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NHRA funny car driver John Force was the top qualifier on Friday at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. The 14-time NHRA champion talked about being near the end of his career and if he is considering retiring. He was asked if one of his John Force Racing drivers wins the funny car championship this year, will he pass the torch and retire. Robert Hight leads the funny car standings. Forces daughter, Ashley Force Hood, is second the funny car standings. Both are drivers for John Force Racing. The 60 ...

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Jack Beckman came into the NHRA races at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona with a mathematical shot at winning the funny car championship. He is in fourth place and would need a lot of help to leap frog his way to the top of the funny car standings. He said realistically, he is racing for second place. The driver from Norco was the eighth fastest qualifier after Fridays session. John Force was the top qualifier, followed by Robert Hight, the leader in the funny car standings. Beckman, a driver for ...

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Mike Edwards improved his time in the NHRA pro stock qualifying on Friday at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. His time of 6.575 was 0.36 seconds better than the second fastest qualifier. Edwards has a comfortable cushion, but he said he thinks he needs to go even faster on the final day of qualifying to maintain his top spot. Allen Johnson was second in qualifying at 6.611 seconds, followed by Rodger Brogdon in third at 6.621 seconds. Edwards, the leader in the pro stock standings, added three ...

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Karen Stoffer remained the top qualifier in NHRA pro stock motorcycles on Friday at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. She did not best her time of 6.982 seconds set on Thursday, but no other riders were able to set a faster run either. Four riders are in the 6.98 range after the second day of qualifying. Andrew Hines is the second fastest qualifier at 6.986 seconds. Larry Cook is third at 6.987 seconds and Douglas Horne is fourth at 6.989 seconds.

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RJ Johnson won the NASCAR Super Trucks season finale race and the Super Trucks championship by the narrowest of margins at Toyota Speedway at Iriwndale on Saturday night. Johnson, a driver from Canyon Country, and Pat Mintey Jr. of Quartz Hill entered the 100-lap season finale in the Super Trucks division tied for first in the Super Trucks standings at the track. Johnson won his eighth race of the season on a green-white-checker restart with Mintey close on his tail over the last two laps ...

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RJ Johnson and Pat Mintey Jr. were tied for the lead in the NASCAR Super Trucks standings at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. Johnson, a driver from Canyon Country, has won seven Super Trucks races at Irwindale this season, the most of any driver in the division. He has won three of the last four races. Mintey has won four races this year and is the reigning Super Trucks champion at the track.

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Pat Mintey Jr. and RJ Johnson were tied for the lead in the NASCAR Super Trucks standings at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night. The championship was going to be determined in a 100-lap season-finale race. Mintey, a driver from Quartz Hill, is the reigning Super Trucks champion at Irwindale. Johnson has won seven Super Trucks races and three of the last four.

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Ryan Tuerck won the season finale Formula Drift event at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night. Tuerck, driving a Pontiac Solstice GXP, won when Tyler mcquarrie hit the wall in turn 3 and spun out in the final round. mcquarrie, a driver from Walnut Creek in a Nissan 350 ZX, finished second. Tanner Foust of Laguna Beach, in a Scion tc, was third. Tuerck, a driver from Derry, NH, beat Matt Waldin in the first round, then knocked out Ken Gushi in the second round, Robbie Nishida in the ...

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Justin Pawlak, a driver from Long Beach, was the top qualifier for the Formula Drift season finale at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Friday night. The 30-year-old transplant from Michigan put his Mazda RX-8 in the top spot for Saturday night races at Irwindale. The top-32 drivers earned spots in the final race of the Formula Drift season. Chris Forsberg, the leader in the Formula Drift standings, qualified seventh. Ryan Tuerck, the second place driver in the Formula Drift standings ...

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Kevin Harvick showed two sides of his personality at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on Sunday. He showed his generous side before the race started, providing 75 at-risk students with tickets to the race and spending time with them before the driver introductions. He showed his prickly side after the race when he rushed out of the garage area not wanting to talk much about his 10th place finish. Harvick can be that way. It was great to see Harvick spend time with some kids who might not ...

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