Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Dale Jarrett ya fara da kyau, yana riƙe da matsayi na farko; Jeff Gordon a bayansa ya riƙe matsayi na biyu. A karshen zagaye na farko, Kevin Harvick ya wuce Gordon. A zagaye na 3, Jerry Nadeau ya yanke ta Michael Waltrip tare da Robert Pressley ya juya kuma Nadeau ya kusan yanke shi. A lokacin wannan zagayen, masu kallo sun yi shiru kuma masu kallo sun yi sallama da yatsunsu uku a cikin ƙwaƙwalwar Dale Earnhardt, wanda aka kashe a wani hatsari a lokacin Daytona 500
makonni uku da suka gabata; kuma an saki balloons 7,000 a cikin iska.