NHRA: Winning Funny Car built for safety

John Force proved you don't have to slow down to be safe in the NHRA.

Driving a revolutionary Funny Car designed to help bring the class into the 21st century, Robert Hight defeated Cruz Pedregon by 7 feet in the Funny Car final to give John Force Racing its 18th victory at Auto Club Raceway.

Hight clocked in 4.861 seconds at 284.39 mph in the NHRA season opener, which was slightly quicker than...

Read full story by Damian Dottore in The Orange County Register

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