NHRA: FORCE WORKS BACK INTO CONTENTION.Byline: Louis Brewster Staff Writer POMONA - Arguably the face of his sport, John Force has gained a few wrinkles and lines to his own after a tough season in the NHRA NHRA National Hot Rod Association NHRA Northland Human Resource Association NHRA National Human Resources Association NHRA Nursing Home Reform Act NHRA National Hospice Regatta Alliance NHRA National Heritage Resources Act (South Africa) Powerade Drag Racing drag racing Form of motor racing in which two contestants race side by side from a standing start over a straight quarter-mile strip of pavement. Winners go on to compete against others in their class until only one is left undefeated. Series. He has dominated drag racing in general, and specifically Funny Car, since winning the first of his 13 championships in 1990. However, his road to number 14 is being blocked by Gary Scelzi Gary Scelzi, (born August 11, 1960, Fresno, California), is an American dragster racer and midget car owner who has won the NHRA Powerade Top Fuel championship on three occasions and the Funny Car title once. and Ron Capps - and 10 first-round exits. Heading into the final weekend of the season at the Auto Club NHRA Finals, Force is third in points. He trails Scelzi by 28 and Capps by 26. None of that would be in play if Force had advanced two more times into the second round, worth a minimum of 40 points. ``I've made some bad mistakes,'' Force said. ``As a veteran, I personally made some mistakes. Maybe I can turn it around, maybe I can't.'' On Friday, Force shook off a timing malfunction that delayed his initial qualifying attempt and ran 4.761 seconds at 325.53 mph, eighth in the field behind Scelzi's leading 4.696 at 329.18. The other top qualifiers after two of four attempts for Sunday's finals were Brandon Bernstein in Top Fuel dragster drag·ster n. 1. An automobile specially built or modified for drag racing. 2. A person who races such an automobile. in 4.491 at 325.45; Jason Line in Pro Stock with a track-record 6.677 at 206.83, and Matt Smith, whose 7.000 at 189.71 was the Pro Stock Motorcycle Pro Stock Motorcycle, formerly known as Pro Stock Bike is a drag racing class that is the two-wheeled equivalent of Pro Stock. It has been a feature of NHRA drag racing since the 1980s when it was added to the professional class structure and has since spread around the track record. Louis Brewster, (909) 483-9363 l-brewster(at)dailybulletin.com |
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