John Force races to third victory of season, record 129th overall

John Force wins in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — John Force raced to his third victory of the season and record 129th overall NHRA win, beating Tony Pendragon on Sunday in the Summitracing.com Spring Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The 60-year-old Force had a 4.334-second pass at 284.93 mph in his Ford Mustang against Pendragon (5.630 at 138.34) in the Funny Car final.

“The hardest thing I work for is to be able to compete and show my kids that I can still do it,” Force said. “I want to show them how much I still love it. This is a great win here in front of a lot of family and friends. Now I’m back in the game, and it feels good.”

In Top Fuel, Larry Dixon raced to his third victory of the season and 51st overall, beating Cory McClenathan with a 4.016-second pass at 313.37 mph.

Mike Edwards won the Pro Stock final. Edwards had a 6.751-second pass at 205.51 mph to edge Greg Stanfield.