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Jonnie Lindberg shows off the eye of the tiger and Brian Corradi takes over John Force's Funny Car as our testing coverage concludes at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.
02 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Jonnie Lindberg

Teams will continue to test in small quantities at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park just outside of Phoenix, but Saturday marks the end of NHRA National Dragster's coverage of the annual NHRA preseason test session. Teams continued to learn by sending vehicles down the track and National Dragster photograph Marc Gewertz captured some spectacular images you can see below. 


John Force will chase his 150th win in 2019 and got off to a decent start at preseason testing. The winningest driver in Funny Car history gets the benefit of a veteran crew chief. 


Right. This guy. Brian Corradi helped Courtney Force to a career year in 2018 and will now turn the knobs for John Force in 2019. 


Mike Salinas' middle daughter, Jianna, took another handful of laps Saturday to get more comfortable on her Suzuki ahead of her debut in Gainesville. She says she's nervous, but ready. 


Cruz Pedregon got another lap in his Dodge Charger//SRT Hellcat as his crew prepares for what he hopes to be a better season than his so-so 2018 campaign. 


Jonnie Lindberg and tuner/owner Jim Head made all their passes in their 2018 body on Saturday (shown in the hero picture on this article) while making just one pass in their 2019 body on Friday.