Ashley Force Hood secured her 11th career No. 1 qualifying position in Funny Car on Saturday at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. The other No. 1 qualifiers at the 12th of 23 races in the series were Antron Brown (Top Fuel) and Allen Johnson (Pro Stock). Force Hood set the top-qualifying mark -- her second this season -- with a 4.151-second pass at a top speed of 296.70 mph in Friday's night qualifying session and it held up through Saturday. http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/nhra/news/story?id=5306233
