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May 16, 2012
YORBA LINDA, CA (May 16, 2012) --- Legendary Funny Car driver John Force and teammate Robert Hight will honor the legacy of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll during the 12th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Br
May 15, 2012
TOPEKA, Kan. – The word itself is a bit oxymoron-ish, but there’s little doubt that John Force is one of the nation’s most prolific sexagenarians.
A world champion at 61 and an NHRA natio
May 15, 2012
TOPEKA, Kan. – Mike Neff’s qualifying failure at the most recent event in the NHRA Full Throttle drag racing series prompted the versatile 45-year-old to pay a grudging compliment to the Countdown to 1
May 14, 2012
TOPEKA, KS (May 14, 2012) --- Last year in Topeka Robert Hight was attempting to set a couple of personal records and one giant team record when his Auto Club Ford Mustang rolled up to the starting line beside teammate M
May 09, 2012
TOPEKA, Kan. (May 9, 2012) – Coming out of a successful weekend for John Force Racing as a whole, Courtney Force looks to boost her top ten position in the points and go some rounds at Heartland Park Topeka for the
May 06, 2012
TEAM JFR RACE REPORT
32nd annual Summit Southern Nationals
Atlanta Dragway
Atlanta, Ga.
May 4-6, 2012
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Final round results from Sunday’s 32nd annual
May 05, 2012
At 32nd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta, Ga.
COMMERCE, Ga. (May 5, 2012) --- When Robert Hight and his AAA Auto Club of Southern California Ford Mustang posted the quickes
May 05, 2012
TEAM JFR QUALIFYING REPORT
2012 NHRA Final Qualifying Summary
7th of 23 races in the NHRA Full Throttle Series
32nd annual NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals
Atlanta Dragw
May 04, 2012
TEAM JFR QUALIFYING REPORT
2012 NHRA Friday Qualifying Summary
7th of 23 races in the NHRA Full Throttle Series
32nd annual NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals
Atlant
May 03, 2012
TALLADEGA, AL (May 3, 2012) --- The International Motorsports Hall of Fame tonight inducted two NHRA greats, Kenny Bernstein and John Force, along with NASCAR’s Richard Childress into the Hall of Fame. At a sold-ou
May 02, 2012
ATLANTA, Ga. – John Force moves one step closer to Social Security this week, but the former truck driver, wannabe football quarterback and NHRA drag racing champion isn’t likely to apply for benefits any tim
May 02, 2012
ATLANTA, Ga. – One of the quotes attributed to Atlanta Pro Stock legend Warren Johnson is: “there are no bad wins and there are no good losses.”
While he wouldn’t disagree entirel
May 02, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, AL (May 2, 2012) --- On the eve of their induction into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame 15-time Funny Car champion John Force and six-time Top Fuel and Funny Car champion Kenny Bernstein enjoyed an
May 01, 2012
ATLANTA (May 1, 2012) --- When Robert Hight’s Auto Club Ford Mustang struck the tires in the semi-finals at the O’Reilly Spring Nationals in Houston his goal of winning five consecutive Funny Car NHRA n
May 01, 2012
COMMERCE, Ga. (April 30, 2012) – Coming out of the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Spring Nationals in Houston, Texas this past week, Courtney Force accomplished one major goal by beating fellow “Rookie of the
April 30, 2012
HOUSTON --- On a day when Robert Hight’s bid for a historic fifth win in a row ended in the semi-finals, Mike Neff extended the John Force Racing team win streak to six races with his defeat of Ron Capps in the fin
April 30, 2012
BROWNSBURG, IN (April 30, 2012) --- John Force has raced dozens of Funny Cars over the course his Hall of Fame career and this week the 15-time NHRA Funny Car champion will display a one of a kind Castrol GTX HIGH MILEA
April 29, 2012
John Force Racing stays undefeated for 2012
BAYTOWN, Texas (April 29, 2012) --- Mike Neff and his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang won the O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals today and ultimately checked Ho
April 28, 2012
TEAM JFR QUALIFYING REPORT
2012 NHRA Final Qualifying Summary
6th of 23 races in the NHRA Full Throttle Series
25th annual NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals
Royal Purple
April 27, 2012
TEAM JFR QUALIFYING REPORT
2012 NHRA Friday Qualifying Summary
6th of 23 races in the NHRA Full Throttle Series
25th annual NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts SpringNationals
Royal Purple
April 25, 2012
HOUSTON, Texas – Endurance typically is not a term applied to drag races that take as few as four seconds to complete.
However, it was lack of endurance, pure and simple, that cost Mike Neff and the
April 24, 2012
IndyCar’s Will Power narrowly edged NHRA’s Robert Hight in the vote for the first quarter DRIVER OF THE YEAR 2012.
An elite panel of 21 broadcasters and journalists had a difficult time this
April 24, 2012
HOUSTON, Texas – On the 10th anniversary of his historic 100th NHRA tour victory, John Force is on a mission to reclaim the suddenly-elusive consistency that once made him virtually unbeatable.
The 6
April 23, 2012
HOUSTON (April 23, 2012) --- Robert Hight is not looking at streak records or career stats as he gets geared up for the 25th annual NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway Park this weeken
April 20, 2012
BAYTOWN, Texas (April 20, 2012) – Courtney Force, driver of the Traxxas Ford Mustang Funny Car is steadily moving forward and into the sixth race of her professional NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series career thi
April 20, 2012
YORBA LINDA, CA (April 20, 2012) --- As the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car points leader and winner of the last four NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events Robert Hight has been in high demand from the media and spon
April 20, 2012
YORBA LINDA, CA (April 20, 2012) --- John Force Racing will be joining the Blue Oval family at Knott’s Berry Farm, America’s #1 Theme Park, as part of the 27th annual Fabulous Ford
April 20, 2012
2011 FLW Angler of the Year to Appear April 21st at Kennesaw Big Shanty Festival
Kennesaw, GA (March 29, 2012) – Castrol Pro Angler David Dudley, the career leader in FLW tour earnings and the 2011 F
April 19, 2012
Want to get up close to an 8000-horsepower nitro burning Ford Mustang Funny Car? Well now you can while doing some shopping as the John Force Traveling Road Show rolls into selected Walmart stores in the Houston area thi
April 19, 2012
BROWNSBURG, IN (April 19, 2012) --- Building on the momentum of last season’s debut national tour the John Force Racing Road Show will once again be crisscrossing the country promoting the winningest team in motors
April 15, 2012
Last year’s grand prize winner celebrates one-year anniversary of winning a 2012 Ford Focus in conjunction with JFR’s Four-Wide success
CONCORD, NC (April 15, 2012) --- Robert Hight and his AAA
April 15, 2012
CHARLOTTE, NC --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club team continued their streak of Funny Car dominance winning for the fourth time in a row this season with their first win at the Four-Wide NHRA Nationals today. This is jus
April 11, 2012
Through the eyes of motorsports veteran David Hakim, Castrol this year will provide NHRA race fans with a unique opportunity to see exclusive behind-the-scenes action right from their laptops. By capturing unique images
April 10, 2012
CHARLOTTE, NC (April 10, 2012) – Full Throttle NHRA Funny Car points leader Robert Hight would love to race every weekend. In fact between NHRA races he frequently takes in NASCAR races like the recent Auto Club 40
April 10, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mike Neff has been driving competitively only since 2007, but the former surfer, motocross rider and off-road truck mechanic already has done something in professional drag racing that no one else
April 10, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – John Force is more than just the 15-time NHRA Funny Car Champion; the winner of more races (134) and more rounds (1,100) than anyone else in the history of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Serie
April 10, 2012
CONCORD, N.C. (April 10, 2012) – Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future rookie of the year nominee, Courtney Force will take her first shot at racing “four-wide” this week following t
April 02, 2012
LAS VEGAS, NV --- For the third time in 2012 and the 26th time in his career Robert Hight has picked up another NHRA national event win, taking the “Wally” at the 13th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals.
April 01, 2012
LAS VEGAS (April 1, 2012) --- When Robert Hight and his AAA Auto Club of Southern California Ford Mustang won the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals today, they not only increased their success to three event wins in a row,
March 31, 2012
LAS VEGAS, NV --- The hot and windy conditions at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway helped Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang hold onto the No. 1 qualifying position, his second of 2012, at the 13th annual S
March 30, 2012
LAS VEGAS, NV --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team continued their hot streak at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway racing to the provisional No. 1 spot at the 13th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationa
March 28, 2012
YORBA LINDA, CA (March 28, 2012) --- When Robert Hight and his Auto Club Ford Mustang defeated Johnny Gray in the finals of the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals he won his second consecutive race of the season and a 55&r
March 27, 2012
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – With apologies to the race winner in Aesop’s fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, “slow and steady” is a strategy that, when applied to professional drag racing, assures little mo
March 27, 2012
LAS VEGAS (March 27, 2012) – Following an unexpected weekend in Gainesville, Fla. for Courtney Force and her recently assembled Traxxas Ford Mustang team, all are looking to regroup and make a strong comeback in La
March 27, 2012
LAS VEGAS, Nevada. – In Vegas, you can’t bet on John Force. Well, actually, you CAN bet on the 15-time NHRA drag racing champion, but you probably shouldn’t.
The first eight times that
March 27, 2012
LAS VEGAS (March 27, 2012) --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team are hoping to stay on a hot streak at the 13th annual Summitracing.com NHRA Nationals this weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
March 26, 2012
LAS VEGAS (March 26, 2012)—With back-to-back event wins in Phoenix and Gainesville this season, Funny Car driver Robert Hight is hoping to keep his hot streak going during this weekend’s SummitRacing.com NHRA
March 23, 2012
Will sign autographs at Freightliner booth Friday, March 23
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 22, 2012) – For decades, the Mid-America Trucking Show has been the ideal tradeshow to gain vision, insight
March 21, 2012
YORBA LINDA, CA (March 21, 2012) --- Three of the most popular NHRA Funny Car drivers, John Force, Courtney Force and Robert Hight will be in attendance at the Auto Club 400 on Sunday, March 25th talking with fans and s
March 12, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FL --- Robert Hight won for the second time in 2012 defeating Johnny Gray in the final round of the 43rd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals presented by napafilters.com. For Hight and the Auto Club Ford
March 11, 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The potential of a third consecutive all-John Force Racing Funny Car final still was in play late Sunday when NHRA officials were forced to postpone until Monday the last two rounds of racing in
March 10, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FL --- Robert Hight and Mike Neff were consistently at the top of the Funny Car class throughout the two days of qualifying at the 43rd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals. They will go into Sunday&rsquo
March 09, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FL --- Mike Neff and Robert Hight put on a performance show for the big crowd at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville today on the first day of qualifying at the 43rd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals. Nef
March 05, 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 5, 2012) – In an effort to continue living out her dream of being a successful race car driver, Courtney Force is beginning to find herself in the midst of a media whirlwind. The Automobile
March 05, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FL (March 5, 2012) --- As the NHRA starts its season on the East Coast at the 43rd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team want to keep their momentum rolling
March 01, 2012
MODERATOR: I'd like to welcome the media to today’s teleconference call for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. This call will preview the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals presented by NAPAFilters.com March
February 27, 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In 1979, after competing in just two events in his budding NHRA Funny Car career, both of them in his native California, John “Brute” Force loaded his Wendy’s Hamburgers Corvet
February 27, 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Entering this week’s 43rd annual Tire Kingdom Gatornationals at Auto Plus Raceway, Mike Neff likely is the most frustrated recent points leader in any motor racing discipline.
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February 23, 2012
YORBA LINDA, CA (February 22, 2012) --- When Robert Hight qualified his AAA Auto Club Ford Mustang Funny Car No. 1 at the season opening NHRA O'Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals, he started a domino effect of prize winni
February 20, 2012
PHOENIX --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang raced into the record books extending a number of personal best streaks today winning the 28th annual Arizona NHRA Nationals in a great all John Force Racing final
February 19, 2012
PHOENIX --- Castrol GTX backed Mike Neff made the most of his final qualifying session racing to the No.2 qualifying position with a blistering 4.096 second run, at the Arizona NHRA Nationals. His run was reminiscent of
February 18, 2012
PHOENIX --- In the desert outside of Phoenix John Force Racing continued to turn up the heat on the rest of the Funny Car field. In each session today of the Arizona NHRA Nationals, a JFR Ford Mustang picked up at least
February 17, 2012
PHOENIX – Funny Car points leader John Force admits that the biggest challenge he faces this year isn’t power and performance, it is maintaining his focus, an attention deficit situation that has very little
February 17, 2012
PHOENIX, Ariz. – When he took on the dual role of crew chief and driver on the Castrol GTX® Ford Mustang, Mike Neff admitted that one of his biggest concerns was whether he could move seamlessly from one role t
February 15, 2012
CHANDLER, Ariz. (February 14, 2012) – Courtney Force gave the Funny Car field at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona a run for their money last weekend when she began her pro career in her Traxxas Ford Mustang. Courtney qu
February 14, 2012
PHOENIX, AZ (February 14, 2012) --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team have been picked by a number of media outlets and experts as one of the odds on favorites to win the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car
February 12, 2012
POMONA --- John Force bounced back from a dismal end to the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle season with his sixth win at the O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals today. It was the 134th win of the 15-time champion’s career
February 11, 2012
POMONA, CA --- Robert Hight went from zero to hero in eight hour at the 52nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals. Going into the third qualifying session Hight and his Auto Club Ford Mustang Funny Car w
February 10, 2012
POMONA, CA --- The 2012 NHRA season got off to a “Force-ful” start as Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future rookie of the year candidate, Courtney Force made her official pro debut at the
February 10, 2012
POMONA, CA --- Heading into the weekend at the 52nd annual O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals John Force Racing is half in and half out but totally focused. Led by John Force and Courtney Force in the provisional No. 6
February 08, 2012
POMONA, Calif. – Mike Neff learned last year that winning the NHRA Full Throttle championship is not so much about what you do as when you do it.
The crew chief and driver of the Castrol GTX® Fo
February 08, 2012
POMONA, Calif. – John Force hasn’t won a single round of racing – not one stinking round – since last August 7 when he pushed his Castrol GTX HIGH MILEAGE Ford Mustang past the Chevrolet of Jeff D
February 07, 2012
YORBA LINDA, CA (February 6, 2012) --- As soon as the 2011 Full Throttle Drag Racing season came to a close Robert Hight and his Auto Club Ford Mustang team raced to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to get a jump st
February 06, 2012
POMONA, Calif. (February 6, 2012) – Many childhood dreams begin with a small glimpse into the working world their parents live in, but when your father is 15-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force and races to spe
January 31, 2012
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (January 31, 2012) – John Medlen, who won an NHRA Funny Car championship as crew chief to Tony Pedregon, helped design and develop the BOSS 500 Ford nitro motor and served as the “safety c
January 25, 2012
(Palm Beach, FL) January 24, 2012 --- After the 2nd annual PRO Winter Warm-Ups testing session came to a close Saturday, team owner John Force planned on staying an additional day to test but on Monday he made the decisi
January 25, 2012
CONCORD, N.C. – NHRA introduced two of the most intriguing rookie drivers in the history of the sport to the national motorsports media today during a press conference conducted as part of the NASCAR Sprint Media T
January 21, 2012
PALM BEACH, FL (January 21, 2012) --- Robert Hight ended the two day PRO Winter Warm-Up with a thundering, 4.034 seconds at 316.67 mph run, which was the quickest and fastest Funny Car run of testing. Hight and the Auto
January 20, 2012
PALM BEACH, FL (January 20, 2012) --- The 2nd annual PRO Winter Warm-Ups got off to a hot start for Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team. The 2009 NHRA Funny Car champion recorded two of the quickest runs of
January 19, 2012
PALM BEACH, FL (January 19, 2012) --- John Force Racing began its 2012 campaign for an unprecedented 18th NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car championship today at Palm Beach International Raceway. All four JFR Ford Mustang Fun
January 10, 2012
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (January 10, 2012) – Courtney Force, who for the last four seasons learned how to deal with all of the off-track aspects of professional racing, finally will get a chance to show what she can do
January 10, 2012
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (January 10, 2012) – Traxxas, which successfully created, manufactured and marketed the first RTR (Ready-to-Run) radio-controlled vehicles for the car enthusiast and which today is the world lea
January 10, 2012
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (January 10, 2012) – Ron Douglas, who helped direct Ashley Force Hood to second and third place finishes and back-to-back Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Funny Car titles in her two most recent seasons
January 10, 2012
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (January 10, 2012) – Unwilling to accept his team’s 2011 results as just an unexpected bump in the road, John Force made a series of aggressive off-season moves designed to return his name
January 05, 2012
ANAHEIM, CA (January 4, 2012) - When Jennifer Goodnight attended the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, NC in the spring of 2011, the last thing she thought would happen was to get a call at the end of t
December 05, 2011
YORBA LINDA, California (December 2, 2011) – John Force announced this week that crew chief Danny DeGennaro has joined John Force Racing Inc. and that Dickie Venables, who helped Tony Pedregon win a pair of NHRA Fu
December 05, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (December 5, 2011) --- A day after the 14th annual John Force Racing Holiday Car Show the staff at the West Coast JFR HQ is still recovering from what many long-time employees consider the biggest and mos
December 05, 2011
(YORBA LINDA, CA) December 5, 2011 --- Every year since 1998, ESPN The Magazine has recognized an elite group of emerging athletes to watch in the year ahead -- athletes they call NEXT. They are competitors not only on t
December 02, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (December 1, 2011) --- The first edition of Destination Force, a graphic novel produced by John Force Entertainment, will be available on December 2nd in advance of the 14th annual John Force Racing Holid
November 29, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (November 29, 2011) --- This weekend at the John Force Racing headquarters and museum in Yorba Linda, California, 15-time NHRA Funny Car world champion John Force will welcome all of Southern California t
November 28, 2011
YORBA LINDA, Calif. – John Force answered any questions about his level of commitment to winning another NHRA Funny Car Championship by undergoing post-season surgery to repair a damaged right knee originally injur
November 14, 2011
POMONA, CA --- The 2011 Full Throttle Drag Racing season wrapped up for John Force Racing with Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang racing in the final round versus 2011 Full Throttle Funny Car champion Matt Hagan
November 13, 2011
GLENDORA, Calif. (Nov. 13, 2011) – NHRA’s 60th anniversary season began 11 months ago with a quest to determine the greatest moment in its 60-year history and Sunday, on the final day of the 2011 season, that
November 12, 2011
POMONA, CA --- An impressive run by Funny Car point leader Matt Hagan shifted Robert Hight and Mike Neff back a slot in the qualifying order and set up the potential for another historic championship comeback by John For
November 11, 2011
POMONA, CA --- After two days of qualifying at the 47th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals Robert Hight and Mike Neff remain at the top of the provisional Funny Car qualifying order. During the lone qualifying session today Hi
November 11, 2011
POMONA, CA --- Robert Hight and Mike Neff started the final race of the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season with strong performances on Thursday at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Hight led the Funny Car class
November 09, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (November 9, 2011) --- John Force Racing, Inc. today announced a multi-year agreement with Portland, Ore.- based Freightliner Trucks where the 17-time NHRA Funny Car championship team will begin to rotate
November 09, 2011
POMONA, CA (November 9, 2011) --- It all comes down to the Auto Club NHRA Finals, November 10-13. Years ago this race was known as the World Finals and for Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team winning this ra
November 09, 2011
POMONA, Calif. – It should not be too surprising to find that Mike Neff is largely undaunted by the formidable task with which he is confronted this week in his bid to succeed his boss, John Force, as the NHRA Ful
November 09, 2011
POMONA, Calif. – John Force is so far back in the Full Throttle driver standings that if all his rivals were abducted by aliens and never arrived at Auto Club Raceway for this week’s 47th annual Auto Club Fi
November 07, 2011
ATLANTA (November 7, 2011)— Before the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series reaches its championship conclusion during the season-ending Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Ra
October 31, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (October 31, 2011) --- The Auto Club Mustang Funny Car crew led by crew chief Jimmy Prock has been nominated as one of four finalists for the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Hard Working Crew Award in the Funny C
October 31, 2011
LAS VEGAS (Oct. 31, 2011) - The annual NHRA Breakfast at the SEMA show will highlight several of drag racing’s well respected and valued members of the drag racing community. This year’s breakfast will pay tr
October 30, 2011
LAS VEGAS, NV --- On Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Mike Neff and Robert Hight stumbled in their Full Throttle Funny Car championship pursuit dropping their respective first round match-ups. They did not
October 29, 2011
LAS VEGAS, NV --- If history is a barometer tomorrow will be an epic day for the Funny Car category at the 11th annual NHRA Big O Tires Nationals. The winner of this event in the Funny Car class has gone on to win the Fu
October 28, 2011
LAS VEGAS, NV --- On Friday at the 11th annual NHRA Big O Tires Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang took a page from the St. Louis Cardinals and kept battling fo
October 27, 2011
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – John Force normally is not a betting man, but the gamble he took last January when he gave Mike Neff the “keys” to his Castrol GTX Ford, the Funny Car in which he won the 2010 Full T
October 27, 2011
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – John Force could be the most dangerous driver in the field this week when the Full Throttle drag racing tour returns to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the11th running of the Bi
October 26, 2011
ATLANTA (October 26, 2011)—With less than 60 points separating the top five competitors in the quest for the 2011 Funny Car championship, there is a lot riding on the outcome of this weekend’s Big O Ti
October 24, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (October 24, 2011) --- With two races to go in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Countdown the Top Fuel and Funny Car classes are battling down to the last few points. Nitro Rewind has the i
October 24, 2011
LAS VEGAS (October 24, 2011) --- The similarities are almost scary between Robert Hight’s 2011 and John Force’s 2010 respective positions heading into Halloween weekend and the 11th annual NHRA Big O Tires Na
October 24, 2011
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (Oct. 24, 2011) --- John Force, 15-time NHRA Funny Car champion, will answer fan questions in real time on an interactive video chat on Ford Racing’s Facebook page tomorrow before making his way
October 16, 2011
CHANDLER, AZ --- With two races left in the Countdown to the Championship Mike Neff and Robert Hight are leaving the 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals with a legitimate shot at winning the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Funny
October 15, 2011
CHANDLER, AZ --- With only 58 points separating Funny Car points leader Mike Neff from No. 5 contender Jack Beckman tomorrow’s race at Firebird International Raceway could be as pivotal a race day as the Countdown
October 14, 2011
CHANDLER, AZ --- Mike Neff knows that this Funny Car championship will most likely come down to the final race of the season at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona but today at the NHRA Arizona Nationals he reclaimed the Full Th
October 13, 2011
PHOENIX, Arizona – Five years ago, Mike Neff’s path to the Full Throttle Funny Car championship would have been far less circuitous than it has been thus far this season. In fact, if this was 2006, the man w
October 13, 2011
PHOENIX, Ariz. – There’s no question that John Force needs a miracle to repeat this year as the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Champion – and not just a minor miracle, either. We’re talking a
October 13, 2011
PHOENIX (October 11, 2011) --- Two weeks ago Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team were in a make or break situation in Reading, Pennsylvania. They had to make a move up the points or for all intents and purpo
October 03, 2011
READING, PA --- It took two days and repeated breaks in the racing action but Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team got their mo-jo back with three races remaining the Countdown to the Championship. On M
October 02, 2011
READING, PA. – A resurgent Robert “Top Gun” Hight drove the Auto Club Ford Mustang past the DieHard Dodge of new Full Throttle Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan Sunday before rain and cold forced NHRA
October 01, 2011
READING, PA --- John Force continued his mastery of Maple Grove Raceway today posting track record times in the first qualifying session on Saturday. His opening run of 4.011 seconds at 319.22 mph had both ends of the tr
September 30, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (September 30, 2011) --- Dallas’ AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex produced two first time winners in the Nitro ranks as Bob Vandergriff won his first career Top Fuel title and Cruz P
September 30, 2011
READING, PA --- There are four races left in the Countdown to the Championship and everyone knows that moves need to be made this weekend at the 27th annual Auto Plus NHRA Nationals. John Force let the other Funny Car te
September 29, 2011
READING, Pa. – No one is more familiar with what is possible in the NHRA’s Countdown to 1 playoffs than Robert “Top Gun” Hight, the former world class marksman who, over the last seven seaso
September 29, 2011
READING, Pa. – Since Labor Day, Mike Neff has seen his Full Throttle points lead dwindle from 215 points to 30 points to 22 points to a measly four points. So, on the eve of this week’s 27th annual Auto-Plus
September 25, 2011
DALLAS, TX (September 25, 2011) --- The International Motorsports Hall of Fame has announced today that NHRA greats Kenny Bernstein and John Force will be inducted into the Hall of Fame along with NASCAR’s Ri
September 25, 2011
ENNIS, TX --- The Castrol GTX Ford Mustang and Mike Neff will leave the famed Texas Motorplex with the points lead but he got a little help from two unlikely competitors. In the premiere match-up of the first round at th
September 24, 2011
ENNIS, TX --- Mike Neff and the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang have a feeling of déjà vu all over again. For the third race in a row Neff will square off with Matt Hagan and this is a classic 1 vs. 2 battle in th
September 23, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (September 22, 2011) --- The 2011 NHRA Countdown to the Championship has begun and Nitro Rewind continues to talk with the contenders and the spoilers. This week’s episode talks with the Top Fuel an
September 23, 2011
ENNIS, TX --- Robert Hight and the AAA Texas Ford Mustang led the way on Friday for John Force Racing at the 26th annual AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals. In the second qualifying session Hight tripped the lights in 4.154 s
September 22, 2011
DALLAS, Texas – Mike Neff grew up in the great outdoors. The Funny Car points leader raced motocross bikes and off-road trucks; rode ATVs and dirt bikes. He was into camping, water skiing, boating and golfi
September 22, 2011
DALLAS, Texas – Four years after leaving the Texas Motorplex by air ambulance with injuries that threatened not just his career, but his survival, drag racing icon John Force is hoping to take the final therapeutic
September 20, 2011
DALLAS, TX (September 20, 2011) --- At the end of August Robert Hight took a quick trip to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to promote the 26th annual AAA Texas Fall Nationals and take in a little baseball. Hight met with
September 18, 2011
CONCORD, NC --- Mike Neff came within a football field of ruining Matt Hagan’s picture perfect weekend at the 4th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals. As Neff’s Castrol GTX Ford Mustang cros
September 17, 2011
CONCORD, NC --- The first day of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship started today at zMax Dragway in Concord and points leader Mike Neff led the way for John Force Racing posting the second quickest run on the day, 4
September 17, 2011
CONCORD, NC --- John Force and his Honoring Our Heroes Castrol GTX HIGH MILEAGE Ford Mustang raced into the field at the 4th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals today. In the first session of the day Force po
September 14, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – John Force has a great affinity for first responders and members of the American military. For 20 years, his brother Walker was a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy and he himself aspired
September 14, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The NHRA Countdown starts this weekend and that means that ten Funny Car teams have a chance to win the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Championship. Robert Hight and his Auto Club Ford Mustang prove
September 09, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (September 9, 2011) --- The biggest race of the season, the Mac Tools US Nationals, had the editors at Nitro Rewind scrambling. In addition to great Top Fuel and Funny winner interviews Nitro Rewind was t
September 06, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (September 6, 2011) --- To commemorate its 60th anniversary season, NHRA announced the 60 Greatest Moments in its history back in January and then it asked its fans, throughout the course of the 2011 seas
September 05, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Today at the richest and most prestigious drag race in history driver and tuner Mike Neff etched his name into the history books, making one of the most improbably runs to victory in the 57 years of
September 04, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Cooler temperatures greeted the fans and racers today at the 57th annual Mac Tools US Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. The John Force Racing Ford Mustangs took advantage of the improve
September 04, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (September 4, 2011) – John Force will be celebrating his 15th Full Throttle NHRA Funny Car championship with a specially designed Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang which he will race for only o
September 03, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Two of the three John Force Mustangs improved on the second day of qualifying at the 57th annual Mac Tools US Nationals. The Castrol duo of John Force and Mike Neff raced into the top half of the fie
September 02, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang got off to a strong start at the 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals but Hight knows there is more than enough room for improvement. Paired up with teamma
September 02, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (September 2, 2011) --- In what has become a John Force Racing tradition team owner and 15-time Funny Car champion John Force unveiled his 15X Funny Car Champion Ford Mustang today at the 57th annu
September 01, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – When he was thrust back into the cockpit of the Castrol GTX® Ford Mustang this year after Ashley Force Hood announced she was putting her driving career on hold to start a family, Mike Neff
September 01, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – What’s this? John Force, the world’s premier drag racer, characterized as no more than a darkhorse at this week 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, the world’s premier drag
August 31, 2011
BROWNSBURG, IN (August 31, 2011) --- With the biggest race of the season just a few days away, the Auto Club Ford Mustang team led by driver Robert Hight and crew chief Jimmy Prock, is ready to race to another Mac Tools
August 30, 2011
DALLAS, TX (August 30, 2011) --- Robert Hight got the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals week started in unique fashion by spending two days in Dallas, Texas talking up the upcoming AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals, September 22-25 a
August 30, 2011
BROWNSBURG, IN (August 30, 2011) --- As thousands of NHRA Full Throttle Racing Series fans begin to arrive in Indianapolis today for the 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals they will be greeted by two John Force R
August 29, 2011
BROWNSBURG, IN (August 29, 2011) --- Once again NHRA fans and fans of cool muscle cars and hot rods will have the chance to mingle and view hundreds of show cars at the John Force Summer Car Show on Thursday, September 1
August 26, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (August 26, 2011) --- The 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals takes the green light Labor Day weekend and Nitro Rewind will be there giving fans all the behind the scenes dramatic moments of the la
August 21, 2011
BRAINERD, MN --- For the second year in a row John Force Racing was finished early at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. Last year Robert Hight was eliminated in the second round of racing action ending the day for JFR and th
August 20, 2011
BRAINERD, MN --- Qualifying wrapped up on Saturday at Brainerd International Raceway and all three John Force Racing teams are ready to put today behind them and get to eliminations at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. Rober
August 19, 2011
BRAINERD, MN --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team opened up the second qualifying session at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals with a strong run of 4.152 seconds and that time held up as the third quickest of
August 17, 2011
BRAINERD, MN (August 17, 2011) --- Even 17-time NHRA Funny Car championship teams need a little horsepower every now and then. On Friday, August 19th, John Force Racing will be getting their extra horsepower from Mills F
August 17, 2011
BRAINERD, MN (August 17, 2011) --- All three John Force Racing Funny Car drivers will be meeting and greeting NHRA fans and BrandSource customers at the Schroeder’s Appliance Center in Brainerd this Thursday, Augus
August 17, 2011
BRAINERD, MN (August 17, 2011) --- Two events have 2009 NHRA Funny Car champion Robert Hight eager to get his Auto Club Ford Mustang into competition at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals this weekend. One is his recent win at
August 16, 2011
BRAINERD, Minn. – As a driver, Mike Neff hasn’t won a single racing round in two previous appearances at Brainerd International Raceway, site of this week’s 30th annual Lucas Oil Nationals.
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August 16, 2011
BRAINERD, Minn. – Within reach of a milestone that would apply yet another exclamation point to his resume as the most successful driver in the history of professional drag racing, John Force couldn’t find hi
August 11, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (August 11, 2011) --- This summer the John Force Racing Road Show has thrilled fans at the Indianapolis 500, educated fans at five Denver area Super Wal-Mart locations for a week in advance of the NHRA Mo
August 11, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (August 11, 2011) --- With the Western Swing in the rear view mirror teams are looking to secure their position in the Countdown or looking at strategies to enhance their NHRA championship chances. Comin
August 07, 2011
KENT, WA --- There was no Wally hoisted by JFR this weekend at the 24th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals but Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team joined teammate Mike Neff as Countdow
August 06, 2011
KENT, WA --- Even though John Force lost control of the No. 1 qualifier spot to fellow Ford driver Tim Wilkerson the JFR pit was all smiles as qualifying concluded at the 24th annual NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Northw
August 05, 2011
KENT, WA --- John Force and the Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang raced to the top of the Funny Car field at Pacific Raceway on Friday. His opening run of 4.124 seconds at 304.87 mph, a track record, was enough to gr
August 05, 2011
SEATTLE, Wash. – Points leader Mike Neff’s surprising first round loss last week at Sonoma, Calif., has not been cause for concern inside John Force Racing, the high energy, high performance juggernaut that h
August 05, 2011
SEATTLE, Wash. – With his bid to sweep the critical Western Swing derailed last Sunday at Sonoma, Calif., John Force this week shifts his focus to Pacific Raceways, to the 24th annual O’Reilly Northwest Natio
August 04, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (August 4, 2011) --- Two thirds of the Western Swing races are in the books and there will be no sweeps as Nitro Rewind looks back at Sonoma’s FRAM/Autolite NHRA Nationals and caps off The Swing wit
August 04, 2011
SEATTLE, WA (August 3, 2011) --- Five years ago BrandSource and John Force Racing teamed up to offer fans at NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events the chance to “Win with Force” at select national even
August 02, 2011
SEATTLE, Wash. – So far this season, Robert Hight’s Auto Club Ford Mustang has demonstrated all the traits of the protagonist in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem “There Was a Little Girl.”
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July 31, 2011
DEARBORN, Mich., July 30, 2011 – When Courtney Force was 15 and learning to drive, her parents John and Laurie – especially Laurie - taught her to drive slowly. Slowly as in speed, of course. But they also sl
July 31, 2011
SONOMA, CA --- No. 1 qualifier John Force raced into the semis at the 24th annual NHRA FRAM/Autolite Nationals today before being defeated by fellow Ford driver Tim Wilkerson. Force eliminated Brian Thiel and Gary Densha
July 30, 2011
SONOMA, CA --- On Friday at the 24th annual NHRA FRAM/Autolite Nationals John Force picked up right where he left off in Denver sitting in the No. 1 spot as the sun set on Infineon Raceway. Force, the seven-time FRAM/Aut
July 30, 2011
SONOMA, CA --- It took over twenty-five years but today John Force added one more record to his illustrious list of personal achievements qualifying No. 1 at the 24th annual NHRA FRAM/Autolite Nationals for the 139 No. 1
July 29, 2011
SONOMA, Calif. – Much has been made this season of the exhaustive nature of Mike Neff’s work as both driver and crew chief on a Castrol GTX® Ford Mustang that has reached the Funny Car final seven times i
July 29, 2011
SONOMA, Calif. – John Force has resigned himself to the fact that he NEVER is going to break stock car legend Richard Petty’s record for career victories in a major series. That’s because the target nu
July 29, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (July 29, 2011) --- John Force used his downtime between winning the NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationalslast weekend and the NHRA FRAM Autolite Nationals in Sonoma today to make a quick trip to the legendary E
July 28, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (July 28, 2011) --- Nitro Rewind kicks off the Western Swing coverage with a look back at the NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver and a look ahead to the Fram/Autolite NHRA Nationals in Sonoma, Calif
July 27, 2011
SONOMA, CA (July 27, 2011) --- In the early 90’s Robert Hight would drive to Infineon Raceway to see the stars of the NHRA race. The Alturas, Calif., native would dream about getting involved in a sport he felt a h
July 24, 2011
MORRISON, CO --- John Force joined his teammates, Mike Neff and Robert Hight, by adding an NHRA 60th anniversary commemorative Wally to his trophy case winning the 32nd annual NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals today. Force
July 23, 2011
MORRISON, CO --- There were no major changes in the qualifying order at the 32nd annual NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals today. The three John Force Racing Mustangs all held onto their top spots qualifying in the No. 2, No
July 22, 2011
MORRISON, CO --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang picked up on Friday night at the 32nd annual NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals right where they left off in 2010. Last year’s event winner recorded the quic
July 21, 2011
DENVER (July 21, 2011) --- Heading into the 2010 MOPAR Mile High NHRA Nationals Robert Hight had never won four races in one season. With a dominant tune-up and some great driving Hight left Denver last year with his fou
July 21, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (July 21, 2011) --- The John Force Road Show will be in Oshkosh, Wisconsin celebrating the beauty and power of flight while also promoting the land-based power of John Force Racing and NHRA Full Throttle
July 21, 2011
DENVER, Colo. – This year, Mike Neff has demonstrated his mechanical mastery over both hot and cool weather conditions, over bumpy tracks and smooth ones and over slippery surfaces as well as those with traction su
July 21, 2011
DENVER, Colo. – John Force has spent a lot of time this season managing youngest daughter Courtney’s driver training program, orchestrating a build-up of studio facilities for John Force Entertainment in Yorb
July 18, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA --- As the NHRA greatest moments add up the latest opportunity for fans to recognize NHRA immortality was added today to the NHRA’s Facebook page. Up for fan consideration is John Force’s dram
July 15, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (July 15, 2011) --- With the Western Swing right around the corner Nitro Rewind is back talking about the O’Reilly Rt. 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago and the first look at the MOPAR Mile-High NHRA Nat
July 13, 2011
DENVER, CO (July 13, 2011) --- Beginning this week the John Force Road Show will be displaying five of the famed Funny Cars that helped the team win its 17 Full Throttle NHRA Funny Car championships at area Denver Wal-Ma
July 10, 2011
JOLIET, IL --- At the O’Reilly Rt. 66 NHRA Nationals the only thing hotter than Rt. 66 Raceway was the performance of Mike Neff and his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang. Throughout the day Neff’s Mustang laid down ru
July 09, 2011
JOLIET, IL --- Mike Neff’s Friday prediction of quicker elapsed time during Saturday’s second night session of the 14th annual NHRA O’Reilly Rt. 66 Nationals did not come to fruition. Track temperatures
July 08, 2011
JOLIET, IL --- A hot day cooled off most of the John Force Racing Mustangs throughout the day at Rt. 66 Raceway in Joliet. Current points leader Mike Neff made the best run of the trio of Ford Mustangs racing to the top
July 07, 2011
CHICAGO (July 6, 2011) --- Last year headed into Rt. 66 Raceway Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team were hot, real hot. They were riding a three race win streak and looked like world beaters en route to anot
July 06, 2011
JOLIET, Ill. – The National Hot Rod Association is in town this week, bringing its 300 mile per hour, straight-line drag racing circus back to Chicagoland Speedway for the 14th renewal of the O’Reilly Auto Pa
July 06, 2011
JOLIET, Ill. – Mike Neff is nothing if not unconventional.
In an age of motor racing specialization, the current Full Throttle points leader, the Funny Car favorite in this week’s 14th annual O
June 30, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (June 30, 2011) --- Nitro Rewind is back with a look back at the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk and a look ahead to the O’Reilly Rt. 66 Nationals in Chicago, July 8-10. The show,
June 26, 2011
NORWALK, OH --- Mike Neff and the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang won for the third time in six final round appearances this season taking the Wally trophy at the 5th annual NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals. Neff defeated
June 24, 2011
NORWALK, Ohio – In this age of specialization, serving as both driver and crew chief on one of the world’s most powerful race cars is exceedingly challenging, a reality underscored by the fact that it’s
June 24, 2011
NORWALK, Ohio – Drag racing icon John Force loves Ohio. Unfortunately, Ohio hasn’t always loved him back.
In 33-plus seasons on the NHRA pro tour, 15 of which have yielded series championships
June 24, 2011
NORWALK, OH (June 23, 2011) --- With four of the 60th anniversary commemorative pewter “Wally’s” in his trophy case already this season 2009 Full Throttle NHRA Funny Car champion Robert Hight is looking
June 24, 2011
NORWALK, Ohio – NHRA officials grudgingly yielded to the elements Friday afternoon, canceling first day qualifying leading up to Sunday’s fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Summit Motorsports P
June 23, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (June 23, 2011) --- This week’s episode of Nitro Rewind looks back at the NHRA Ford Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol and previews this weekend’s 5th annual NHRA Summit Equipment Nationals,
June 19, 2011
BRISTOL, TN --- Robert Hight said he was ready to battle at Bristol Dragway and today he gave the historic track in Thunder Valley a knock-out punch winning in Bristol for the first time and the fourth time in 2011. On t
June 17, 2011
BRISTOL, TN --- A three hour rain delay at the 11th annual NHRA Ford Thunder Valley Nationals gave the three John Force Racing Mustangs a chance to improve their qualifying positions and they took advantage of Mother Nat
June 17, 2011
BRISTOL, TN --- After a long day of racing action Robert Hight and the Auto Club Mustang team proved that their consistent efforts in previous races could start paying off at a track where the 21-time winner has struggle
June 16, 2011
BRISTOL, TN (June 13, 2011) --- The past four years at Bristol Dragway have not been kind to 2009 Full Throttle NHRA Funny Car champion Robert Hight. As Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team roll into Bruton Smith&rs
June 16, 2011
BRISTOL, Tenn. – In only 56 appearances as a professional race car driver, Mike Neff has established two truths.
One is that he and his Castrol GTX® Ford Mustang can compete with the NHRA elite
June 16, 2011
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Over the course of his spectacular career, John Force has raced Castrol GTX® Ford Mustangs that have recalled Superman, Frankenstein and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
The ques
June 09, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (June 9, 2011) --- This week’s episode of Nitro Rewind will look back at the NHRA Englishtown race and preview the 11th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals coming up June 17-19. The show, an i
June 07, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA --- (June 7, 2011) --- John Force, 15-time NHRA Funny Car champion, and Carl Edwards, 19-time NASCAR Sprint Cup winner, are featured in a national television commercial promoting the Ford 40 MPG aspect o
June 05, 2011
OLD BRIDGE, NJ --- Castrol GTX driver Mike Neff took a bad day on Friday turned it into a good day on Saturday then an excellent day on Sunday racing to his second win of the season at the 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals
June 04, 2011
OLD BRIDGE, NJ --- On Saturday the pressure was ratcheted up at the 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Going into the final day of qualifying the two Castrol sponsored Ford Mustangs were
June 03, 2011
OLD BRIDGE, NJ --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang picked up where they left off in Topeka, a race he won two weeks ago, racing to the provisional No.1 spot on Friday at the NHRA SuperNationals. Hight closed
June 02, 2011
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ (June 1, 2011) --- Robert Hight is hoping to get the Auto Club Ford Mustang to the winner’s circle for the third time. Ironically if Hight is successful it would be his first personal trip to the wi
June 02, 2011
WAYNE, N.J. – Mike Munro, General Manager, North America, for BP Lubricants Americas, the U.S. distributor of premium Castrol motor oils including Castrol GTX, Castrol GTX HIGH MILEAGE and Castrol EDGE, has formall
June 01, 2011
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ --- John Force and Robert Hight will be at All American Ford of Old Bridge on June 2nd from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. meeting fans and talking up the NHRA Supernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway
May 31, 2011
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – If things go as anticipated this week at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Funny Car points leader Mike Neff won’t be in actual competition for more than 16 or 17 seconds.
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May 31, 2011
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, site of this week’s 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals, is not the venue at which one would expect drag racing icon John Force and his Castrol GTX® High
May 30, 2011
BIG CROWDS, EXCITEMENT GREET JFR AT INDY 500 WEEKEND
BROWNSBURG, IN (May 30, 2011) --- The inaugural trip to the Indy 500 was a whirlwind of fans, drivers, media and overall excitement for the drivers of J
May 27, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (May 26, 2011) --- This week’s episode of Nitro Rewind will preview the 42nd annual SuperNationals on the NHRA YouTube channel. The show, an internet based broadcast, is hosted by Bill Stephens and
May 26, 2011
-Fifth annual event hosted by the Brownsburg Motorsports Network-
BROWNSBURG, IN (May 25, 2011) --- On the eve of the centennial Indianapolis 500 over half a dozen of the premier motorsports race shops in
May 26, 2011
BROWNSBURG, IN (May 26, 2011) --- In January John Force announced he was going to take a page from the PT Barnum book on promotion and start spreading the gospel about the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series as well as othe
May 26, 2011
BROWNSBURG, IN (May 26, 2011) --- John Force Racing has just confirmed that 15-time NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car champion John Force will be signing autographs at the John Force Road Show at the Indianapolis 500 on Frida
May 22, 2011
TOPEKA, KS --- Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang took full advantage of a get well weekend winning for the third time in 2011 at the 23rd annual NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park – Topeka. This was
May 21, 2011
TOPEKA, KS --- All three John Force Racing Ford Mustangs and their respective drivers can make strong cases for success on race day at the 23rd annual NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park – Topeka.
May 20, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (May 19, 2011) --- This week’s episode of Nitro Rewind will preview the 23rd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Summer Nationals on the NHRA YouTube channel. The show, an internet based broadcast, is
May 20, 2011
TOPEKA, KS --- The rains came to Heartland Park – Topeka early this morning and throughout most of the day fans were forced to wander the pits wondering if they would see any racing action on the first day of the N
May 19, 2011
TOPEKA, Kan. – Mike Neff, the talented Funny Car crew chief who last year helped return drag racing icon John Force to prominence by directing him to six NHRA tour victories, undoubtedly is the best of the current
May 19, 2011
TOPEKA, Kan. – Think of John Force as a drag racing nomad wandering aimlessly through a competitive desert. Think of Heartland Park-Topeka, site of this week’s 23rd annual NHRA Summer Nationals, as his oasis
May 19, 2011
TOPEKA, KS --- Last year Robert Hight and the Auto Club team broke through at Heartland Park – Topeka for their first win at the O’Reilly NHRA Summmer Nationals. The win capped a three in a row streak for the
May 15, 2011
COMMERCE, GA --- Mike Neff proved that you don’t have to have the best Funny Car to race for a title at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. Over the course of the weekend and especially today his C
May 14, 2011
COMMERCE, GA --- John Force had to wait through multiple rain delays at Atlanta Dragway but at the end of Saturday’s qualifying session he held onto the No. 1 qualifying position and added one more record to the ev
May 13, 2011
COMMERCE, GA --- John Force and his Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang took one more step closer to the all-time record books but along the way they picked up an Atlanta Dragway track record. Force raced to the provis
May 10, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (May 9, 2011) --- Today John Force Entertainment upload its third video promoting NHRA’s Greatest Moments centered around John Force Racing achievements in the first 60 years of the NHRA. The first
May 10, 2011
ATLANTA, Ga. – In addition to an obviously unparalleled level of communication between driver and crew chief, points leader Mike Neff has discovered another benefit to his dual role with the Castrol GTX® Ford M
May 10, 2011
ATLANTA, Ga. – In the 31st annual Summit Racing Southern Nationals, an event in which he has gone to the finals more often than any other (14 times in the last 25 years), John Force this week tries to grab a share
May 09, 2011
ATLANTA, GA (May 9, 2011) --- There is only one other track that Robert Hight has dominated as much as Atlanta Dragway in the first six years of his professional driving career. Joining the home of the Summit Racing Equi
May 06, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (May 5, 2011) --- The second episode of Nitro Rewind will preview to the 31st annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals on the NHRA YouTube channel. The show, an internet based broadcast, is
May 01, 2011
BAYTOWN, TX --- Mike Neff and the Castrol GTX Mustang dominated all day at the O’Reilly Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway. Through the first three rounds of eliminations Neff was untouchable but the only thi
April 30, 2011
BAYTOWN, TX --- John Force and his Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang held onto the top qualifying spot at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Spring Nationals, the 137th of his legendary career. It was Force’s t
April 29, 2011
BAYTOWN, TX --- John Force is recognized by many fans as drag racing royalty. Today at Royal Purple Raceway he was the king of the class recording the quickest runs of both Funny Car qualifying sessions, 4.174 seconds an
April 27, 2011
HOUSTON, Texas – It looked like current Full Throttle Funny Car points leader Robert Hight was going to own Royal Purple Raceway when after just four professional starts the Northern California native qualified No.
April 21, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (April 21, 2011) --- As a preview to the 24th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Spring Nationals John Force Entertainment will be posting the first installment of Nitro Rewind on the NHRA YouTube chan
April 17, 2011
CHARLOTTE, NC --- A promising qualifying start was derailed in the second round of the VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA Four Wide Nationals as all three John Force Racing Mustangs were ousted at zMAX Dragway. Robert Hight and h
April 16, 2011
CHARLOTTE, NC --- John Force turned the tables on teammate and son-in-law Robert Hight today at the 2nd annual VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Force blasted to the top of the Funny Car class with a 4.056 s
April 13, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In an age of specialization, it is Mike Neff’s versatility that distinguishes him from the rest of those vying this year for the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Championship.
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April 13, 2011
CHARLOTTE, NC (April 12, 2011) --- Robert “Top Gun” Hight has come out of the off-season guns blazing. He has added two wins already the season to his growing list of accomplishments that includes leading the
April 13, 2011
CHARLOTTE, NC (April 13, 2011) --- Tomorrow night the drivers of John Force Racing will be four wide at the Town and Country Ford located at 5401 East Independence Boulevard in Charlotte from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Four d
April 08, 2011
FT WORTH, TX (April 7, 2011) --- John Force brought the house down at the Speedway Club at Bruton Smith’s crown jewel of the southwest, Texas Motor Speedway, during the 8th annual Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame ind
April 03, 2011
LAS VEGAS --- Robert Hight did something on Sunday that no other Funny Car driver has ever done. He drove his Automobile Club of Southern California Ford Mustang into the winner’s circle of the 12th annual SummitRa
April 02, 2011
LAS VEGAS --- John Force and his Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang proved that he is still a force to be reckoned with racing to the top spot in a tough Funny Car field at the 12th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nation
April 01, 2011
LAS VEGAS --- The desert heat played tricks with John Force Racing on Friday at the 12th annual Summitracing.com NHRA Nationals. At the conclusion of racing today John Force sat in the provisional No. 2 and Robert Hight
March 30, 2011
LAS VEGAS, NV (March 30, 2011) --- Robert Hight has opened the season with a win and a tough second round loss. The 2009 Full Throttle Funny Car champion is looking to regain some momentum at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Na
March 25, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (March 24, 2011) --- NHRA superstar and Castrol GTX funny car driver Ashley Force Hood will be one of the celebrity headliners at the 37th annual Piston Ring World of Wheels show in Winnipeg, MB this week
March 13, 2011
GAINESVILLE, FL --- Mike Neff and his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang were hot on Saturday and they got hotter on Sunday racing to a second career win as a driver at the 42nd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals. The win was
March 12, 2011
GAINESVILLE --- Last night Mike Neff talked about being aggressive on the track today and he put his bonus points where his mouth was. Neff’s Castrol GTX Ford Mustang was the quickest funny car in both sessions on
March 11, 2011
GAINESVILLE --- The conditions at Gainesville Raceway were solid all day for the 42nd Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals but only one John Force Racing Mustang was able to really capitalize on the first day of qualifying.
March 10, 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Figuratively, John Force used to own Gainesville Raceway, site of this week’s 42nd annual Tire Kingdom Gatornationals. In one 10-year stretch, in fact, the 61-year-old drag racing icon pu
March 10, 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Over the last six years, Mike Neff has guided two of drag racing’s biggest stars to the NHRA Funny Car championship, winning with Gary Scelzi in 2005 and John Force five years later.
March 09, 2011
GAINESVILLE, FL (March 9, 2011) --- Tomorrow, the Civil Defense Music Group will invade Gainesville, Florida with an action packed evening of entertainment at the Common Grounds nightclub featuring Marilyn Manson founder
March 09, 2011
GAINESVILLE, FL (March 8, 2011) --- Robert Hight is still riding high from his season opening win at the 51st annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals. In fact the 41 year-old former crewman has not even stopped
March 08, 2011
LAS VEGAS (March 8, 2011) --- When the John Force Racing Road Show was announced in January during the season kick-off press conference at the John Force Racing Yorba Linda headquarters the idea received immediate positi
March 06, 2011
This weekend NHRA Full Throttle funny car champions John Force and Robert Hight introduced up and coming funny car driver Courtney Force to a whole new world of horsepower. The youngest Force enjoyed her first experience
March 02, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (March 1, 2011) ---Minutes after Robert Hight and his Jimmy Prock tuned Auto Club Ford Mustang raced to a season opening win at the 51st annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals Hight was giving
February 27, 2011
POMONA --- Robert Hight had to endure a long cold winter. Beginning with his last round win in Brainerd at the Lucas Oil Nationals in August the 41-year old former crewman’s season ground to a halt when over the ne
February 26, 2011
POMONA --- On a day that started with a fifteen minute hail storm and ended with a Funny Car getting a leg up on the national record, John Force Racing was consistent and quick throughout the day’s two qualifying s
February 25, 2011
Johnny Gray Surprise First Day Leader; Weather Could Impact 2011 Opener
POMONA, Calif. – On a day on which being the quickest qualifier wasn’t as important as simply being qualified, the three
February 25, 2011
POMONA, CA (February 25, 2011) --- Persistent rain forced the cancellation of the lone Friday qualifying session at the 51st annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals. NHRA Safety Safari officials repeatedly trie
February 23, 2011
POMONA, Calif. – At Auto Club Raceway, a track on which he was undefeated a year ago, one on which he has won 14 NHRA tour events and a record 105 racing rounds and one on which he came from behind to claim a memor
February 23, 2011
POMONA, Calif. – Over the last four NHRA seasons, no one has won more often at Auto Club Raceway, site of this week’s season-opening, 51st annual Kragen O’Reilly Winternationals, than Mike Neff.
February 21, 2011
POMONA, CA (February 21, 2011) --- For 2009 Full Throttle Funny Car champion Robert Hight the end of 2010 is a six race stretch he would like to forget. An 0-5 round record has been pushed out of the world class trapshoo
February 19, 2011
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (February 18, 2011) – An appreciative John Force accepted congratulations today after the editors of RACER Magazine confirmed that their readers overwhelmingly had voted him 2010's Racer of the
February 14, 2011
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (February 14, 2011) --- The entire stable of John Force Racing Mustangs received a make-over during the off-season. Gone was the 25th anniversary look of John Force’s Castrol High Mileage Mustang.
February 05, 2011
JUPITER, FL (February 5, 2011) --- Mike Neff opened the second day of testing for John Force Racing blasting down the Palm Beach International Raceway track in 4.034 seconds at 312.06 mph. Neff’s Castrol GTX Ford M
February 04, 2011
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (February 4, 2011) --- John Force Racing opened the 2011 testing session at Palm Beach International Raceway with a strong showing during the Inaugural PRO Winter Warm-Up event. JFR posted the second
January 31, 2011
Jupiter, Fla. (January 31, 2011) – Palm Beach International Raceway is excited to announce it will be hosting the inaugural Pro Winter Warm-up Friday February 4 and Saturday February 5 at the all-concrete champions
January 27, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (January 27, 2011) --- Fresh off the announcement that has been promoted to president of John Force Racing, Inc., 2009 NHRA Funny Car champion Robert Hight will head to St. Louis to represent AAA Missouri
January 25, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (January 25, 2011) – Two-time reigning Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Champion Ashley Force Hood, a top three finisher in the NHRA Full Throttle driver standings each of the last two seasons, announced Tu
January 25, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (January 25, 2011) --- Tuesday was graduation day for Courtney Force as the youngest daughter of 15-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force was introduced during a press conference at John Force Racing co
January 25, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (January 25, 2011) – In the wake of daughter Ashley Force Hood’s announcement that she is temporarily stepping away from competition in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series to focus on fa
January 25, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (January 25, 2011) --- At the end of every season at John Force Racing, there is a feeling of anticipation that runs through the entire organization. It is not the excitement of cashing championship bonus
January 25, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (January 25, 2011) --- Fifteen-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force announced today that he is reorganizing John Force Racing, Inc., and, effective immediately, is promoting his son-in-law, 2009 NHRA F
January 25, 2011
YORBA LINDA, CA (January 25, 2011) --- John Force will be the first person to admit that he has some P.T. Barnum DNA running through his veins. In fact, the 15-time NHRA Funny Car champion is known as much for hi
November 14, 2010
POMONA, CA - On a day that could not have been scripted any better, the namesake of John Force Racing, 14-time Funny Car champion John Force, became a 15-time NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car champion by racing to the semi-f
November 08, 2010
YORBA LINDA, CA - The Castrol GTX Mustang Funny Car crew led by co-crew chiefs Dean "Guido" Antonelli and Ron Douglas has been nominated as one of four finalists for the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Hard Worki
October 31, 2010
LAS VEGAS, NV - If NHRA drag racing was the World Series of Poker John Force would have added another bracelet today for his dramatic performance when the chips were down. Force was on a collision course with Full
October 10, 2010
October 10, 2010
READING, PA - It was a tough day for the Ford Mustangs of John Force Racing at the 26th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals. In a bizarre turn of events all three JFR Mustangs failed to advance out o
September 26, 2010
September 26, 2010
DALLAS, TX - NHRA legend John Force was racing for history at the 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals. He was racing in his 500th race with primary sponsor Castrol at
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