Britney Force has reason to feel most pressure at NH us Nationals Britney Force has no gimmies can't rely on perfect attendance rule this year to make the NH countdown to the championship playoffs with nothing to lose Josh Hart prepared to challenge Force at the NH us Nationals for the final playoff spot nh's Marquee event will award points and a half plus up to 20 qualifying bonus points in the course of five sessions Doug Kida Shan lden Justin Ashley Steve Torrance and Antron Brown have filled the first half of the nh's Top Fuel field for the countdown to the championship but the real drama at this weekend's Toyota us Nationals at Indianapolis will come from the bottom of the elite 10 list where Britney Force hopes to shake her Millstone of mediocrity and keep her number 10 position for the start of the six race playoff she won't be able to take advantage of the perfect attendance rule for she opted out of the Norwalk race in June to be with her family following dad John Force's serious accident at Richmond number 11 ranked Josh Hart and number 12 Shawn Reed can make the countdown field through his perfect attendance but he'd rather aim for a stellar us Nationals and possibly Vault to as high as seventh place when the countdown begins September 13th at Maple Grove Raceway near wedding Pennsylvania in doing that he would bump out Force the two-time class champion this event Awards points and half for round wins and a maximum of 20 bonus points through five qualifying sessions Hart Trails Force by just 55 points and she needs 57 points to pass number nine Billy Torance looking at the points chart a perfect weekend winning the event 150 points being the top qualifier 10 bonus points and four points for lowest time in each of the five qualifying sessions 20 bonus points Max is worth 180 points Fresh Off what he called some of our best runs of the Season at a Brainard Minnesota test session last week Hart said he's realistic but optimistic besides he has a seemingly magical knack for reeling off improbable performances I have to remind myself sometimes that we have recorded some amazing wins the two-time Indianapolis winner in the top alcohol dragster class said we'll have to fight to stay in the countdown at the biggest race of the Season Force said after losing in the first round at brainard's Lucas Oil Nationals where she had said doing well is going to be critical she had Confidence from winning that night Under Fire exhibition extravaganza the week before at Norwalk Ohio but it eroded that left her in 10th Place a risky position this late in the regular season she said we need to move up into a safer spot before the countdown resets I'm very confident in this David grubnic joh Collins run team we have a lot of work to do but it will be worth it when we get there funny car picture in funny car Paul Lee is in a similar situation as Force the Seattle runnerup who skipped the eping New Hampshire event hopes to hang on to the 10th and Final performance-based Countdown slot Alexis deoria on Le Hill's 16 points back has automatic entrance into the countdown for having competed in every event as do the next four non-top 10 drivers Cruz pedregon buddy Hull and Dave Richards