Force Hood leads Funny Car at Mohnton, four spots ahead of dad

October 11th, 2009 Edwards wins in Virginia, closes in on titleDINWIDDIE, Va. — Pro Stock driver Mike Edwards went wire-to-wire at the NHRA Virginia Nationals on Sunday, earning the maximum 150 points to all but clinch his first career NHRA Full Throttle Series world championship.

October 10th, 2009 Dixon tops qualifying for fourth straight eventDINWIDDIE, Va. — Second-place Larry Dixon cut into Tony Schumacher's Top Fuel points leads with his fourth straight No.

October 9th, 2009 Force Hood leads Funny Car qualifyingDINWIDDIE, Va. — Ashley Force Hood solidified her status as the Funny Car points leader with a 4.094-second pass at 307.79 mph to secure the provisional pole Friday on the first day of qualifying for the NHRA Virginia Nationals.

October 2nd, 2009 Dixon leads Top Fuel qualifyingMILLINGTON, Tenn. — Larry Dixon raced to his third consecutive and seventh No.

September 30th, 2009 Hight races to 2nd straight playoff winENNIS, Texas — Robert Hight raced to his second Funny Car victory in two playoff events, winning the NHRA Fall Nationals on Sunday at Texas Motorplex. Hight, who barely advanced to the Countdown to 1, beat Jack Beckman in the final round at the Texas Motorplex, after outrunning Leif Helander, Tim Wilkerson and Ashley Force Hood.

September 26th, 2009 Edwards tops qualifying in TexasENNIS, Texas — Pro Stock racer Mike Edwards took advantage of NHRA's new qualifying bonus point system and earned the maximum 12 points during two days of qualifying at the O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals. For his efforts, the Oklahoma racer earned his category-leading 12th No.

September 25th, 2009 Hight leads Funny Car qualifyingENNIS, Texas — Robert Hight raced to the Funny Car qualifying lead Friday in the O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals. Hight, who barely made it into the NHRA Full Throttle Series Countdown to 1, followed up his win last weekend in Charlotte, N.C., by leading qualifying at the Texas Motorplex, the second event of the six-race championship playoffs.

September 15th, 2009 Force, Pedregon mending fencesFunny Car driver John Force is trying to forgive and forget a recent spat with Tony Pedregon. It's just taking him a little time.

September 12th, 2009 MONZA - Adrian Sutil of the Force India team topped the bill again Saturday in the final free practice session for the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. The German Sutil clocked 1 minute 23.336 seconds for the 5.793-kilometres lap to rank ahead of championship leader Jenson Button of Brawn GP (1:23.404) and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel (1:23.490).

August 24th, 2009 Tasca takes Funny Car in PennsylvaniaMOHNTON, Pa. — Bob Tasca took his second Funny Car title of the season, beating Mike Neff with a pass of 4.23 seconds Sunday at the rain-delayed NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals.

July 26th, 2009 Funny Moon wins Coaching Club American OaksNEW YORK — Funny Moon edged Don't Forget Gil by a neck Saturday to win the $300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park. Rachel Alexandra, the class of the division, was out of the picture and Funny Moon took advantage to get her first stakes win.

July 26th, 2009 Steelers agree to deal with first-round pick HoodPITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed to terms on a five-year contract with first-round draft choice Ziggy Hood. The defensive lineman from Missouri was drafted 32nd overall by the defending Super Bowl champions.

July 13th, 2009 Capps, Brown win nitro races at Bandimere SpeedwayMORRISON, Colo. — Sometimes, Ron Capps has to play the villain, a role he doesn't particularly relish.

July 11th, 2009 Wilkerson uses used parts from rivals to beat themMORRISON, Colo. — The parts on Tim Wilkerson's funny car are wearing thin and in need of replacement.

July 1st, 2009 Brazil moves to top of FIFA rankings; US at No. 12ZURICH — Brazil has ended Spain's one-year reign as the world's top soccer team and the United States moved up two spots to No.