Gainesville, Florida (March 22, 2016) - Courtney Force and her Traxxas Chevrolet Camaro SS team have shown massive amounts of improvement this season and are making it clear they are on track to hunt down another win for John Force Racing and Traxxas.
This weekend at the Gatornationals, the youngest Force qualified in the No. 2 position with a career-best 3.893 second pass at 322.96 mph. She added three qualifying bonus points to her score by being the third-quickest of Q2 and second-quickest of Q4.
On race day, she matched up with Dave Richards and got the win. It was a big round for the Traxxas driver, as it was her 100th career round win in Funny Car. In the second round, Force lost to Chad head despite running a 3.992 ET.
Gainesville Results
Q1: 3.989/315.56
Q2: 3.944/321.42
Q3: 6.976/94.12
Q4: 3.893/322.96
E1: 3.958/318.99
E2: 3.992/322.81
FUNNY CAR -
1. Robert Hight, 280
2. Ron Capps, 279
3. John Force, 221
4. Jack Beckman, 205
5. Courtney Force, 201
6. Del Worsham, 189
7. Tim Wilkerson, 183
8. Chad Head, 162
9. Alexis DeJoria, 119
10. Matt Hagan, 118