on the line is first time in the countdown, missed it past two years is morgan lucas and doug herbertug, having a great weekend, sits fifth in only his second race of the season. and we caught up with don schumacher, asked him about the rivalry at indy. >> adversarial situation between john force and tony pedregon. i think it was great and great for the sport and cruz getting involved in it is great and me getting involved in it is fine and my name and john, but john touching an official is really objectionab objectionable, that shouldn't ever happen and i think in any other professional sport there would be drastic consequences with that and that shouldn't happen. >> well, and you and i both said, the minute he touched the official that was a problem. lucas, quickest run of the session. and he stays though with that run, eighth. herbert stays fifth. dad, forest lucas by the side. >> morgan lucas makes nice run. a shot of the full slthrottle championship if he runs steady. walsh has been doing a really good job of getting the car much more consistent the last four or five races, inclu

. >> our final pair in top fuel will be antron brown and there is doug herbert.is was the moment he got his nickname. >> neither driver wanted to move in first, starter rick says, shut them off. you guys just back off. next thing you know, fisti cuffs and john force nowhere to be found amazingly. they took offense and got into a scuffle. great to see doug herbert. he made a fantastic pass in the first round session with the 3.85. currently puts him in the number two spot. >> only second race of the season. looking good. both get down with nice passes. 3.847, that's for brown, he goes number one. herbert stays third. but bernstein had a quicker time this session, so he picks up the single bonus point. brown, though, he's really rolling them up. >> antron picked up two in the first session, by my calculations, antron picked up two points in five sessions. >> that is some good figuring, mike. >> take a look at antron, left-hand lane. 277 miles per hour at the eighth mile and runs that big speed on the top end. 370, almost 318 miles per hour, that's 1,000 foot mark,

doug herbert is back in the crowd. crowd. we'll check in with stat ♪ ♪ vo: geico powersports.>> we're back here at charlotte, north carolina, the heart of stock car country just across the street from lowe's motor speedway at zmax speedway. they also own a track in new hampshire at loudon. jimmie johnson racing for his fourth straight championship, and just like here in drag racing, it's the first race for the chase for the nascar cup. how about bob tasca announcing his extension coming back. that's good news for tony pedregon who is a good friend of his. is bringing back the national elapgsed time record and the bonus points that go along with it good for the sport? >> it's a great question. in the history of this sport, there's an incentive for teams when they're able to throw a big number out there. i concur it's a good thing. it's good to start here today. >> let's cue up stat guy now and talk more about this rivalry. >> over the last 24 events john force racing has had 96 opportunities to win races. they've won twice, but the pedregon brothers have won three times more ra