Force gives father John Force another championship for John Force Racing empire.
Force ends Steve Torrence’s four-year Top Fuel reign, but teammate Austin Prock wins race.
The Monster Energy/Flav-R-Pac Chevrolet Dragster driver got to do that before noon Sunday, which might have become the new best day of her career.First-round defeats for Mike Salinas and then chief challenger Justin Ashley sealed the deal for Force and made her a two-time champion. Salinas, the No. 3 qualifier and No. 3-ranked racer had an outside chance to claim the title, lost to No. 14 starter Krista Baldwin. And Brown, a top-five seed in the Countdown, then beat Ashley to crown Force.
Force had said she was committed to “doing the unimaginable on race day when you need to” to earn the championship and said she recognized that “there's still other people fighting for it.” By race day, Ashley and Salinas were the ones shooting for the unimaginable. Ashley and Salinas were within 26 and 75 points, respectively, of a first championship.
This championship she is sharing with crew chiefs Dave Grubnic and Mac Savage. Alan Johnson tuned her to her 2017 championship. And she said, “It's what every team out here is chasing. It's the biggest accomplishment. It's what every team, driver, everyone wants. It's the reason we're out here fighting for this thing, a championship. You want that No. 1 on your car going into the next season.
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