Brown joins Force Hood as winner
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Antron Brown held the top spot in the Top Fuel qualifying at the NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.
Ashley Force Hood and Mike Edwards also took the provisional top spots in their categories at the ninth of 24 events on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Brown's run of 3.841 seconds at 315.71 mph on Friday was enough to give him the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel. For Brown, it's his third No. 1 qualifier of the season and 17th of his career.
Current points leader Tony Schumacher sits in the third while third-place points driver and 2007 Topeka winner, Brandon Bernstein, is just behind him in fourth.
In Funny Car, Force Hood's Friday night run was strong enough to keep the No. 1 spot. She drove to a 4.107 at 295.59 to collect her third No. 1 qualifier of the season.
Defending event winner John Force starts in the second spot while current points leader and two-time Topeka winner Ron Capps is in the seventh spot.
In Pro Stock, Edwards kept the top spot in Topeka. He drove his ART Pontiac GXP to a 6.674 at 206.29 for his fifth No. 1 qualifier of the season.
Current points leader and defending world champion Jeg Coughlin qualified fourth in the field while four-time Topeka winner Greg Anderson is just ahead of him in the third spot.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
