FORCE LOOKS FOR FIRST TOP QUALIFIER; SCHUMACHER, COUGHLIN, SAMPEY ALSO NO.1 AT THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Funny Car driver John Force looked to grab his first No. 1 qualifier of
the season in his Castrol GTX-High Mileage Ford Mustang at The Strip at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Tony Schumacher, Jeg Coughlin and Angelle Sampey were the other
provisional No. 1 qualifiers in their categories Friday night at the
eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, fifth of six events in
the NHRA Countdown to 1 playoffs.
With the sun going down and cool track and air temperatures, Force used
a second round run to vault himself from fifth to first with a run of
4.062 seconds at 307.37 mph. If the time holds it would be the 14-time
world champions first No. 1 qualifier of the season and 132nd of his
career.