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Posts by Mike Cope:

HIGHT RACES TO SEMIFINALS AT AAA TEXAS FALLNATIONALS

Mike Cope Oct 17, 2016 3:23:05 PM
HIGHT RACES TO SEMIFINALS AT AAA TEXAS FALLNATIONALS

ENNIS, TX --- The AAA Texas Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car team and driver Robert Hight qualified No. 1 and continued a dominant day at the 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals racing to the semifinals before falling to eventual winner Matt Hagan. Hight made six consecutive 3.8 second runs including the quickest runs of the first two rounds of eliminations today. No driver has started a race with six consecutive elapsed times in the 3.8 range and his qualifying time was the third quickest Funny Car time in NHRA history.

BRITTANY FORCE RUNNER-UP AT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY

Mike Cope Oct 3, 2016 2:46:46 PM
BRITTANY FORCE RUNNER-UP AT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY

READING, PA --- For the second time in three years Brittany Force raced to the final round at the Dodge NHRA Nationals. Today she was facing the two-time world champion Antron Brown in a rematch of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. It was one of the closest final rounds so far in the Countdown as both dragsters ran identical elapsed times of 3.721 seconds. Force came up .003 of a second short to Brown after both drivers had nearly equal reaction times with Brown slightly edging Force, a three-time winner this season at the stripe.

JOHN FORCE RACING ENJOYS DAY OF MOTIVATING AND EDUCATION IN MILWAUKEE

Mike Cope Sep 28, 2016 2:08:46 PM
JOHN FORCE RACING ENJOYS DAY OF MOTIVATING AND EDUCATION IN MILWAUKEE

MILWAUKEE, WI (September 27, 2016) --- The entire contingent of John Force Racing drivers as well as the crew of the PEAK Antifreeze & Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car team spent the day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, participating in two rewarding and exciting events in conjunction with Old World Industries, the parent company of team sponsors PEAK and Blue Def. The team, led by 16-time Funny Car champion John Force, were the featured speakers at the Al Hurvis/ADAMM Education Foundation, Inc. luncheon and then in the afternoon Force fired up his 10,000 horsepower Funny Car for over 100 students at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC). 

JOHN FORCE WINS CAROLINA NATIONALS MOVES TO THIRD IN POINTS

Mike Cope Sep 19, 2016 3:14:26 PM
JOHN FORCE WINS CAROLINA NATIONALS MOVES TO THIRD IN POINTS

CHARLOTTE, NC --- John Force made the most the first Countdown race of 2016 picking up his 146th career win and moving from the No. 8 to No. 3 position in the Mello Yello point standings. Force outran Dave Richards, Tim Wilkerson, Ron Capps and then Tommy Johnson Jr to pick up his first win at the Carolina NHRA Nationals. From the winner’s circle stage Force dedicated the victory to his sponsors and announced he would be sending the Wally trophy to Advance Auto Parts who were emblazoned across the side of his Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car along with primary sponsor PEAK Antifreeze & Coolant.

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