Two-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force , who typically sports Monster Energy colors on her John Force Racing dragster , welcomes iconic NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick and his HendrickCars . com brand to nitro racing at the Four-Wide Nationals outside Charlotte . Racing just minutes from Hendrick Motorsports headquarters in the heart of NASCAR country , Force qualified

No . 15 but bounced back in eliminations . In a first-round quad made up entirely of past world champions , Force finished behind Antron Brown but ahead of Steve Torrence and Shawn Langdon , beating Torrence on a holeshot . A consistent 3.729-second pass at a booming 336.57 MPH followed in the second round , but it wasn ’ t enough to get around the quick-reaction Brown and Justin Ashley .

Photograph by NHRA Media zMAX Dragway | Concord , North Carolina | Friday , April 26 th , 2024

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