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JOHN FORCE THE ROAD TO 1,000 ROUND WINS |
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 John Force looks out
across the landscape of time as two visions entered his mind. The first,
immortality in the world of the quarter-mile. The second, the memories of every
pass he'd ever made getting to this one moment in time.
Just moments away from
securing his 1,000th round win in NHRA Funny Car competition; Force
reflected back on another time, a time nearly 30 years in the past, at a drag
strip within eyesight of the revered St. Louis Arch, the Gateway to the West.
Looking out at the Arch,
Force recalled, “It always reminded me that it was time to go home. So many
times, St. Louis
was a turning point for me. There were plenty of times I looked at that Arch
and knew I was broke and needed to give up and quit.”
Of course, he never did.
“You know I was here at
Gateway, the old track in the 1970s when the track was AHRA. That was the
American Hot Rod Association and we all got paid to show up then. That’s the
way they handled their business.
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| THE INSIDE STORIES ... |
NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS - EVENT NOTEBOOK
Keep up with this weekend's NHRA Midwest Nationals
by reading our behind-the-scenes event notebook. We bring you the stories behind
the numbers and win-lights throughout the course of the weekend. Tune in daily
for the latest news from the pits.
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| KEEP UP WITH THE RESULTS... | NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS - SAME DAY COVERAGE
Contested in the shadow of the famed St. Louis arch at multipurpose
Gateway Int’l Raceway, last season’s event was the first to be held in
cooler May climates after a change in the schedule from its traditional
summer date.
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| A STORY OF SUCCESS ... |
TIM WILKERSON THE DECLARATION OF AN INDEPENDENT
 Tim Wilkerson didn’t need to say a word. Fellow nitro Funny Car racer Cruz Pedregon said it for him.
Wilkerson had just driven his way to a third pole position of the
season, ironically alongside of Pedregon during the final qualifying
session at the NHRA Southern Nationals in Commerce, Ga.
As top end announcer Alan Reinhart made mention of the fact the single
car teams have experienced an incredible amount of success in
qualifying and eliminations thus far in 2008, Wilkerson was...
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| THE NEW FACE OF TOP FUEL? |
SPENCER MASSEY - FIRST TIME LUCK? NOT HARDLY
 Spencer Massey won his first Top Fuel national event a month ago in San
Antonio, Texas and the first-time Top Fuel racer realized just how
complex the experience had turned. Driving the car wasn’t the problem,
nor was dealing with the crew.
Those were the simpler aspects.
Dealing with the media was the hard part.
The youthful Massey walked into the crowd of reporters at the IHRA
Texas Nationals and before he could react, he momentarily froze,
unaccustomed to this treatment, e...
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