Millican paired up against Tony Stewart who suffered traction issues at the starting line. Millican took the win despite a fiery engine failure at the top end of the track.

"My crew chief told me he had it loaded up and a couple things were going to happen. He said we’re going to win, we’re going to blow up and, if we lose, we’re going to be a footnote in history. Thank goodness we’re not a footnote in history. Tony is going to win one of these soon, but all I know is we won the Winternationals.” - Millican

Then in the finals, Jack Beckman gave the John Force team its 300th win in Funny Car even though his car had issues at the starting line.

“The car was amazing all weekend. We qualified fourth, but we got qualifying points every single round and ran 3.80s every round of eliminations until the final when the flawless part fell off a couple of hundred feet out and car shook the tires and knocked them loose. That’s where, as a driver, you've got to be ready to give one back to the team because they'd given me everything all weekend long. - Beckman