Prock Endures A Long And Bumpy Road

Cruz Pedregon had a year’s experience in a Top Fuel dragster before he switched to a Funny Car in 1992 — and totally disrupted the class.

John Force, who was on a roll at the time while working on a third straight championship, was almost apoplectic for the rookie’s immediate success in the McDonald’s-branded entry that Force called “the hamburger stand from hell.”