Melanie Troxel played the spoiler to Mike Neff.

After the race Neff kept a positive outlook when he was looking at the possibility of losing his points lead if Hagan defeated Melanie Troxel in round two.
But Neff will not have to come from behind because in the second round he received a huge boost from Melanie Troxel and Jon Capps as these two non-Countdown drivers eliminated Hagan and Jack Beckman respectively securing the points lead for Neff.

Alexis DeJoria made her long- anticipated debut in nitro Funny Car, blew up the motor and DNQ.