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HILLARY WILL, JOHN FORCE WIN IN KANSAS.
For the first time since his crippling accident in Dallas last September, John Force returned to the NHRA winner's circle with a big win at the O'Reilly Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kansas. A 126-time winner, Force shared the podium with first-time Top Fuel victor Hillary Will, who became the third female winner in the last four races. In Pro Stock, veteran Ron Krisher shook off a lengthy five-year winless streak to claim his sixth career event title
Force, 59, insists that he has no plans to retire, and he punctuated that sentiment by taking out points leader Tim Wilkerson with a 4.996-second run at 299.66 mph. Force started the day by evening his elimination-round record against his celebrated daughter, Ashley, at 2-2, beating her identical Boss-powered Ford Mustang on a holeshot, 4.890s to 4.880s
Will, in her 55th professional start, finally cashed in to win a race for patient team owner Ken Black, his first in Top Fuel. Facing 42-time national event winner and two-time champ Larry Dixon in the final, Will left the line first and led at every incremental timer, winning with a 4.744s at 304.53 mph to Dixon's 4.960s at 281.42 mph.
The 2008 season is proving to be one of the most competitive ever in Pro Stock, as the factory hot-rod class crowned its eighth different winner in the first nine races. Krisher beat Dodge racer Larry Morgan with a 6.758s at 204.70 mph in his Chevy Cobalt to win for the first time since St. Louis in 2003, a span of 111 races. Before this runner-up finish, Morgan had not qualified for a race all year.
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