antron brown, larry dixon.cond in the points, of course, antron leads the points as we start the playoffs. they're currently 1-2, dixon is one. >> look out for antron. >> both had some issues there. dixon gets a 3.934. 3.924 for antron brown. nascar team, there is steven wallace, rusty's son. they're all coming over. they think they got horsepower, we showed them. we gave them a little noise. >> 16,000 on starting line between larry dixon and brown. antron lost 1,000 horsepower, as soon as he hit it, left side, that cylinder was out, running on seven cylinders, and still had to go 315 miles per hour at 1,000 foot, elapsed time was kind of slow. >> all right. with the top fuel being the quickest field of the season, here is the lucas oil ladder and morgan lucas and cory mac will face one another. brandon bernstein has doug foley and doug herbert sitting down there, so the big matchup that is one. >> good matchups on the other side and shawn langdon and doug kalitta, how about tony schumacher and clay millican? >

. >> coming up, larry dixon, number one qualifier last year and tony schumacher, who tied big daddy for is the 1,000-foot records and remember, e.t., you get 20 points if you can break that record. >> that's quicker than a 3.771 and back it up within 1% to get that national record. >> schumacher was fourth, he moves to number one with a 3.85 at 315 miles an hour. dixon jumps up one spot into fifth. >> how about that mike green, what a job off the u.s. nationals win and laying down this number. i tell you, took it right down the middle of the racetrack and into the number one spot. >> good runs by both cars but larry dixon with the 3.87 gets him only to number five, moved him up one and then schumacher, great pass for the number one position. >> tony schumacher, defending champion here. let's go to the stat guy. >> looks like tony schumacher will qualify, his 150th race in a row. overall record in top fuel for equal fiek streaks is held by joe amato at 191 races but took him 12 years to do that and didn't race as much back in the day. >> our final pair in top fuel will be antron brown an

. >> well, gary gerould, larry dixon, number one last year, done it again, only guy to go number one at zmax. >> you keep track of such things, this is the 36th time in this man's career that larry dixon happens been a number one qualifier, second consecutive year at charlotte but now with the wrinkle of bonus points that goes along with each of these individual sessions, are you a fan of it? >> i wish they would have take a step further and made it actually give points on race day for the rounds, that would have put a good spin on things, not just qualifying. nobody asked me, we'll play by the rules, whatever they throw at us. we had a couple of those last session, i don't know, just got out there, felt good early and then i don't know if it pulled a tire loose or what, just let go and shoots out and all that. so, great job by the deem on the first run and then the last run, we hurt it but fortunately we got all night to fix it and come back tomorrow. >> see you in eliminations tomorrow here in charlotte. >> his crew chief is not a big fan of the fact with the bonus points there is

larry dixon actually lost a point to antron brown. to see how these points play out. speaking of antron brown, he's a good position to go after his first career championship. in this harley-davidson quarter-mile profile we look at the crew he hopes can get him to that championship. >> i'm antron brown driving the mac tools top fuel dragster, and this is my all-star team. >> back in the pits the number one man in top fuel, our very own gary gerould. good morning to you, g-man. >> good morning dave, mike, and race fans. antron brown, what a season he's had. number one in points, five wins, but 130 points down to 30 when they restructuring for the countdown to one. do you feel like your safety net has been yanked out from underneath you? >> the safety net is gone, gary. mike and dave we attest to it, too. that's what the countdown is about. it brings pure excitement. this is what we had to work to. it will be a little bit different strategy. every round is really crucial now, and we have six races. if you mess up, you could find yourself