They are in desperate need of some good fortune and they know it. Co. He leads the points after eight races, but has won only two. But he has been to four final rounds, has but two first-round losses, and has been to the semifinals at every other race except one. Meanwhile, no other driver has been able to launch a sustained attack on Force, exemplified by the fact no other driver in the category has won twice this year. And when you average the elapsed times of the losing drivers who have raced Force in 2001, you see a stunning pattern of lost opportunities.
Force returns to Topeka as a four-time event champion.
All three of his cars ran well in last week's victory by Tony Pedregon in Englishtown, beating Force in the final and teammate Gary Densham in the semifinals. This was two weeks after all three drivers were dropped in the opening round in Atlanta. There have been momentary flashes of formidability elsewhere in the category throughout the first eight races of the season. It will take much more than that for someone to take the spotlight from Team Castrol and change the direction of this championship chase. Pro Stock The Pro Stock class has always been one in which driving skill factors heavily into winning and losing, especially at the starting line.