Mark Martino was at his first event in Nitro Fish colors.

Teammates Nobile (left) and Line ham it up a bit for the camera.

In the second round, Line flew to a 6.630 at 209.75, the second quickest elapsed time and fastest speed of the round, to defeat a charging Shane Gray's 6.667, 208.26. Next on the checklist was Gray's teammate, Dave Connolly. Line clicked off a .019-second reaction time and put an exclamation point on the win with a low of the round 6.628, 208.94 – again the fastest speed. Connolly was 6.634, 208.78 at the finish line stripe.

The victory came with a money round meeting with KB Racing teammate Vincent Nobile, who had charged past Jonathan Gray, Jeg Coughlin, and Shane Tucker en route to the final.

Line had nothing to hang his head about as he left the starting line, clocking a .031 start and then following up with the quicker pass of the two, a 6.637, 209.26. Unfortunately for Line, Nobile was nearly psychic at the starting line, launching in just .004-second to score a holeshot win over his engine builder in the form of a 6.655, 208.01.

"The weather here was very hot and humid; this isn't a typical KB and Summit Racing kind of day," said Line. "We generally don't shine in these conditions, but we did this time, and I feel pretty happy that KB Racing was able to make progress here. We kept running better and better, and that's very respectable on a day like this. My Summit Racing Camaro was good all weekend, and I'm very happy to be able to say that. It makes it a lot more enjoyable going to the next race, that's for sure."

"We just came up a little short against Vincent. I just wasn't quite good enough," said Line. "It's a little bit hard to race your teammate sometimes. Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose, but in the end I feel like Summit Racing won today. It was a good day."