NHRA: WINTERNATIONALS GIVES A BIT OF EVERYTHING AS EXPECTED, FORCE ROARS TO ANOTHER FUNNY CAR TITLE.Byline: Louis Brewster Staff Writer POMONA - There was a winner for everyone Sunday at the Winternationals, the opening event of the 2002 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. For the traditionalists among the estimated 40,000 at Pomona Raceway at Fairplex, John Force won for the 99th time in his career. Force took the Funny Car title by defeating Del Worsham, running 6.260 seconds at 219.76 mph to a 6.642, 243.68. ``I'm excited and drained," said an uncharacteristically subdued Force after the run. ``I could just cry because I love driving these cars so much. To me, it's the greatest sport in the world, and my baby (Ashley) is out there driving and that means a lot to me. ``At my age you think maybe you can't come back.'' Larry Dixon This article is about the novelist and fantasy artist. For the senator from Alabama, see Larry Dixon (politician). For the professional racer, see Larry Dixon (drag racer). Larry Dixon (b. July 28, 1966) is a fantasy artist and novelist. appeased the younger set with a victory over Kenny Bernstein Kenny Bernstein (born September 6 1944 in Clovis, New Mexico), is an American drag racing driver. Drag racing career Bernstein first became a full-time professional Funny Car driver in 1979, although he had participated in a few events in preceding years. in the Top Fuel finals. Dixon covered the quarter-mile in 4.535 seconds at 324.75 while Bernstein, the defending class champion, ran 4.623 at 324.67. ``We got a few lucky breaks, but we got it together when we needed it,'' said Dixon, whose father, Larry, won this same event in 1970. ``We don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. how ugly the rounds are. It's rounds that win championships, not races.'' George Marnell's Pro Stock victory was one for the sentimentalists. Marnell defeated Jim Yates by a margin of .009 seconds for only his second career national event victory for the 51-year-old in 178 starts. Marnell's time was 6.880 at 200.89 to a quicker 6.812 at 202.61 for Yates. Marnell, who qualified last in the 16-car field, went eight years without a victory before breaking through last September in Memphis, Tenn. ``I knew it was going to be a battle from the moment I took my foot off the clutch,'' Marnell said. ``It felt good to get to the finals. To pull it off, that's exciting stuff.'' None more so than Force's final round run in his Castrol Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] against Worsham. He was on and off the throttle five times, finishing with three cylinders as both racers tried to generate traction on the drag strip drag strip n. A short, straight course or track for drag racing. at 3:53 p.m. ``It was a wild one,'' said Force, a nine-time winner at Pomona (fourth at the Winternationals). ``We almost hit the wall but I got her straightened out and she trucked on down there. I had no motor left.'' For Worsham, the Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. Hills resident, it was more of the same. Force has beat him 32 times in 38 meetings. |
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