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John Force Racing

Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force finishes third in Funny Car points after semifinal at Pomona

Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force finishes
third in Funny Car points after semifinal at Pomona

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 12) – Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force finished the 2017 season with a career-best third-place points finish, racing to the semifinals of the Auto Club NHRA Nationals on Sunday at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona – her fourth semifinal in six Countdown to the Championship races.

Force, of nearby Yorba Linda, Calif., took her Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car to the semis Sunday, falling just short of a second consecutive final-round appearance at Pomona (she was runner-up in the NHRA Winternationals in February). Continue reading Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force finishes third in Funny Car points after semifinal at Pomona →

John Force Racing

PEAK’s John Force wins Top Fuel, Funny Car titles as car owner, finishes seventh in driver standings

PEAK’s John Force wins Top Fuel, Funny Car titles
as car owner, finishes seventh in driver standings

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 12) – Sixteen-time NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champion John Force added two more titles to his team’s repertoire Sunday at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, with teammate Robert Hight winning the Funny Car championship and daughter Brittany Force the Top Fuel crown as JFR earned its first double championships in team history. Continue reading PEAK’s John Force wins Top Fuel, Funny Car titles as car owner, finishes seventh in driver standings →

John Force Racing

Championship Hights: Auto Club of Southern California driver Robert Hight earns second Funny Car title

Championship Hights: Auto Club of Southern California driver Robert Hight earns second Funny Car title

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 11) – Auto Club of Southern California driver Robert Hight ran the gamut of emotions during the Auto Club NHRA Finals this weekend at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

In the end, it was pure elation, as Hight captured the 2017 Funny Car championship.

“It’s been an eventful weekend,” Hight said. “Twenty-four hours ago, I wasn’t even qualified for this event, and we were leading the points. We got it together, got in the 15th spot. If you’re in, you have a chance, especially when you have a team like we’ve got with (crew chief) Jimmy Prock, (co-crew chief) Chris Cunningham. You just believe that those guys are a couple adjustments away from turning this thing around.” Continue reading Championship Hights: Auto Club of Southern California driver Robert Hight earns second Funny Car title →

John Force Racing

A Force of her own: Monster Energy driver Brittany Force storms to Pomona victory, Top Fuel championship

A Force of her own: Monster Energy driver Brittany Force storms to Pomona victory, Top Fuel championship

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 12) – Monster Energy driver Brittany Force made history Sunday at famed Auto Club Raceway, storming to the Top Fuel championship by winning the Auto Club NHRA Finals.

In doing so, she became the first daughter of the legendary John Force to win a championship, following her dad’s 16 Funny Car titles with one of her own.

She became just the second female to win a championship in the nitro categories and the first since Shirley Muldowney won the Top Fuel title in 1982. Continue reading A Force of her own: Monster Energy driver Brittany Force storms to Pomona victory, Top Fuel championship →

Mopar Racing

Johnson Wins NHRA Finals in Mopar Dodge Funny Car, Capps Finishes as Runner-up in Final Standings

Johnson Wins NHRA Finals in Mopar Dodge Funny Car, Capps Finishes as Runner-up
in Final Standings

Austin Williams takes Stock Eliminator victory

Tommy Johnson Jr. wins 53rd annual NHRA Finals in Mopar HEMI®-powered Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car from Don Schumacher Racing (DSR)
Mopar claims 21 victories in Pro categories in 2017 (16 in Funny Car, five in Top Fuel)
Mopar Dodge Funny Cars appear in 21 of 24 final rounds in 2017, Mopar Top Fuel dragsters make 10 final-round appearances
Ron Capps finishes as runner-up in final Funny Car point standings to lead Mopar, Leah Pritchett leads Mopar in Top Fuel category with fifth-place finish in standings
Allen Johnson competes in final event in Mopar-powered Dodge Dart in Pro Stock
Austin Williams wins Stock Eliminator in 1972 Plymouth Duster, Mopar-powered drivers represent three of four semifinalists in category
Williams named Dodge Top Finisher in Stock Eliminator, Jon Irving takes award in Super Stock Eliminator category
Troy Johnston takes Sportsman ET win in ’72 Duster
November 12, 2017, Pomona, Calif. – A drama-filled Sunday afternoon at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona closed out the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series calendar, as Mopar Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr. gave the brand its 16th victory of the season in the category during the NHRA Finals, and teammate Ron Capps finished as runner-up in the year-end standings. Continue reading Johnson Wins NHRA Finals in Mopar Dodge Funny Car, Capps Finishes as Runner-up in Final Standings →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NHRA–Pomona–Post Race

CHEVROLET RACING IN NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION
AUTO CLUB NHRA FINALS
SUNDAY, NOV. 12, 2017
AUTO CLUB RACEWAY IN POMONA, CALIFORNIA

Chevrolet Claims Three Championships, Two Race Wins in NHRA Finale

• Robert Hight races to second career Funny Car title
• Brittany Force earns first Top Fuel crown, second by female
• Bo Butner wins race to secure first Pro Stock championship
• Courtney Force finishes career-best third in Funny Car standings Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Pomona–Post Race →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NHRA–Pomona Post Race

CHEVROLET RACING IN NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION
AUTO CLUB NHRA FINALS
AUTO CLUB RACEWAY IN POMONA, CALIFORNIA
POST-RACE CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER QUOTES
SUNDAY, NOV. 12, 2017

An interview with Funny Car champion ROBERT HIGHT, JOHN FORCE RACING, AUTO CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (second career title):
Q: CRAZY THINGS CAN HAPPEN, AND THAT WAS ONE.

ROBERT HIGHT: Del Worsham came over to me before first round and said, ‘I don’t think I can outrun him, but I’m not going to give it to him. I’m going to make sure my car goes down the track.’ Del Worsham did the right thing by making it go down the track. It’s pretty cool; it’s been 10 years since Chevrolet has won a championship in Funny Car and we’re back. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Pomona Post Race →

Wood Brothers

Valiant Effort At Phoenix Not Enough To Keep Blaney SKF/Quick Lane Team In The Playoff Picture

Valiant Effort At Phoenix Not Enough To Keep Blaney SKF/Quick Lane Team In The Playoff Picture
November 12, 2017

Ryan Blaney and the No. 21 SKF/Quick Lane Ford team came up short of being among the four drivers and their teams that will compete for the Monster Energy Cup Series championship at Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway next week. Continue reading Valiant Effort At Phoenix Not Enough To Keep Blaney SKF/Quick Lane Team In The Playoff Picture →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevrolet Drivers Win Championships in All Three NHRA Professional Classes

Chevrolet Drivers Win Championships in All Three NHRA Professional Classes
Robert Hight (Funny Car), Bo Butner (Pro Stock), Brittany Force (Top Fuel) deliver to bring Bowtie driver title total to six

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 12, 2017) – Chevrolet drivers capped a very successful National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season by winning all three pro automobile class championships at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway. Continue reading Chevrolet Drivers Win Championships in All Three NHRA Professional Classes →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Can-Am 500

Austin Dillon Drives No. 3 Realtree Chevrolet to 14th-Place Finish at Phoenix Raceway

“We had a really fast Realtree Chevrolet today. We struggled with a tight-handling condition on the front end, but Justin Alexander and everyone on the team did a good job making adjustments. We made an unscheduled pit-stop for a flat left-rear tire during a caution and ended up losing a little bit of track position. Later in the race, we ended up with a little bit of damage during a late-race restart that got pretty crazy and I think it hurt us a little bit. We ended up finishing 14th. Still, a pretty good day at Phoenix Raceway.”

– Austin Dillon Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Can-Am 500 →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevrolet Aims to Secure Three Pro Championships in NHRA Finale Brittany Force (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) earn No. 1 qualifier honors

Chevrolet Aims to Secure Three Pro Championships in NHRA Finale
Brittany Force (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) earn No. 1 qualifier honors

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 11, 2017) – Chevrolet drivers and teams are poised to claim three professional National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) championships Nov. 12 in the Auto Club NHRA Finals.

Chevrolet drivers Brittany Force in Top Fuel and Greg Anderson in Pro Stock will make title bids as No. 1 qualifiers, while Funny Car points leader Robert Hight was the No. 15 qualifier at Auto Club Raceway for the finale of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship. Continue reading Chevrolet Aims to Secure Three Pro Championships in NHRA Finale Brittany Force (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) earn No. 1 qualifier honors →

Allen Johnson Racing

In Final Race of Career, Allen Johnson Qualifies for 399th Raceday Start at Auto Club NHRA Finals

In Final Race of Career, Allen Johnson Qualifies for 399th Raceday Start at Auto Club NHRA Finals

POMONA, Calif. (November 11, 2017) – In his 504th race in Pro Stock, Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing Dodge Dart driver Allen Johnson is competing in his 399th raceday this weekend at the 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals.

On Friday, Johnson built a foundation for his race weekend with a solid 6.595-seconds pass at 209.95 mph. The Adam Hornberger and Roy Johnson-led team came back in the second session and produced an extremely consistent 6.596, 209.56. Continue reading In Final Race of Career, Allen Johnson Qualifies for 399th Raceday Start at Auto Club NHRA Finals →

Erica Enders

Erica Enders emotional as race against retiring pro Allen Johnson looms

Erica Enders emotional as race
against retiring pro Allen Johnson looms
POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 11) — Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders found herself getting emotional as the race day ladder for the 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals came together and she realized she’d be facing retiring pro and fellow champion Allen Johnson in the opening round of Sunday’s eliminations. Continue reading Erica Enders emotional as race against retiring pro Allen Johnson looms →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Ticket Galaxy 200

Austin Dillon Closes Out His 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series Season with Top-10 Finish in the Ruud Chevolet
“I️ was a little bit worried to start the race after qualifying the Ruud Chevrolet 16th and racing in 14th during Stage 1, but Nick Harrison made an air pressure adjustment that really helped and the pit crew gained us a bunch of spots on pit road. I️ thought we were going to be okay for a while there, especially when we were racing in second. The handling of the Ruud Chevy started to get tight again in the final stage and we lost track position. I️ felt like the right front was just gone. We have some work to do on the XFINITY program at RCR, but I️ know we will get there. I️ am proud of my teammate, Daniel Hemric, for making it to the Final Four. That will be fun to watch him go for the champsionship at Homestead. Also, congrats to Chevrolet for winning the Manufacturer’s title. They clinched that up today, which is pretty awesome so congrats to everyone at Team Chevy on that accomplishment.”

– Austin Dillon Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Ticket Galaxy 200 →

Jegs Racing

After another strong qualifying effort, Jeg Coughlin Jr. primed for final race of the year

After another strong qualifying effort, Jeg Coughlin Jr. primed for final race of the year
POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 11) — Proving the noticeable uptick in performance he enjoyed two weeks ago in Las Vegas wasn’t an anomaly, five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. earned his best starting spot since grabbing the pole in Bristol, Tenn., Saturday at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. Continue reading After another strong qualifying effort, Jeg Coughlin Jr. primed for final race of the year →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevrolet Clinches 18th Bill France Performance Cup Award Recognizes Manufacturer Championship in NASCAR Xfinity Series

Chevrolet Clinches 18th Bill France Performance Cup
Award Recognizes Manufacturer Championship in NASCAR Xfinity Series

Avondale, Ariz. (November 11, 2017) – With William Byron’s victory at Phoenix International Raceway, Chevrolet clinched the Bill France Performance Cup in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS). The 2017 achievement marks the 18th time the Bowtie Brand has captured this prestigious honor, more than any other manufacturer. Continue reading Chevrolet Clinches 18th Bill France Performance Cup Award Recognizes Manufacturer Championship in NASCAR Xfinity Series →

John Force Racing

Monster Energy driver Brittany Force grabs provisional No. 1 in Pomona, cuts into Top Fuel points lead

Monster Energy driver Brittany Force grabs provisional
No. 1 in Pomona, cuts into Top Fuel points lead

Brittany Force (Photo credit: Gary Nastase and Auto Imagery)
POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 10) – Monster Energy driver Brittany Force snared the provisional No. 1 qualifying spot for the Auto Club NHRA Finals and inched closer to the Top Fuel points lead with an Auto Club Raceway-track record on Friday.

Force ripped down Auto Club Raceway with a pass of 3.667 seconds at 330.31 mph, breaking the track record for elapsed time.
Continue reading Monster Energy driver Brittany Force grabs provisional No. 1 in Pomona, cuts into Top Fuel points lead →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevrolet Claims Provisional Top Qualifiers in Top Fuel, Pro Stock Brittany Force resets track elapsed time record; Greg Anderson widens points lead

Chevrolet Claims Provisional Top Qualifiers in Top Fuel, Pro Stock
Brittany Force resets track elapsed time record; Greg Anderson widens points lead

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 10, 2017) – Brittany Force and Greg Anderson made championship statements on the first day of qualifications for the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) title-deciding event at Auto Club Raceway. Continue reading Chevrolet Claims Provisional Top Qualifiers in Top Fuel, Pro Stock Brittany Force resets track elapsed time record; Greg Anderson widens points lead →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Phoenix–Qualifying Notes

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
CAN-AM 500
PHOENIX RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES & QUOTES
NOVEMBER 10, 2017

TOP TEAM CHEVY QUALIFIERS:
* Current Team Chevy Playoff Contender

POS. DRIVER
3rd KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 REFRESH YOUR CAR! CHEVY SS
4TH * CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 HOOTERS CHEVY SS
12TH * JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVY SS
13th JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA CHEVY SS
14TH DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVY SS

TOP FIVE QUALIFIERS:
POS. DRIVER
1ST Ryan Blaney (Ford)
2nd Denny Hamlin (Toyota)
3rd Kyle Larson (Chevrolet)
4th Chase Elliott (Chevrolet)
5TH Kevin Harvick (Ford) Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Phoenix–Qualifying Notes →