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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
Race coverage
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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POSITION DRIVER ET MPH
1 John Force 4 317.49
2 Ron Capps 4.006 310.41
3 Tim Wilkerson 4.037 295.92
4 Matt Hagan 4.06 300.13
5 Bob Tasca III 4.083 304.19
6 Shawn Langdon 4.129 258.81
7 Jack Beckman 4.134 304.8
8 Jim Campbell 4.163 298.67
9 J.R. Todd 4.401 204.2
10 Cruz Pedregon 5.03 151.43
11 Dale Creasy 6.483 112.23
12 Robert Hight 7.014 93.03
13 Tommy Johnson Jr 9.322 78.01


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