{"id":1997,"date":"2016-05-02T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2016-05-02T21:18:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:18:17","slug":"courtney-cuts-to-the-top-in-nhra-funny-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=1997","title":{"rendered":"Courtney “Cuts to the top” in NHRA Funny Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtney Force, driving the Traxxas Chevrolet Camaro SS, won the NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway for her first Funny Car victory since St. Louis on Sept. 28, 2014.<\/p>\n

Force, who earned her eighth career Funny Car win in her 101st event, is now tied with race runner-up Tim Wilkerson for first in points through six rounds of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.<\/p>\n

\"(Courtney<\/a>

(With her event win –Courtney Force moved into a tie with Tim Wilkerson for the 2016 Mello Yello FC points lead)<\/p><\/div>\n

Her sister, Brittany Force, a two-time winner this season in the Monster Energy Chevrolet Dragster, retained the Top Fuel points lead following the event in Baytown, Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to get this win,\u201d said Courtney Force, who advanced to the final round for the 15th time in her Funny Car career. \u201cIt seems a lot harder than the first one and took a lot longer, but definitely worth it. I felt we fought hard and it definitely feels good to win here in Texas. I\u2019m going to cherish this moment for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 3 qualifier Force, who has qualified in the top four the past five races, had a pass of 3.913 seconds at 327.90 mph in the final to best the top qualifier (3.943). Force, who is the fifth female Pro winner this season, tied her sister Ashley Force Hood with 105 career round wins.<\/p>\n

\"(Tim<\/a>

(Tim Wilkerson set low ET of the event with a career best 3.899 secs during qualifying)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cCongratulations to Courtney Force of John Force Racing and Greg Anderson of KB Racing for their victories in the NHRA SpringNationals,\u201d Chevrolet Racing NHRA program manager Roger Allen said. \u201cCourtney has displayed such consistency this season in the Traxxas Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car, and it came to fruition at Houston with her first victory of the year \u2013 and first in a Camaro — and eight of her Funny Car career.<\/p>\n

Event Essentials: \u00a0 NHRA Spring Nationals \u00a0(April 29-May 1st, 2016)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nNAME<\/strong><\/td>\nET<\/strong><\/td>\nMPH<\/strong><\/td>\nCAREER WIN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner:<\/strong><\/td>\nCourtney Force<\/td>\n\u00a03.913<\/td>\n327.90<\/td>\n\u00a08th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R\/UP:<\/strong><\/td>\nTim Wilkerson<\/td>\n\u00a03.943<\/td>\n323.81<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Low ET:<\/strong><\/td>\nTim Wilkerson<\/td>\n\u00a03.899<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top Speed:<\/strong><\/td>\nDel Worsham<\/td>\n<\/td>\n328.06<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bump Spot:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a011.34<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event Entries:<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a016 Cars<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\"(Matt<\/a>

(Matt Hagan ran this special Pennzoil edition Dodge at Houston – he qualified #9 but lost in round #2)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"(Living<\/a>

(Living legend John Force represented associate sponsor Advance Auto Parts at the Houston event)<\/p><\/div>\n

Posted with files by Judy Dominick Bruce Biegler<\/em>
\n Photos courtesy of NHRA and Gary Nastase<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtney Force, driving the Traxxas Chevrolet Camaro SS, won the NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway for her first Funny Car victory since St. Louis on Sept. 28, 2014. Force, who earned her eighth career Funny Car win in her 101st event, is now tied with race runner-up Tim Wilkerson for first in points through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997\/revisions\/2000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}