Going into eliminations John Force has the national record. Only twice in the long history of the Winternationals has a Funny Car driver set the record and won the race. Don Prudhomme did it in 1976 and Kenny Bernstein did it in 1987..This is the 10th time John has been number one at the Winternationals and he has two wins from that top spot (1997 & 2002) Force has a 4-2 win advantage over Lee in first round match ups and is 5 - 2 against Lee in all prior events.

It's all over before they stage, as there are problems with Lee's car after the burnout and they can't fix it in time.

Another brilliant Force pass and big numbers.

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.268, 660ft-3.219/269.73 mph.