CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Courtney Force won the NHRA Arizona Nationals on Sunday after her 68-year-old father escaped serious injury in a frightening engine explosion and crash.
Courtney Force beat Tommy Johnson Jr. in the final round with a 3.834-second run at 337.16 mph. She won for the 10th time in Funny Car and first since Houston in 2016.
"Having (crew chief) Brian Corradi on my team and working with Dan Hood has been a great connection for our entire team," said Courtney Force, the wife of IndyCar driver Graham Rahal. "I had the utmost confidence to get in the car today because of the job my team does on it, so to get a victory at this race and take home a Wally at the end of the weekend is pretty incredible.