This Is Why Drag Racing Sucks

From ESPN: Top Fuel driver Antron Brown started Sunday with a losing effort and burned hands. He ended the day as the NHRA Top Fuel champion, the first African-American driver in history to win a major auto racing title.
Brown had to stand and watch the final round with bandages on his hands, knowing his Don Schumacher Racing teammate, seven-time champion Tony Schumacher, would take the title from him if he won the match up with Brandon Bernstein in the Auto Club Finals.
But Bernstein won the final by inches on a holeshot (slower elapsed time but better reaction time at the start) to deny Schumacher and make Brown the champion. Bernstein reached the finish line in 3.76 seconds at 320 miles per hour, edging Schumacher's 3.75 elapsed time at 325 mph.  http://espn.go.com/racing/nhra/story/_/id/8620468/antron-brown-becomes-first-african-american-driver-win-major-racing-title
A guy who has a slower elapsed time and has a slower speed by 5 mph wins the race?
The reason why I wonder what is going on is when I went to the NHRA races at the LVMS drag strip a couple weeks ago, cars that were first at the finish line and who I thought won the race actually didn't win the race.
ESPN's video didn't clearly show who crossed the finish line first, so I really cannot saycrossed the line first.  but the way the article is written, I have my doubts if Berstein crossed the line first.
But then I might be completely screwed up at 2 AM in the morning.