In mid-race, Dreadnought is in third place leading Critical Mass, another Sea Fury. They will end the race in the same relative positions, but Dreadnought is penalized 12 seconds for a pylon cut on lap five, and drops two places to end in 5th. Rare Bear takes a comfortable 2nd place at an average speed of 492mph-and-change, but the split times turned by Dago Red are the fastest ever seen at Reno: two laps are in the 515mph range, and even after easing up on the last lap Dago finishes with a course record 507.105 mph average speed, turning the 8.3 mile laps in under 60 seconds per lap.