Ashley Force first Victory Towel up for charity auction
Ashley Force has donated her Old Spice Victory Towel from her first NHRA Funny Car win at the Southern Nationals to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities.
From the John Force Racing site:
Ashley Force powered her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang into the winner’s circle yesterday during the 28th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Atlanta Dragway to become the first female to ever win a Funny Car NHRA national event. Force defeated her father drag racing icon and 14-time champion, John Force, in the final and immediately after the race she signed her Old Spice Victory Towel which is available now through an online auction on eBay with 100% of the proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald House charity.
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The auction started at $5, and by the time this page was written, the towel was bid up to $9,200 (100% of the sale price goes to the Ronald McDonald House Charities)
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Ashley Force defeats her dad to make NHRA funny car history
On the day racing legend John Force was going for his 1,000th round victory in his 500th career event, he was beaten by a woman. His daughter.
Ashley Force faced off against her famous drag racing dad in the final round of the 28th Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals Sunday in Atlanta and became the first woman in National Hot Rod Assn. history to win in the sport's marquee funny car class...
Read full story in the Los Angeles Times
Tags: Ashley Force, John ForceCory Mac & Tim Wilkerson end droughts in Vegas
Cory McClenathan claimed his first Top Fuel win in more than a year, and Tim Wilkerson ended a winless drought that extends back to the 2004 Sonoma event during the final rounds of the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. McClenathan, in his first full season as a member of Schumacher Racing, won his 30th career title when he defeated recent Houston winner Antron Brown in the final, 4.65 to 4.70. Wilkerson, the top qualifier at two of the season’s first five events, relegated Ashley Force to a runner-up for the second-straight event following a close 4.96 to 4.99 final.
Read the full story about the Summit Nationals by Kevin McKenna at NHRA.com
Tags: Ashley Force, Tim WilkersonDel Worsham Wins in Funny Car at Spring Nationals
Del Worsham defeated Ashley Force to win the Funny Car final round at the NHRA O'Reilly Spring Nationals in Houston over the weekend. Worsham's K&N Filters/Checker Schuck’s Kragen Chevy Impala ran an impressive 4.93 second elapsed time against Force’s 4.97 second run.
For more details on Sunday's race, check out this story at NHRA.
Tags: Ashley Force, Del Worsham, SpringNationalsDad lets daughter down – Houston Chronicle
Ashley Force gave the crowd a shot at what it was hoping would be a father-daughter Funny Car final Sunday.
After Ashley won her semifinal over Tony Bartone, it was up to father John Force to make it happen.
But Del Worsham...
Read the full story by Russ Goodall in the Houston Chronicle
Tags: Ashley Force, John Force, SpringNationalspr: John and Ashley Force Wow Fans at Brandsource Summit
The torrential rainstorms that blew through Dallas did not dampen the excitement level of participants at 2008 BrandSource Summit who were thrilled to spend a few minutes with 14-time POWERade Funny Car Champion John Force and 2007 Rookie of the Year and Funny Car rising star Ashley Force. The BrandSource Summit brought together thousands of representatives from some of the biggest companies including Whirlpool, Serta, LG, GE, Mitsubishi and many more. Fans lined up for two hours to get autographs, pass along positive messages to the recuperating elder Force and offer words of encouragement to Ashley, one of only two Funny Car females competing at one of the highest levels of motor sports.
In addition to autographs, fans also snapped photos and gawked at Ashley Force’s 8,000 horsepower Castrol GTX Ford Mustang which served as a high powered backdrop. Both of the Forces enjoyed spending...
Read full story and see the photos at John Force Racing
Tags: Ashley Force, John ForceTim Wilkerson qualifies first in Phoenix, Worsham and A. Force DNQ
Rain cancelled Friday's NHRA Funny Car qualifying, leaving drivers with only two Saturday sessions to get into the Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix.
Tim Wilkerson impressively leads the field into eliminations on Sunday. With only two sessions to qualify, the list of those that didn't make the field is surprising. Del Worsham experienced the disappointment of not qualifying his Checker Schuck's Kragen sponsored Impala at his sponsor's event. Del wasn't the lone DNQ though. Ashley Force, Melanie Troxel, Bob Tasca III and Terry Haddock were also unable to qualify.
Tags: Ashley Force, Bob Tasca III, Del Worsham, Force, Funny Car, Haddock, Melanie Troxel, NHRA, Phoenix, race, Terry Haddock, Tim Wilkerson, Wilkerson, WorshamESPN Drag Racing Analyst Mike Dunn Feels 2008 Could Be Year for Women in Funny Car
NHRA POWERade Series Season Begins This Weekend on ESPN2
As the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season rolls to the starting line this weekend, ESPN drag racing analyst Mike Dunn feels that drag racing fans will see history made this year with the first victory by a woman in the Funny Car class.
ESPN2 will have prime-time, same-day coverage of both qualifying and final eliminations from the 48th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals from Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif. Qualifying coverage airs Saturday, Feb. 9, from 8-10 p.m., while finals coverage airs the next night from 7:30-11 p.m. ESPN Classic re-airs the finals Monday, Feb. 11, at 10 a.m.
Dunn, a 22-time winner in NHRA competition during his career and one of only three drivers to score 10 or more wins in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car classes, said that the Funny Car class will be one of the most interesting to watch this season, starting this weekend at Pomona.
“You have Melanie Troxel moving over from Top Fuel to Funny Car,” Dunn said. “And obviously with Ashley Force in her sophomore season, that’s going to be a good story because I think one of them, if not both, will win a race this year. Both of them have very good race cars. They definitely have a shot.”
All eyes in Pomona will be on NHRA superstar John Force, returning from serious injuries suffered in a crash during last year’s Dallas event. Force will be trying to win his 15th NHRA Funny Car title in the 2008 season.
“The biggest story to start off the season is the comeback of John Force after that accident,” said Dunn. “He tested in Phoenix and although he’s hobbling around and still doing his rehabilitation he was able to get in and out of the car and post the quickest and fastest times for his class on the weekend, so that’s going to be a big story to watch.”
Every February since 1961, fans have flocked to Pomona for the traditional opening of the drag racing season, and second-generation driver Dunn enjoys the excitement of the event that he started attending with his father, Hall of Fame racer “Big Jim” Dunn.
“As a kid growing up in Southern California, I used to love going to the Winternationals because everybody had new equipment and new paint schemes and everybody was just excited to get the season started after the winter,” he said.
“There’s just a whole different vibe to that race than probably any other race,” he said. “It’s our second-oldest race, only to the U.S. Nationals, so it’s a big event to win and it means a lot.”
Paul Page anchors ESPN2’s coverage from Pomona, joined in the booth by Dunn for analysis. Gary Gerould and Dave Rieff report from the pits.
Rieff and Dunn also host NHRA RaceDay at 11 a.m. Sunday on ESPN2. Originating from Nitro Alley at Pomona, the show will set up that day’s final elimination action with interviews and features. An episode of NHRA Thrills and Spills airs Sunday at 7 p.m., prior to the start of finals coverage.
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