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Veterans Force, Johnson, Bazemore and Todd miss U.S. Nationals cut

By John Schwarb
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, September 2, 2007

CLERMONT, Ind. -- The NHRA POWERade Countdown to the Championship would have felt strange without 14-time Funny Car champion John Force, but he rallied to get in. He couldn't rally his way into the elimination round at the U.S. Nationals on Sunday. On a hot day at O'Reilly Raceway Park that saw four Countdown drivers fail to qualify for the first race in the series' new championship format, the most glaring omission was the 58-year-old Force, the hottest driver in the sport. "You always want ...

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