John Force raced to his third victory of the season and record
129th overall NHRA win, beating Tony Pendragon on Sunday in the
Summitracing.com Spring Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The 60-year-old Force had a 4.334-second pass at 284.93 mph
in his Ford Mustang against Pendragon (5.630 at 138.34) in the
Funny Car final.
"The hardest thing I work for is to be able to compete and
show my kids that I can still do it," Force said. "I want to show
them how much I still love it. This is a great win here in front of
a lot of family and friends. Now I'm back in the game, and it feels
good."
In Top Fuel, Larry Dixon raced to his third victory of the
season and 51st overall, beating Cory McClenathan with a
4.016-second pass at 313.37 mph.
Mike Edwards won the Pro Stock final. Edwards had a
6.751-second pass at 205.51 mph to edge Greg Stanfield.
