| | CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Nine-time NHRA Funny Car champion John
Force moved closer to Bob Glidden's career victory record Sunday,
winning the Checker Schucks Kragen Nationals.
Force beat Ron Capps in the final with a quarter-mile run on the
Firebird International Raceway of 4.933 seconds at 195.90 mph.
Capps, who lost traction, finished in 8.196 seconds.
Force has 82 career victories, three behind Glidden's mark.
Tony Schumacher and Jeg Coughlin also raced to victories in the
$1.5 million competition, the second of 24 events in the $45
million NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series.
Schumacher, the defending Winston Top Fuel champion, lost
traction early and sped to a 5.095-second pass at 289.57 mph. It
was enough to hold off Bob Vandergriff, who lost power in a run of
5.421 seconds at 243.77 mph.
Coughlin beat Mark Pawuk in the Pro Stock final for his second
straight victory. Coughlin finished in 6.961 seconds at 198.44 mph,
while Pawuk had a pass of 7.081 seconds at 195.90 mph.
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ALSO SEE
Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals results
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