All good things come to an end, even if your name is Tony Schumacher.

Schumacher, who has been unstoppable in the first round for 35 consecutive races, smoked the tires against 15th qualifier Terry Haddock and lost in the first round for the first time since Richmond of 2007. All good things come to an end, even if your name is Tony Schumacher.

Schumacher, who has been unstoppable in the first round for 35 consecutive races, smoked the tires against 15th qualifier Terry Haddock and lost in the first round for the first time since Richmond of 2007.

“It’s pretty simple – they got down the track and we didn’t,” Schumacher said. “We had such a good couple of days of qualifying, so I’m not sure why we suddenly didn’t have a clean run. But, that’s drag racing and we just have to put this one out of our minds and move on.”

Schumacher left the starting line before Haddock and was ahead at the 330-foot mark, but his U.S. Army dragster began to lose traction at around half-track and Haddock, last season’s IHRA Funny Car world champion, steamed on by.

“As soon as I felt the tires go up I tried to pedal it a couple of times, but I just couldn’t get the car to settle down,” added the six-time world champion. “I’m sure the team is frustrated, but we’ll definitely come back from this. We’re like our Army Strong soldiers – we know we have the strength to win. We’ve proven that already.”

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