Justin Ashley maintains Top Fuel points lead as Brittany Force’s bid takes another punch.Hagan yields second place in the points to Capps, while John Force, Bob Tasca gain no ground in Funny Car.Call Top Fuel points leader Justin Ashley a prophet.
Brown changed the Countdown conversation by eliminating Brittany Force in the quarterfinals for the second time in as many Countdown races . Round 2 also bit No. 3-seeded Mike Salinas, No. 5 Steve Torrence, and No. 7 Josh Hart. Salinas lost to Doug Kalitta, and Hart to Clay Millican. Torrence dropped his race against Ashley, making his chances for a fifth consecutive championship look a little bleaker.
Hight said, “We had a spark plug out, and it dropped a cylinder. If the driver would have had a .069 light like I had first round, we would be moving on.” “Well, I guess my luck ran out. No, really, though, not a bad day. We needed to go some rounds, keep ourselves in the conversation, and we did just that,” Force said. “We stayed No. 4, and with four races left, we still have a shot at it. It’s going to be a lot of work, for the guys and for myself.”
In the Top Fuel, the passing of Abigail Bucher-Baldwin, daughter of part-time dragster racer and Cleveland pastor Mike Bucher, hit several racers hard, including Ashley and Brown.
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