NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 77 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 1,068 feet, track temperature 83 degrees. Chad Green is 2 - 1 against Paul Lee in Rd. 1. This is the 5th straight start where Paul Lee has faced Chad Green. Green is 8 - 6 against Lee in prior events. Lee with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Green is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Daniel Wilkerson wins 58% of hid Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Austin Prock's 1st win came at this race in 2019 in TF. Prock is 3 - 1 against Wilkerson in prior events. Wilkerson with a slight starting line advantage is up inn smoke right at the hit. Prock then starts to lose traction and pedals it. He gets it to hook up enough to get the win. Wilkerson pedaled it a coupled times, but couldn't get it to hook up.

Jack Beckman is 264 - 102 (72%) in Rd. 1 races overall (and 8 - 3 this year). The #15 FC qualifier is 8 - 28 in Rd. 1 at this event. This is the 6th start for Tim Gibbons and his 2nd at this event. This is the first time Beckman and Gibbons have faced each other in eliminations. Beckman with the starting line advantage and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the event for the win. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.227, 660ft-3.129/286.19 mph. Gibbons is straight down the groove with his career quickest and fastest pass in the losing effort.

This is the 17th #1 spot for J. R. Todd. He has won once when starting from the #1 spot. Jeff Arend is 4 - 24 in Rd. 1 when qualified #16 This is the first time Arend and Todd have faced each other in eliminations. Todd with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Arend is straight down the groove with his quickest pass this weekend in the losing effort.

Alexis DeJoria has been in the top half of the field at 8 races this year. This is the 88th start for Dave Richards DeJoria is 4 - 3 against Richards in prior events. DeJoria with the starting line advantage, but both cars are up in smoke right at the hit. Richards pedals it and gets the car to hook up enough for the win. He will have lane choice over Prock in the next round.

Matt Hagan wins 81% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Blake Alexander is 2 - 7 against Hagan in Rd.1 Hagan is 14 - 6 against Alexander in prior events. Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Lee in the next round by 0.002 seconds Alexander with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

Ron Capps's 1st win came at this event in 1995 in TF. This (3.926) is the best qualifying run ever for Cruz Pedregon at this event. He is 14 - 19 against Capps in Rd. 1. Capps is 56 - 30 against Pedregon in prior events. Capps with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke, he pedals it. He can't get it to hook up and clicks it off. Pedregon launched hard and was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Beckman in the next round.

Spencer Hyde qualified #8 and the #8 FC qualifier is 17 - 19 in Rd. 1 at this event. This is the 4th time this year Jordan Vandergriff has been in the bottom half of the field Vandergriff is 1 - 0 against Hyde in prior events. Vandergriff with the starting line advantage and makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Todd in the next round. Hyde is up in smoke early and clicked it off.