Brittany Force Earns her A-Fuel License
Another member of the Force family moves up through the ranks of drag racing.
PHOENIX (February 28, 2008) --- On a partly cloudy day at Firebird Raceway outside of Phoenix, Brittany Force, the 21-year old daughter of 14-time Funny Car champion John Force, completed a job that started over six months ago; making the necessary passes for her A-Fuel license.
The process had its ups and downs for the Santiago Canyon College senior including a brush with the Las Vegas Speedway guardwall as she was learning the ropes. Her final licensing pass was a solid 5.59 seconds at 262 mph.
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Schumacher takes victory in Top Fuel
POMONA, Calif. -- Defending Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher raced to his 42nd career victory Sunday in the Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals, while Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon escaped serious injury in a spectacular explosion.
Pedregon sustained burns to his right hand but was otherwise OK after the wild ride in a first-round loss to John Force. The engine on Pedregon's Chevy Impala exploded in...
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Mike Neff profile
Mike Neff, who won his first NHRA Funny Car championship from outside the cockpit, hopes to win his next one from the inside as a member of John Force Racing's Next Generation of professional drivers.
A native of Hemet, Calif., where he grew up racing dirt bikes and off-road trucks, Neff will contest the 2008 NHRA POWERade Championship in a brand new John Medlen-tuned Ford Mustang Funny Car...
NHRA ready to test repaved Firebird
NHRA drivers - including John Force - will begin to test the limits of a new 700-foot concrete launch pad during the National Time Trials today through Sunday at Firebird International Raceway.
Force, a 14-time Funny Car champion, plans to be back in his Castrol Ford Mustang for the first time since suffering multiple foot, knee, hand and wrist injuries in a September accident. Force first must show NHRA officials that he can get out of his car quickly in the event of another incident.
Five-time Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher calls...
NHRA mandates crash sensors for Funny Car, Top Fuel classes (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
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By JOHN STURBIN All vehicles competing in the NHRA's volatile Funny Car and Top Fuel classes next year will be equipped with Ford Racing "Blue Box" crash sensors, the result of seven months of testing primarily conducted by star-crossed John Force Racing in 2007. Ford Racing offered the crash sensors -- mandatory equipment in the Champ Car World Series from 1996-2006 -- as part of its ...
Dallas: John Force medical update 2007-09-28 (Motorsport.com)
DALLAS, Texas -- Five days after the spectacular crash that landed him in Baylor University Medical Center, John Force again credited fallen teammate Eric Medlen with saving him from more serious injuries.
John Force seriously hurt at NHRA event (AP via Yahoo! News)
Drag-racing star John Force was alert and conscious Sunday after sustaining serious injuries in a wreck with Funny Car rival Kenny Bernstein during the O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex in Ennis.
NHRA (MEMPHIS) – ASHLEY FORCE SITTING NO.1 AFTER FIRST TWO ROUNDS (The Auto Channel)
At a track known for it’s domination by John Force, it’s was his daughter, rookie sensation Ashley Force, who was is in prime position to add a No.1 qualifier to her fathers stellar seven No.1 qualifiers, five win career at Memphis Motorsports Park at the 20th annual O'Reilly Mid-South NHRA Nationals with a steady 4.810 at 316.38 mph.
Todd, others get chance for redemption in Memphis (USA Today)
If there's a qualifying attempt carrying more meaning than the one facing him Friday night in Memphis, NHRA Top Fuel driver J.R. Todd doesn't want to see it. While time has helped Todd digest failing to qualify for the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, he, fellow dragster driver Whit Bazemore, John Force and Warren Johnson enter the O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals determined to overcome their failures in ...
Arend leads Funny Car qualifying, Naylor tops in Pro Stock at U.S. Nationals (That’s Racin’)
CLERMONT, Ind. – Jeff Arend led qualifying in Funny Car and Max Naylor was tops in Pro Stock on Sunday at the U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park. Top Fuel leader Tony Schumacher and Pro Stock motorcycle racer Chip Ellis also led their events. John Force and Warren Johnson, the winningest drivers in NHRA history, failed to make the cut. Top Fuel contenders Whit Bazemore and J.R. Todd also ...