Ashley Force fastest qualifier at Brainerd
Ashley Force topped the qualifying field at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota. Ashley Force ran her Castrol GTX Mustang 4.110 seconds E.T. at 299.40 MPH to secure the position on Friday. Qualifying ended with four John Force racing cars in the top five positions. John Force qualified second with a 4.112 second E.T. at 301.27 MPH run, that was 0.002 behind his daughter Ashley. Robert Hight ran a 4.119 second E.T. at 300.26 MPH for the third spot and Mike Neff took the fifth spot with a 4.176 second E.T. at 298.80 MPH.
Del Worsham and his Checker Schuck’s Kragen Impala managed to be the only competitor to break through John Force Racing's domination of qualifying, by running a 4.152 second E.T. at 291.01 MPH for the forth qualifying slot. Worsham is currently 12th in points and is hoping to break into the top ten this weekend to make it into the Countdown to One. He'll have to earn two more points than Bob Tasca III and 42 points more than Jack Beckman to make the countdown.
Tags: Ashley Force, Del Worsham, John Force, Mike Neff, NHRA, Robert HightDefying age and death
There were many, including this corner, who thought John Force had reached the end of the line last September when he crashed in Ennis, Tex., and suffered serious injuries.
We were amazed when the 59-year-old Force climbed back into his Castrol Ford Mustang Funny Car at the Winternationals and started competing once again in the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series.
Not only did Force prove me wrong, but the rest of his skeptics as well.
This past Sunday, the 14-time champion took it one step...
Read Louis Brewster's article about John Force's comeback in the San Bernardino Sun
Neff Takes Title at Honorary ‘First Race’ During Visit to zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC
John Force and Mike Neff started their engines. Both lurched closer to the starting line.
Then the flag dropped on the first race at zMAX Dragway @ Concord.
Sure, there was no pavement. There were no Ford Funny Cars.
What they did have were dump trucks and, technically, a track. So the drivers of the NHRA POWERade Series took advantage of it Saturday while on a tour of the facility.
Several of the top drivers of the NHRA POWERade Series are participating in events planned during NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway this weekend, including defending NHRA POWERade Series world champions...
Read the full article at Motorsports Journal
Tags: Charlotte, John Force, Mike Neff, NHRAFrom Indy to Charlotte, NHRA racers work to spread the message
It may be the busiest non-NHRA-racing weekend of the year, but many teams of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series are from sitting out around the backyard barbecuing steaks. From Indianapolis to Charlotte, many of NHRA's top drivers and teams are taking advantage of the intense focus on the weekend's Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 to help bring more awareness to NHRA drag racing.
From shop tours to facility visits, from the media centers down to pit road, some of NHRA's best and brightest will show the circle-track crowd what makes the NHRA world go around.
In Indianapolis, where the 92nd annual Indy 500 will take the green flag at 1 p.m. Sunday, but there's plenty going on the day before. Melanie Troxel, recent...
Tags: Cruz Pedregon, John Force, Melanie Troxel, Tony PedregonHal Pilger: Wilkerson wins respect of Forces
MADISON — Three weeks ago, Ashley Force was on the verge of making racing history at Las Vegas when Springfield driver Tim Wilkerson beat her in the Funny Car finals.
Wilkerson’s first National Hot Rod Association victory since 2004 thwarted Ashley’s attempt to become the first woman to win...
Read Hal Pilger's full article Springfield State Journal Register
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 ForceJohn Force’s midlife crisis at 330 mph
Driving a funny car at 330 mph might not be the best time for a mid-life crisis. It's not like John Force has a choice.
For 30 years, winning was pretty much the only thing in his life. All of a sudden, he's trying to make it just one of many...
Read Jim Litke's full story on John Force at MSNBC
Drag racing is a family affair
The drag racing community is extremely tight and families have long histories with one another. Just look at the Force and Worsham clans.
John Force and Chuck Worsham have competed against one another for years in Funny Car, Force as a driver/owner and Worsham as a owner/tuner for son Del of Chino Hills.
Last Sunday in Houston, Del denied...
Read the full story at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Tags: Del Worsham, John Force