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O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
Bristol, TN
(April 29-May 1)

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John Force Castrol GTX Ford Mustang Funny Car

Bristol, Sunday: John Force, the defending champion in the Thunder Valley Nationals, lost to arch rival Cruz Pedregon in the first round when his Castrol GTX Start Up Ford couldn’t negotiate the tricky left lane, slowed from its qualifying pace of 4.821 to 7.096 seconds and lost to the Chevrolet Monte Carlo of Cruz Pedregon.

Despite his troubles, Force remained second in points behind Whit Bazemore, who also was a first round loser on Sunday.

“We had a chance to make up some ground and we didn’t,” Force said.  “All we can do is regroup and try to do better at Atlanta.”

Force did extend his record-shattering qualifying streak to 352 consecutive NHRA tour events.

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