This breakout season for Top Fuel driver Brittany Force picked up more momentum Sunday.

Force won her third race of the season as she took home the title at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minn.

It’s not very often in professional sports that a person gets a second chance at success.

There’s no redo after a missed shot. There’s no best two-out-of-three in an elimination game. But for Del Worsham, that rare opportunity at redemption gave way to a big win at the 35th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.

2015 was a big year for Drew Skillman.

During his rookie campaign in Pro Stock, the longtime NHRA Lucas Oil Series competitor had a breakout season, recording one win, three No. 1 qualifiers and four total finals en route to a fifth place finish in the NHRA Mello Yello Series Countdown standings.

Andrew Hines delivered perfection when it was needed most.

Hines, who pilots the Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson, cut a perfect light to beat Jerry Savoie on a holeshot to capture the title at the Lucas Oil Nationals Sunday in Brainerd, Minn.

Brittany Force raced to victory in Top Fuel Sunday at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.

Del Worsham (Funny Car), Drew Skillman (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were also victorious in their respective categories at the 17th event of 24 on the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. This is the penultimate event of the regular season.

​The emotion of the situation rests on iconic Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Angelle Sampey's heart like a ton of bricks. 

Sampey, who lives in Matthews, La., an hour's drive from Baton Rouge, shares in the grief of family and friends displaced by flooding. As many as 40,000 homes are estimated to have experienced some measure of damage from flooding. 

Tears began to flow for Sampey Friday as she rode to the provisional No. 1 qualifier at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn. 

Del Worsham admits he wasn't much of a forward thinker as a 19-year old, rookie nitro racer. 

"I thought about one race and just making it to the Winston Finals, in 1990," admitted Worsham.

Thus was the mindset of the two-time NHRA nitro champion Worsham, as his Friday-evening 3.856-second elapsed time during Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals qualifying ensured start No. 500 for a driver who has never raced any kind of vehicle but a nitro-burning race car. 

Sunday's final Sportsman results from the 35th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. The race is the 17th of 24 in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series:

Final round-by-round results from the 35th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, the 17th of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series:

Point standings (top 10) following the 35th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, the 17th of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series -