Top Fuel Round 1

Here we go. It's a little dark, but we're about to go racing.
Our first matchup is Mike Strasburg against Don Prudhomme's new shoe, Spencer Massey....and it's Strasburg, who runs a 3.99 and beats Massey, who backpedaled and slowed to a 4.195....and we have another upset at Steve Chrisman drives down to a 4.08 and fan-favorite David Baca rattles the tires just past 200 feet and slumps across with a 7.63...so we had two races, two upsets...and we have upset No. 3 as Doug Kalitta rides a fire-ball to a 4.64, but it's quicker than Urs Erbacher's 4.76. Kalitta, who is running a limited schedule this year, got the jump off the starting line, but erupted into a fireball near the finish line and coasted across for the win...The Nos. 9, 11 and 10 qualifiers have first-round wins. "We were fortunate to get the win light," Kalitta said. "I'm just glad to race in the next round."...Driving the Geico Dragster is so easy, even Morgan Lucas can do it, and the No. 15 qualifier knocks off the No. 2 Joe Hartley, running a solid 4.84 to beat Harley's 3.95. "That was very special," Lucas said. "We're happy to move on, and race in the next round."...Top-qualifer Antron Brown breaks the upset jinx, backpedaling to a 4.22 to beat No. 16 Steve Faria, who slumped to a 5.09. "It's really tricky out there," Brown said. "It's cold out there, which is a surprise for Southern California. We had to back pedal and was able to get the Matco Tools dragster into the next round." ... Andy Carter battles Brandon Bernstein, beating the Bud Car with a 4.52 to 4.76, but Carter, who blew off some body panels, crossed the centerline, giving the win to Bernstein. "It's crazy. It rocked and rolled, you're on and off (the throttle) and look out and see him go past you and you say, 'Oh, man! That sucks!' Then you find out he crossed the centerline and you won. But we'll get it fixed. We wont't let it shake next round." ... It's raining, ever so slightly, but we have some wet stuff, so we are down. Now, it's coming down quite hard.I will continue this when we are racing again.