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11:25 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.61 inches, adjusted altitude 2,324 feet, track temperature 98 degrees. Courtney Force has competed in five races at Pacific Raceways and every race, since 2012, her first race at the track. Force earned her first career Funny Car victory at Pacific Raceways in 2012. That was also her only finals appearance at the track. In 2017, Force has a 15-14 record in elimination rounds and six No. 1 qualifiers. In her career, Force has eight victories, 144 elimination-round wins, and 16 No. 1 qualifiers. Cruz Pedregon has been runner-up here twice. This will be his 605th round of eliminations and he has a 54% win record. He was a 58% advantage in round one match ups, but has only won two of the six prior round one matchups with Force. Force and Pedregon have each won 6 times against the other in prior events. It's all over before 60 feet, as Pedregon's Camry goes no where at the green. The car hits the tires hard and then is coasting. Force makes her best run of the weekend on a straight and clean pass to the finish line. Nice! Courtney Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.248, 660ft-3.173/277.60 mph. |