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Ashley Force went four rounds. Was Dad excited? You bet. (Tim Marshall
photo)
The 2002 season is history, but while Force's Funny Car
sat in the Pomona Winner's Circle its owner/driver ran down the staging
lanes to see his daughter Ashley compete in the first round of Super
Comp. After she won that round the excitable, proud father yelled, "This
is BITCHIN'! She was so nervous up there!" The Force team had a good
season. Ashley went on to four rounds of racing and the nitro side of
the team finished 1-2, with Densham in fourth. As Gary put it, "I like
to start again tomorrow."
[Editor's note: DRO will have Sportsman coverage from
Pomona coming soon.]
Final 2002 NHRA POWERade
Point Standings
(victories in parentheses)
|
TOP
FUEL
|
|
1
|
Larry Dixon (9) |
1951
|
|
2
|
Kenny Bernstein
(4) |
1758
|
|
3
|
Tony Schumacher
(2) |
1428
|
|
4
|
Doug Kalitta (3) |
1425
|
|
5
|
Cory McClenathan
(1) |
1425
|
|
6
|
Darrell Russell
(3) |
1343
|
|
7
|
Doug Herbert (1) |
1333
|
|
8
|
Andrew Cowin |
1132
|
|
9
|
Rhonda Hartman-Smith |
997
|
|
10
|
John Smith |
846
|
|
|
|
|
|
FUNNY
CAR
|
|
1
|
John Force (8) |
1776
|
|
2
|
Tony Pedregon (6) |
1698
|
|
3
|
Del Worsham (4) |
1439
|
|
4
|
Gary Densham (2) |
1412
|
|
5
|
Whit Bazemore (2) |
1208
|
|
6
|
Ron Capps (1) |
1148
|
|
7
|
Tommy Johnson Jr. |
1128
|
|
8
|
Scotty Cannon |
1121
|
|
9
|
Dean Skuza |
1001
|
|
10
|
Johnny Gray |
941
|
|
|
|
|
|
PRO
STOCK
|
|
1
|
Jeg Coughlin Jr.
(8) |
1643
|
|
2
|
Jim Yates (1) |
1432
|
|
3
|
Greg Anderson (2) |
1368
|
|
4
|
Warren Johnson
(1) |
1296
|
|
5
|
Ron Krisher (1) |
1169
|
|
6
|
Kurt Johnson (1) |
1158
|
|
7
|
Mike Edwards (2) |
1007
|
|
8
|
Allen Johnson |
946
|
|
9
|
Gene Wilson |
885
|
|
10
|
Mark Whisnant |
860
|
|
|
|
|
|
PRO
STOCK BIKE
|
|
1
|
Angelle Savoie
(6) |
1345
|
|
2
|
Craig Treble (4) |
1149
|
|
3
|
Matt Hines (2) |
1057
|
|
4
|
Antron Brown (1) |
982
|
|
5
|
Shawn Gann |
979
|
|
6
|
Geno Scali (1) |
738
|
|
7
|
Reggie Showers |
657
|
|
8
|
Mike Berry |
571
|
|
9
|
John Smith |
537
|
|
10
|
Steve Johnson |
502
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