Some NHRA racers, including debuting Top Fuel import ... In 2010, when Bobby Bode was eight years old, his father, Bob Bode earned his lone Funny Car victory at Brainerd—at Beckman’s expense.

Maybe controversially, NHRA rules allow a substitute driver to ... the historical weight of a 2010 defeat to Bode's father, Bob Bode, at the same venue. Despite outpacing Ron Capps in the ...