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WATCH: John Force leads Funny Car Q1 at Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals

Watch the run that put 16-time Funny Car champion John Force on top following the Funny Car Q1 at the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.
07 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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John Force

John Force came closest to making a 3-second pass at the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties. The 16-time Funny Car champion ran a 4-second pass, right on the money, at 317.49 mph to earn three bonus points and take the category lead into the second qualifying session. He ran alongside Ron Capps, who ran the second-quickest time of the session (4.006) in his classic NAPA Auto Parts scheme after three-straight races in his NAPA Brakes scheme. 

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POSITIONDRIVERETMPH
1John Force4317.49
2Ron Capps4.006310.41
3Tim Wilkerson4.037295.92
4Matt Hagan4.06300.13
5Bob Tasca III4.083304.19
6Shawn Langdon4.129258.81
7Jack Beckman4.134304.8
8Jim Campbell4.163298.67
9J.R. Todd4.401204.2
10Cruz Pedregon5.03151.43
11Dale Creasy6.483112.23
12Robert Hight7.01493.03
13Tommy Johnson Jr9.32278.01


Qualifying continues in Funny Car at 8 p.m. Central Time. You can catch the action live on NHRA.tv and find more highlights on NHRA.com throughout the weekend. Eliminations begin at 11 a.m. Sunday