John Force
John Force
John Harold Forceis an American NHRA drag racer. He is a 16-time Funny Car champion driver and an 18-time champion car owner. Force owns and drives for John Force Racing. He is one of the most dominant drag racers in the sport with 144 career victories. He graduated from Bell Gardens High School and briefly attended Cerritos Junior College to play football. He is the father of drag racers Ashley Force Hood, Brittany Force, and Courtney Force. His oldest daughter...
run stand
If you stand still, you're going to get run over,
gut guys kinda might mistake pass races running three
It's kinda exciting, ... after you get over the gut ache you have every morning. But everybody's running out of races now. You can't make a mistake because two or three guys might pass you.
ahead air bit bunch cars paying running stay stuff three track win work year
The tune-up was good, the track is good, and the air is good, that's what it takes. If you want to win a bunch of championships you have to stay ahead of the curve. We started working on this stuff a year ago and it bit us but now the work is paying off and all three cars are running good.
car running shot win
The car is running good. When you run good, you're always happy. We'll just go from here and see if we can win this race. We have a shot at winning. So do 15 other guys.
anybody expect left middle racing till
I'm here to tell them that anybody can be beat, but it ain't over till I say it's over. There's a lot of racing left and we expect to be right in the middle of it.
cars ruin win
The only thing that could ruin it, ... is if one of these cars doesn't win the championship.
bring heat stands
We bring 'em out of the stands into the heat of battle.
bad felt
I actually felt kind of bad for him, because I've been there,
When he went into the blower business, he did it out of a passion.
chiefs chris crew encourages enjoyed four involved last national personally program racing salute
We've enjoyed being involved in the SYNTEC Outperformers program these last four years, ... because it encourages the young individuals who'll be the racing crew chiefs of the future. I want to personally salute Chris Burd as the national scholarship winner.
ball bit experience hard points quit racing suck
We need to go after these guys, ... We need to quit racing scared. When you're (in the points lead), you always back off a little bit and play it safe. But now I ain't in the lead. I've got nothing to lose. So let's play hard ball because I've got too much experience to suck this bad.
team trouble win wrong
We've had some trouble this year, but there's nothing wrong with me and nothing wrong with this team that a win wouldn't fix,
lead lose next points round turned
Next week, it can be turned right back around. Next week, I can come out and lose in the first round and they'll take the points lead again.
field fuel plenty saying top toughest won
I've been saying that this is the toughest (Funny Car) field I've ever seen, ... Scelzi, he's smart. He's won championships (three in the Top Fuel division) before. And Capps is plenty shrewd, too. My hat's off to 'em, right now.