice to Millican in the next round. Tatum is up in smoke early and he clicks it off.

Justin Ashley "Leaves First" 75% of the time. Dan Mercier is 0 - 3 against Ashley. Ashley with the quickest reaction time on race day and never trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to Millican in the next round. Mercier started to drop some cylinders on the top end and it pushed him over the centerline. It was past the finish line nd that will cost him 10 points.