CONCORD, N.C. -- Steve Torrence raced to his fourth straight Top Fuel victory to open the NHRA playoffs Sunday in the Carolina Nationals.
Torrence beat defending series champion Brittany Force with a 3.703-second run at 329.67 mph. The first Top Fuel driver to win the first four races of the Countdown to the Championship, he has nine victories this season and 25 overall.
"It's been truly unbelievable for us to go out and accomplish what we've done," Torrence said. "We're in the middle of this thing and it's truly remarkable. I did my job today, but it's a team and it takes the whole village to make this machine work.