NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,188 feet, track temperature 78 degrees. Since Charlotte Alexis DeJoria is 2 - 5 in Rd. 1. Spencer Hyde beat Alexis in Rd. 1 in Sonoma. Hyde with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one. Spencer Hyde's MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 21 inches). Hyde with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. DeJoria with her quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

Hunter Green is 3 - 4 in Rd. 1 this year. Chad Green is 0 - 6 since Chicago. Hunter with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Chad with a good pass early, but slowed on the top end, but gets the win. He will give up lane choice to Hyde in the next round.

Ron Capps wins 74% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Bobby Bode is 1 of 39 drivers who have raced Capps and never beaten him. Capps with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the event. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.874 sec., 330ft-2.232, 660ft-3.131/285.83 mph. Bode was dancing around and then clicked it off early.

The #1 FC qualifier has won this race twice in the last 20 years. Jack Beckman is 249 - 99 (72%) in Rd. 1 in his career. Dave Richards six round wins this year are the most for him in a single season. Beckman is 3 - 1 against Richards in prior events. Richards with a slight starting line advantage, but Beckman has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree. He never trails from there on for the win. Richards is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

Since his back-to-back Rd. 1 losses Austin Prock is 13 - 1. Jim Campbell is making his 136th start. Prock is 1 - 0 against Campbell in prior events. Prock with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make the quickest pass of the event. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.870 sec., 330ft-2.226, 660ft-3.129/287.11 mph. Campbell with the good pass until right in the lights when it banged the blower. He gets the car stopped safely.

In his five Rd. 1 losses this year J.R. Todd has averaged 6.952. Paul Lee lost to J.R. Todd in Rd. 1 here last year. Todd is 4 - 3 against Lee in prior events. They have identical reaction times and Todd never trails for the win. todd with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He had a hot pipe or two in the lights and gets the win. He will give up lane choice to Capps in the next round. Lee is straight down the groove and runs his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

Cruz Pedregon is 29 - 22 in Rd. 1 when qualified #7. Matt Hagan is 12 - 6 against Pedregon in Rd. 1 Hagan is 27 - 11 against Pedregon in prior events. Pedregon with couple ticks on the tree, but Hagan has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Hagan runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Prock in the next round. Pedregon with a clean pass in the losing effort.

The #8 FC qualifier is 24 - 18 in Rd. 1 at this event (and has never won this race). Daniel Wilkerson is 6 - 6 in Rd. 1 this year. Tasca III is 5 - 3 against Wilkerson in prior events. Wilkerson with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Wilkerson runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Beckman in the next round. Tasca III is up in smoke and clicked it off.