Three-time NASCAR Cup champion wins first two rounds round in his NHRA career, beating two-time champion Brittany Force and Billy Torrence in Arizona.
After first-round losses to Justin Ashley at Gainesville, Fla., and Steve Torrence at Pomona, Calif., Tony Stewart earned his first NHRA Top Fuel elimination round-wins Sunday morning at the Arizona Nationals at Firebird Motorsports Park.Stewart, racing in his first season in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series for the first season and starting out of the No. 15 spot on the 16-car grid, defeated No. 2 qualifier Brittany Force.
So Neil and Mike and Ryan and all these guys in this Direct Connection Dodge team with this Top Fuel car, they're having to figure out how to get my fat butt going, getting it started.' Strausbaugh laughed and said, 'He's been driving his ass off. Everybody knows he can do it. I've been working my butt off to get it to go down the track.'Stewart said, 'So, we're struggling, but this is something the teams needed.
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