This is what happened on ESPN2 Sunday afternoon when 14 time Funny Car Champ John Force was accused of cheating on the coverage by rival Tony Pedregon. The accusation first came from Cruz Pedergon, the series' current champion when he was about to be knocked out of the top 10 who qualify for the season end "Countdown".
I know this may confusing to many of you, but when Force lost to teammate and Son-in-Law Robert Hight allowing Hight to pass Cruz the crap hit he fan, and the censors hit the ESPN2 airways.
Force smoked his tires at the start and Hight drove into the finals of the U.S. Nationals and NHRA's "Countdown". After Force's Daughter Ashley Force defeated Tony Pedregon the other semi-final Tony and John Force had a heated exchange that would've made Hulk Hogan and Rowdy Roddy Piper Proud. All that was missing on the episode of "Piper's Pit" was Mean Gene. ESPN2 analysts Mike Dunn and Paul Page picked up the slack with Page trying to calm the situation and Dunn taking sides with the Pedregon Brothers.
ESPN2 was not going to cool the situation as they kept replaying the altercation, and went back and forth interviewing Tony and Force setting up a storyline and rivalry the rest of the season.
I have no problem with what John Force did. NHRA competition officials investigated the possible "throwing" of the race and they had no findings. The fact is, many teams including the Pedregon's have had their sponsors cut their funding and a mega team like John Force Racing is thriving better than most. Some of the bitterness is coming because of jealousy.
Race fans, stay tuned in 2 weeks for Charlotte.
