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John Force’s 1,000 Victories Not UnbreakableThe incomparable John Force notched his 1,000th round win en route to beating Ron Capps in the opening round of eliminations Sunday. Many would say that winning 1,000 rounds of competition in NHRA drag racing is just about unbreakable in today’s climate. I would disagree. Not because the task is easy but because the way today’s drag racing has evolved.
NHRA.com: Force reaches milestone 1,000th round-win in Madison
In sports there are some records that are unbreakable because the sport has changed since the re4cord was established. In Major League Baseball, Cal Ripkin Jr’s streak of 2,632 consecutive games will probably never be broken. In today’s day and age of specialists making the everyday baseball player scarcer, that record should stand forever. The game changed to make it nearly impossible to break that record. In respect to Force’s record of 1,000 wins, the state of drag racing has changed to the point where it would be easier for someone to reach that...
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Only Dad stood in her wayAppearing in her third straight final round and holding the Funny Car POWERade points lead, Ashley Force seemed destined for that first win sooner rather than later.
Since we’re talking about the Force family here, there also had to be drama attached — today in Atlanta, Ashley had to get past her father John Force to win her first Funny Car Wally.
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Ashley Force is the first woman to win a Funny Car title. She did it by beating her tire-striking father with a 4.837 at...
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No surprise to anyone who’s spent time in this part of Georgia; track temperatures hit 120 degrees F as Cory McClenathan, Tim Wilkerson, Ron Krisher and Andrew Hines all held onto their low qualifier positions from Friday night.
In Top Fuel, Las Vegas Wally winner Cory Mac reveled in his team’s consistency, with a 4.562 seconds at 327.03 mph and his third pole at Atlanta Dragway.
“When things are going good, you kind of roll with it and it’s a snowball effect,” said...
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In an announcement made jointly by the NHRA and the Coca-Cola corporation, the POWERade brand will be replaced by Coca-Cola’s energy drink brand, Full Throttle, as title sponsor of the NHRA’s professional series in 2009. The announcement also revealed the deal includes a two-year partnership extension through the 2013 season and the new series will be called the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. For the sake of the sport of NHRA drag racing, let’s hope the Full Throttle brand...
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(I apologize for sketchy coverage of the NHRA event in Las Vegas this weekend; I was struck down by some heinous virus at the Samsung 500, and any functional moments have found me dealing with the 15 April tax filing deadline.)
A quick summary of the action….
Noteworthy items from Friday and Saturday qualifying include a strong performance by Kenny Koretsky in Pro Stock (his first pole win in 20 years of racing) and Robert Hight’s one thousandth of a second low qualifier win over Tim...
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NHRA Top Fuel driver Rod Fuller was uninjured following a harrowing car fire to his personal vehicle near his home in Las Vegas on March 31. Fuller was traveling less than 45 mph at the time of the incident.
Fuller was returning from a short trip in his 2001 Lamborghini Diablo when the car caught fire. The cause of the accident is undetermined. He was less than one mile from his home in Southwestern Las Vegas at the time of the accident. Fuller, a six-time NHRA Top Fuel winner, was not injured...
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