Mike Salinas won for the second time this season in Top Fuel.
This is the 34th season in which Force has won at least one race.įorce dedicated the victory to eldest daughter Adria Hight, who is recovering from a medical issue.
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Top Fuel’s Steve Torrence has six, and Pro Stocks’ Erica Enders has three. He has more four-wide victories than anyone in his category. To finally get a win this year gives me a lot of confidence.” It was like it was destiny, and it was a great weekend for my team. Things went right, and we were able to win the race. On some days, magical things just happen. I just love it out here.”įorce, fourth in the Funny Car standings, said, “Things just seem to happen where you’re destined to win. “People ask me what I’m trying to accomplish I want my grandkids, if they wish, to see what I’ve loved for over 40 years of my career.
The 16-time champion will turn 73 years old on May 4, and he said, “This gave me confidence. What he proved is that he still can put together a team that can help him win and that he still can capitalize on it behind the wheel. You can have the best car and lose, and you can have the worst car and win, because I’ve proved it,” Force said. I’m a mood-swinging person, and I’ve got to keep a lid on it. “I’m trying to find myself on the Christmas tree. I’m screwed up all the time.” If that’s the case, he did an extraordinary job of navigating the complex system that is four-wide racing to repeat history from just a year ago, when he was top qualifier and won the event. He quipped Sunday that “I don’t maintain focus. When NHRA King John Force Is On a Roll, Stand Back.John Force Sets Track Records at NHRA Charlotte.Guy Snyder’s daughter, Lynsi, now 40 and the president of the company since 2010, formerly raced a sportsman class car. Guy Snyder died in 1999 of congenital heart failure. Rich Snyder died in a plane crash in Santa Ana in 1993. His sons, Rich and Guy, who also had a fondness for drag racing, took over the business. It closed in 1977, a year after Snyder died of lung cancer at age 63. In 1971 he became half-owner of the old Irwindale Raceway. Harry Snyder, who along with his wife Esther founded the company, was always a drag racing enthusiast. It is a rarity when there isn’t a long line of cars at any In-N-Out. The first In-N-Out opened in Baldwin Park in 1948 and the company has flourished without doing a lot of advertising beyond billboards and, literally, by word of mouth. What was behind In-N-Out making such a big sponsorship deal? Certainly the company, headquartered in Irvine, isn’t in need of beefing up its burger business, which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary next year. That announcement was made in conjunction with a new deal with property owner Fairplex that calls for drag racing to continue on the site until 2033. Also, In-N-Out will become the sponsor of the NHRA Finals. The drag strip isn’t going anyway, it is just changing names.Īs announced earlier this week, the legendary track will be known as the In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip beginning next year. Sunday will mark the last day of drag racing at Auto Club Raceway. Then comes the four elimination rounds in each major class on Sunday, beginning at 11 a.m. There will be two more rounds of qualifying in each of the four major classes today, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Erica Enders, who came into the Finals having already clinched her fifth national title, had the seventh-fastest time. Greg Anderson led qualifiers in Pro Stock. Points leader Robert Hight had the fifth-fastest time (3.866). Both are in contention for the national title. The top two qualifiers in Funny Car on Friday were Cruz Pedregon (3.840 seconds) and Matt Hagan (3.844). “This is the track I grew up on.”įorce, the points leader as she battles for her second national title (her first was in 2017), increased her lead over Justin Ashley from seven points to 13 under the point-and-a-half format for the Finals. “It was great coming back here and breaking the record,” said Force, from Yorba Linda. Her time Friday made her the top qualifier in Top Fuel for the Finals after day one. 2, crossing the finish line at 338.94 miles per hour. Making her second Top Fuel qualifying run of the day long after sunset, Force covered the 1,000-foot Pomona strip in 3.641 seconds and broke the speed record for the class she set in St. POMONA - Brittany Force continued her record-setting ways during qualifying Friday at the three-day NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway.
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