JOHN FORCE WINS U.S. NATIONALS MISSION FOODS #2FAST2TASTY CHALLENGE
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 02, 2023) – John Force and the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SS team picked up a win Saturday in the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
In the second qualifying session, John Force and Robert Hight faced off in the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge as a rematch from the Brainerd, Minnesota semifinals. This time, Force and the PEAK Chevy would get the better of Hight. With a .022-second reaction time and a 4.012-second pass at 321.022 mph Force would have the holeshot victory over Hight and the Cornwell Tools Chevy’s .088 reaction time and 3.976 pass at 319.07. Force’s run was also an improvement from his Friday night pass.
In the finals of the Mission Foods Challenge, Force took down reigning world champion Ron Capps for his first win of the season. Force would take everything he could on the tree with a .017-second reaction time but he wouldn’t need it running a 3.989-second pass at 328.78 mph while Capps smoked the tires for only a 4.844 at 163.75.
“I do what I do, and I was really lucky in this Mission Foods deal. It was almost a red light against Robert. He knows it; I screwed up. Then with Capps, I took all the bulbs to New York. But then I got to race Capps and the Don “The Snake” Prudhomme car and that means a lot. He used to whoop me up every week,” Force said. “In the final, the last thing I said to my crew chief Danny Hood was, look where we’re at. Let’s get out of the bottom half. He and Tim Fabrisi both said go for the win. So, I jumped on it. PEAK they’re happy that I can put this Chevy Camaro in the winner’s circle. I’ve got a lot of work cut out. I’m in the Countdown now, I want to see where it goes. I’m no spring chicken so I got a lot of work to do. It’s a good feeling. I’ve won Indy 5 times, but it was a good feeling to be here.”
Force’s win wouldn’t move him up in qualifying, but it was an improvement in performance landing him in the No. 12 spot to start the final day of qualifying at the U.S. Nationals.
Competition at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park continues with qualifying Sunday at 1:30 and 5:00 p.m. which will also include competition in the Pep Boys Funny Car NHRA All-Star Callout. The Callout semifinals will be competed as an additional run unrelated to qualifying at 3:20 p.m. Eliminations are slated to begin on Labor Day Monday at 10 a.m. Television coverage of the event begins on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) with qualifying shows Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET. Eliminations coverage will have two shows on Monday, the first at noon ET on FS1 and the second at 2 p.m. ET on FOX Broadcasting Network.
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