John Force Blazes New Records at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk

 

For Funny Car racer John Force, time only matters on the track as the 65-year old driver added to his legacy by winning his 140^th NHRA National event, and first ever at Norwalk, at the NHRA Summit Equipment Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park over the July 4^th weekend.

Joining Force in the Ohio winner’s circle were Antron Brown, Erica Enders-Stevens and Andrew Hines at this fan-favorite track.

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John Force is still raising the bar after all these years, and Sunday’s victory pushed his Castrol JFR team into the No. 2 position in the Mello Yello Funny Car point standings.


“This win today was special to me,” said a grinning Force.  “I had come to Norwalk decades ago for the Night of Fire events and match races but never won the NHRA event here, and I want to win every race.  I just couldn’t get a NHRA national event win here and I won them all with the exception of Epping, so I really wanted this win.”

Going into race day, John Force’s Funny Car Mustang had qualified second with a thundering 4.016 second run at 322.04 that set the track speed record at Summit Motorsports Park.  Crew chief Jimmy Prock and the rest of the team knew just how far they could push the track conditions without overpowering the track.

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