Courtney Force raced to the No. 1 qualifying position Saturday at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries.Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also will lead their categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season-opener at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
Force grabbed the No. 1 spot from Friday’s leader Jack Beckman in her Traxxas Ford Mustang with a performance of  … More
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Brittany Force put aside her first-day stumble and made a successful debut run in the NHRA’s top-fuel division Friday in Pomona.
The 26-year-old daughter of drag-racing legend John Force raced down the 1,000-foot drag strip in 3.845 seconds at a speed of 293.22 mph in the second day of qualifying at the National Hot Rod Assn.’s season-opening Winternationals.
“Got it down the track,” a smiling  … More
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Five Formula One racing cars belonging to the HRT team that went out of business after the season-ending event in Sao Paulo on Nov. 25 have ended up in a junk yard on the outskirts of Madrid.
The owner of Auto-Recycling Teo Martin, which dismantles cars and resells parts, said he’s preparing an inventory to see what he can sell after  … More
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The highly anticipated debut of drag racer Brittany Force in Thursday’s first round of qualifying at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona ended before it began.
Force, the 26-year-old daughter of drag-racing legend John Force, was making her first run in the top-fuel division, the National Hot Rod Assn.’s most prestigious class  … More
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