{"id":5928,"date":"2024-04-08T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T06:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2024-04-09T22:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T22:20:40","slug":"living-legend-ends-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=5928","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLiving Legend\u201d Ends Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Funny Car legend John Force picked up his first victory in two years, powering past Matt Hagan of Tony Stewart Racing to win the p Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, which was postponed by rain and then completed on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd at Firebird Motorsports Park in Phoenix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Force, the winningest driver in NHRA history, went 4.033-seconds at 318.24 mph in his PEAK Antifreeze & Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SS, slipping past Hagan\u2019s 4.048 to claim his 156th career victory and first since April of 2022. Force now has eight Winternationals wins to his credit and this marked another special one in his iconic career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wiley John Force<\/strong> collected career win #156 for the rain delayed Lucas Oil Winternationals event – which was concluded at Phoenix.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’m just facing the truth in life, that, you know, time’s running out, and I’m trying to hang on,\u201d Force said. \u201cThis morning, I was talking about, \u2018You know, maybe this is it, maybe I should just walk out the gate and go to the casino,\u2019 and then all sudden you win and your weight and your personality just changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was mad, mad at myself [for losing in the Mission Challenge earlier in the day], and I started saying, ‘You just need to get out of the seat, you’re just too old for this stuff’ or ‘Get out there and fight the fight.’ And I did and things went right, and I got the win, so I’m excited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Defending NHRA World Champion Matt Hagan<\/strong> qualified #1 and set low ET\/Top speed for the Pomona event.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Funny Car Racing Class Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WIN: John Force \u2013 4.033 secs 318.24 mph (Career win #156)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R\/UP: Matt Hagan \u2013 4.048 secs 283.61 mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Low ET: Matt Hagan \u2013 3.893 secs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top MPH: Matt Hagan \u2013 330.15 mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bump: 4.823 secs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entries \u2013 20 cars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Both the Toyota Supra cars raced by JR Todd<\/strong> (top) and Ron Capps<\/strong> made the semi final rounds at Pomona.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Posted with files by NHRA Communications and Bruce Biegler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by David Ostaszewski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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