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                  After earning their undergraduate degrees, some
                  aspiring schoolteachers spend several years
                  traveling in Europe, Asia and elsewhere pursuing
                  graduate studies.
                  
                  Of course, few do so at speeds exceeding 330
                  miles per hour, which is what sets 26-year-old
                  Brittany Force apart from her peers. 
                  
                  A graduate of Cal State-Fullerton who also
                  studied at New Yorks Hunter College, Brittany
                  earned her teaching credentials before deciding to
                  pursue a masters degree in a less traditional
                  field of endeavor: automotive high performance. 
                  
                  That decision this year has landed the second
                  youngest of John Forces four daughters in the
                  cockpit of the 8,000 horsepower Castrol EDGE Top
                  Fuel dragster for what promises to be an historic
                  2013 NHRA Mello Yello drag racing season. 
                  
                  She is the third pro driver to compete in a
                  Castrol-backed Top Fuel dragster but the first to
                  do so since Pat Austin in 1995. The late Gary
                  Ormsby won the NHRA Top Fuel title for Castrol GTX
                  in 1989, 
                  
                  At the controls of a race car capable of
                  zero-to-100 mile per hour acceleration in less than
                  one second, Brittany will be subjected to
                  gravitational forces five times those she would
                  encounter in a typical classroom environment. 
                  
                  And while she wont collect a degree, per
                  se, the California native knows that once she
                  trades her high speed wheels for ones more suited
                  to the school parking lot, shell have a
                  wealth of non-traditional stories and anecdotes
                  with which to illustrate her lesson plans. 
                  
                  It really is a big honor to be the first
                  to drive a John Force Racing Top Fuel
                  dragster, she said. I think this is
                  something were all excited about because
                  its new and different. Being able to drive
                  the first JFR Top Fuel dragster is still very
                  surreal to me but, with my dads support,
                  Im going to do the best job I can. I
                  cant wait to get started. 
                  
                  Always inclined to follow the road less
                  traveled, Brittany is not what you expect. She is
                  her own person, no matter the circumstances, and
                  that makes her both a source of pride and one of
                  frustration for her proud father. 
                  
                  She is simultaneously passionate about racing
                  and conscious of the need to keep her options
                  open. 
                  
                  One of the stars of the A&E Network series
                  Driving Force, which documented sister
                  Ashleys development as a Funny Car driver
                  during a two-year run ending in 2007, the talented
                  blonde already has covered the standard course in
                  3.85 seconds at a finish line speed of more than
                  320 miles per hour. 
                  
                  Like her father and sisters, Brittany is
                  intensely competitive once she gets to the track
                  and climbs into the cockpit. Nevertheless, she also
                  loves teaching and, right now, shes content
                  to keep all her options open while enhancing her
                  reputation as a student of speed. 
                  
                  My plan from the very beginning was to go
                  to college and earn a Bachelors Degree before
                  really pursuing racing, Brittany said.
                  I earned my B.A. in English and then did an
                  extra year to earn my teaching credential. I never
                  had intentions to go right into teaching, I just
                  wanted to get school finished because I knew that
                  if I took a break from it, I would never go
                  back. 
                  
                  I will always have teaching to fall back
                  on if things change down the road, she said,
                  but right now I am very happy with where I am
                  and where things are heading. 
                  
                  Although she is just beginning her professional
                  racing career, Brittany has more dragster
                  experience than most of her crewmembers including
                  crew chief Dean Guido Antonelli and
                  assistant crew chief Eric Lane, both of whom, to
                  this point, have worked exclusively on Funny
                  Cars. 
                  
                  By contrast, Brittany never has driven anything
                  but dragsters. 
                  
                  After earning her Super Comp dragster license
                  under the watchful eye of reigning NHRA Funny Car
                  Champion Jack Beckman, who was her teacher at Frank
                  Hawleys Drag Racing School, she raced in the
                  entry-level class, along with sister Courtney, for
                  three years before moving up to the Top Alcohol
                  Dragster class. 
                  
                  Driving for Jerry Darien and BrandSource, she
                  was the No. 1 qualifier at the 2009 SuperNationals
                  at Englishtown, N.J., and at the 2010 OReilly
                  Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona,
                  Calif., her home track. 
                  
                  She spent all of 2012 testing in a Top Fuel
                  dragster, logging almost 80 runs on many of the
                  same tracks on which she will be competing this
                  season. 
                  
                  The three-rail dragster she is driving this year
                  is powered by the Ford BOSS 500 engine developed at
                  JFR in collaboration with Ford Racing and, in race
                  trim, it will be outfitted with one of the cockpit
                  canopies popularized by six-time series champion
                  Tony Schumacher. 
                  
                  Im so excited to be working with
                  (crew chiefs) Guido and Eric, she
                  said. It seems like Guido has
                  always been part of the winning at JFR. I remember
                  him working on my dads car when I was little
                  and hes the one who taught Ashley how to
                  drive a Funny Car before he was crew chief on
                  dads car (2011 and 2012). 
                  
                  A lot of the time I spent testing last
                  year was with Eric Lane and Jimmy Prock from Robert
                  Hights Auto Club team. I get along with Eric
                  very well because he has always been so patient
                  with me. We always talk about the runs, before and
                  after, which helps prepare me for next
                  one. 
                  
                  Although she is eligible to compete for the Auto
                  Clubs Road to the Future Award that goes to
                  the NHRA Rookie of the Year, Brittany will focus
                  this year on team development. She will consider
                  anything else a bonus. 
                  
                  One of my goals this year is to really get
                  to know my guys so that we can move forward as a
                  team, she said. Thats one thing
                  my dad always has stressed and that is that it
                  takes a team to succeed. Whatever we do, I want us
                  to do it together. 
                  Source: www.brittanyforce.com/ 
                   
                  
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                  Feb. 14, 2013, became first ever to drive a John
                  Force Racing Top Fuel dragster when she debuted the
                  Castrol EDGE dragster.
                  
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                  Brittany lost to her sister Courtney in the
                  semi-final on July 19, 2009 in Top Alcohol
                  Dragster. One of the sister's was set to win.
                  Ashley went to the finals leading the Funny Car
                  standings but lost and is now second in that
                  class. 
                   
                  
                  News 
                  
                    
                  
                  
                  
                  B. Force drives Castrol Edge
                  TF into show on Friday 
                  
                  
                    
                  
                  Rookie Brittany Force put her Thursday struggles in
                  the past and drove her Castrol EDGE Top Fuel
                  dragster to the provisional No. 12 spot on Friday
                  at the 53rd annual OReilly NHRA
                  Winternationals. Yesterday a miscue with the brakes
                  kept Force from making her first run when her 8,000
                  hp BOSS 500 motor pushed her dragster through the
                  starting line beams before the Christmas Tree
                  starting system was activated.
                  
                  Today there were no jitters from Force as she
                  smoothly completed her burnout and staged beside
                  Shawn Langdon and his Al-Anabi dragster. The
                  Castrol EDGE Top Fueler launched hard and Force
                  kept it in the middle of the groove posting a
                  respectable 3.845 second, 293.22 mph run. The
                  relief at the end of the day was obvious for the
                  Automobile Club Road to the Future contender. 
                  
                  My relief level is definitely a 10 on a
                  1-10 scale. I feel a lot better than I did
                  yesterday when I left the track. You always want to
                  get that first run out of the way. We struggled
                  yesterday and didnt get down the track. I
                  feel a lot better that we got down there today. We
                  ended up No. 12 so I am excited for tomorrow.
                  Well go to work on this Castrol EDGE Top Fuel
                  dragster and hopefully improve tomorrow, said
                  Force. 
                  
                  With everything that happened yesterday I
                  just wanted to get down to the finish line. I put
                  everything out of my mind. I just drove it like I
                  was testing in January in Florida. 
                  
                  On the Funny Car side of the pits Courtney Force
                  was the strongest JFR Mustang posting a 4.07 second
                  run on Thursday which was No. 2 at the end of the
                  day. Today she was the last car to go down the
                  track as Gary Densham opted to sit out the Friday
                  session. With nothing to lose and a cooling track
                  crew chief Ron Douglas loaded up a strong tune-up
                  into the Traxxas Mustang. 
                  
                  Having a 4.07 behind us put us in a good
                  spot. This Traxxas Ford Mustang team decided to
                  push this car even harder to see what it could
                  take. It stumbled a little right at the end. It
                  started to spin the tires. From the looks of it and
                  reading the computer and the time slip, it was
                  definitely on a killer run in the low
                  0s, said Courtney Force. 
                  
                  It doesnt bring me down at all it
                  just makes me more excited for tomorrow. Im
                  ready to get our third and fourth qualifying
                  session out here on Saturday. Hopefully we can move
                  up a little more. I think we ended up third today,
                  but we learned something and we want to go for the
                  No. 1 spot tomorrow. 
                  
                  The 2012 Rookie of the Year only slipped to the
                  provisional No. 3 spot after two days of
                  qualifying. 
                  
                  Before the youngest Force made her second Funny
                  Car run three-time Winternational winner Robert
                  Hight continued to look for the right combination.
                  His Auto Club Ford Mustang smoked the tires for the
                  second day in a row but the team did see
                  improvement on the computer data. His run of 6.658
                  was the 15th quickest run of the day. 
                  
                  The winningest Funny Car winner at Auto Club
                  Raceway at Pomona John Force also battled to post a
                  top twelve ET. For the 15-time champion there will
                  be two more shots to race into the show. Today his
                  Castrol GTX Mustang posted a time of 4.300 which
                  was the 14th quickest of the 18 car Funny Car
                  field. 
                  Source: www.brittanyforce.com
                    
                   
                  
                  Brittany Force to make
                  debut in Castrol Edge Top Fuel Bragster payday
                  loans online 
                  
                  
                    
                  
                  Drag racing icon John Force introduced his daughter
                  Brittany as the newest addition to the John Force
                  Racing, Inc., driver lineup Thursday during a press
                  conference at JFR corporate headquarters.
                  
                  Brittany Force will make an historic
                  professional debut, not as driver of a JFR Ford
                  Funny Car but, instead, as driver of a new
                  JFR-built Castrol EDGE Top Fuel dragster prepared
                  and maintained by crew chief Dean Guido
                  Antonelli and assistant crew chief Eric Lane and
                  powered by the Ford BOSS 500 nitro motor. 
                  
                  It really is a big honor to be the first
                  to drive a Top Fuel dragster at John Force
                  Racing, said the 26-year-old who will be the
                  third Force daughter to turn pro. This team
                  has done so much over the years to evolve and
                  adding a Top Fuel car into the mix I believe will
                  help us continue to grow as a team. 
                  
                  Being able to drive the first JFR Top Fuel
                  dragster with my dads support and with
                  Castrol EDGE as my sponsor is still very surreal to
                  me but I think its something were all
                  excited about and Im going to do the best job
                  that I can. 
                  
                  A graduate of Cal State-Fullerton, the second
                  youngest of Forces four daughters, has put a
                  potential teaching career on hold while she learns
                  the family business from the seat of a 330 mile an
                  hour rolling office. 
                  
                  Although she earned her teaching credential and
                  completed her student teaching assignment, the
                  second youngest of Forces four daughters
                  never planned to immediately seek a job in
                  education. 
                  
                  My plan from the very beginning was to go
                  to college and earn a Bachelors Degree before
                  really persuing racing, Brittany said.
                  I earned my B.A. in English and then did an
                  extra year to earn my teaching credential. I never
                  had intentions to go right into teaching, I just
                  wanted to get school finished because I knew that
                  if I took a break from it, I would never go back to
                  finish. 
                  
                  The new season, which begins Feb. 14-17 with the
                  53rd running of the OReilly Winternationals
                  at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, will be the first
                  in which EVERY JFR race car is driven by a member
                  of the drag racing icons immediate
                  family. 
                  
                  While Brittany vies for rookie honors in Top
                  Fuel, her father, brother-in-law (Robert Hight) and
                  younger sister (Courtney Force) will compete for
                  the first Mello Yello Funny Car championship in
                  hybrid Mustangs sponsored by Castrol GTX, the Auto
                  Club of Southern California and Traxxas,
                  respectively. 
                  
                  I will always have teaching to fall back
                  on if things change down the road, said the
                  former star of the A&E real life series Driving
                  Force, but I am very happy with where I am
                  and where things are heading. 
                  
                  I have many goals for next year and
                  cant wait to get started in Pomona. One of my
                  goals is to really get to know my guys so that we
                  can become a strong team together. My other goal is
                  to get my first win in my Top Fuel car as a rookie
                  driver. 
                  
                  Ironically, Brittany has more dragster
                  experience than anyone else assigned to the Castrol
                  EDGE Team. While it is the first dragster
                  assignment for both crew chief Dean
                  Guido Antonelli and assistant crew
                  chief Eric Lane, Brittany has never driven anything
                  else. 
                  
                  After earning her Super Comp license under the
                  tutelage of current NHRA Funny Car champion Jack
                  Beckman, Brittany drove A/Fuel dragsters for Jerry
                  Darien and spent all last year testing in a Top
                  Fuel dragster. 
                  
                  When the season begins Feb. 14-17 with the 53rd
                  renewal of the OReilly Winternationals at
                  Pomona, Calif., Brittany will become the 15th
                  different professional drag racer to compete for
                  Team Castrol, the third to do so in the Top Fuel
                  category in which the late Gary Ormsby won the
                  championship for Castrol GTX in 1989. 
                  
                  Im so happy to be working with Dean
                  Antonelli and Eric Lane, Brittany enthused.
                  Guido was the crew chief for my
                  dad the last two years and before that he taught
                  Ashley to drive a Funny Car. They were so
                  successful together and Im really excited to
                  have him on board with me. 
                  
                  I spent the majority of my testing season
                  working with Eric and Jimmy Prock from Robert
                  Hights team. I get along with Eric very well.
                  He has always been so patient with me. We always
                  talk about the runs before and after, which helps
                  prepare me for future passes. I think we are a good
                  match and we will teach each other so much next
                  year. I think we are all going to make a very
                  strong team. 
                  Source: http://www.brittanyforce.com 
                   
                  
                  Brittany charting new ground
                  for JFR 
                  
                  
                    
                  
                  Rookie Drives Castrol EDGE Top Fuel Dragster in
                  53rd OReilly Winternationals
                  
                  She was a college English major trained as a
                  schoolteacher, but as the rookie driver of one of
                  the worlds fastest race cars, one capable of
                  reaching competitive speeds of 330 miles per hour,
                  Brittany Force understands that shes still
                  just a student. 
                  
                  I thought I was through with school when I
                  got my bachelors degree, admitted the
                  26-year-old graduate of Cal State-Fullerton,
                  but there really was a lot to learn to get
                  ready for my first season in the Castrol EDGE Top
                  Fuel dragster. 
                  
                  Although shes driven nothing but dragsters
                  since she began racing in Super Comp almost seven
                  years ago, Brittany is the first driver ever to
                  compete in a John Force Racing-prepared Top Fuel
                  dragster  and shes revved up about the
                  opportunity. 
                  
                  Im excited to be out there,
                  she said after completing two months of vigorous
                  pre-season testing. Im going to be
                  (racing) against all these guys I grew up watching.
                  A lot (of them came) over during testing, giving me
                  tips and advice, asking me if I had any questions.
                  Theyve all been really great. 
                  
                  That situation may change this weekend when the
                  53rd annual OReilly Auto Parts
                  Winternationals signals the start of the
                  NHRAs 2013 Mello Yello Series. Thats
                  because Brittany already has demonstrated that she
                  plans to be much more than just window dressing for
                  the Top Fuel class. 
                  
                  Im anxious to get out there in the
                  other lane next to them, she said. I
                  think we have a really strong team with Dean
                  Antonelli and Eric Lane (making the tune-up
                  decisions). 
                  
                  In fact, the most rebellious of John
                  Forces four daughters applied an exclamation
                  point when she was clocked at 3.796 seconds on her
                  final test run last month at West Palm Beach,
                  Fla. 
                  
                  When Ashley (older sister Ashley Force
                  Hood, the former driver of the Castrol GTX Funny
                  Car) came out, she had her own set of goals,
                  Brittany said. Same with (younger sister)
                  Courtney. Same with me. Im going down my own
                  path. 
                  
                  For me, its not about comparisons to
                  Ashley or Courtney. Its about setting my own
                  goals and achieving them myself in my
                  time. 
                  
                  That isnt to say she isnt
                  ambitious. 
                  
                  I would love to qualify for every national
                  event. Thats a goal, she said,
                  and I would really like to get my first win.
                  I came close in Super Comp and A/Fuel (Top Alcohol
                  Dragster) but never got it. 
                  
                  Although her dad was not quite sure of her
                  dedication to a racing career, Brittany now says
                  she never doubted that she would wind up working in
                  the sport although she never imagined it would be
                  at the wheel of the fastest accelerating vehicle on
                  the planet. 
                  
                  I love the sport of drag racing,
                  Brittany said, (and) I always thought
                  Id be involved in it in some way. 
                  
                  Nevertheless, when funding for the Top Alcohol
                  team evaporated, the second youngest of the Force
                  girls was unsure of her future, especially since
                  she had decided that dragsters, not Funny Cars,
                  were what she wanted to drive. 
                  
                  My dad threw out the idea of testing in a
                  Top Fuel car with the Ford BOSS 500 motor,
                  she said. It was just a big trick because I
                  think he knew once I got in that car, I
                  wouldnt want to get out of it. The moment I
                  ran 3.96 on my first full pass in Las Vegas, I
                  realized I was hooked. That was the ride I wanted
                  and we just continued from there. 
                  
                  There was one final hurdle to clear before this
                  weeks race, however. 
                  
                  Im a little claustrophobic,
                  she admitted, and the full cockpit canopy
                  took a little getting used to. When they told me
                  (they were installing the canopy), I was like,
                  oh, no. But now I feel very
                  comfortable. 
                  Source: www.brittanyforce.com/
                    
                   
                  
                  Rebel With a Cause 
                  
                  
                    
                  
                  Brittany Force's driving career rapidly is picking
                  up speed.
                  
                  In fact, the 21yearold daughter of
                  drag racing icon John Force will cross the finish
                  line this year at quarter mile speeds almost 100
                  miles an hour faster than those she attained in her
                  first three seasons in the sport. 
                  
                  One of the stars of the A&E Network series
                  Driving Force which ended a twoyear run in
                  2007, Brittany will split time with younger sister
                  Courtney, 19, at the wheel of a
                  BrandSourcebacked AFuel dragster
                  prepared and maintained by veterans Jerry Darien
                  and Ken Meadows. 
                  
                  Identified by Force as his "problem child,"
                  Brittany is a headstrong California blonde with a
                  serious "need for speed," a need that hasn't always
                  been addressed in the most positive manner. 
                  
                  A senior at Santiago Canyon College, she has
                  learned to channel that need into driving
                  competitively in sanctioned NHRA Lucas Oil Series
                  events. 
                  
                  Unlike her older sisters, Adria and Ashley,
                  Brittany initially eschewed a job at John Force
                  Racing, Inc., in Yorba Linda, Ca., to work instead
                  at a pizza café. An even more obvious
                  manifestation of her rebellious nature was the "I
                  Love N.Y." Tshirt she wore on her father's
                  56th birthday while every other woman in the team
                  compound was wearing "I Love John Force"
                  apparel. 
                  
                  Like her father and sisters, Brittany is
                  intensely competitive once she gets to the track
                  and climbs into the cockpit. Nevertheless, a career
                  in racing is no certainty. She also loves the
                  glamour of Hollywood and since she is studying to
                  become a teacher, all her options remain open. 
                  
                  "She's tough when she's in the car," her father
                  said, "but she's got to learn to do everything
                  else, like giving enough time to the sponsors and
                  the media and the fans. She's always gone her own
                  way, but if she wants to race, I'll do all I can to
                  give her a chance (to succeed)." 
                  Source: www.castrol.com/castrol/genericarticle.do?categoryId=82915625&contentId=7016719
                    
                   
                  
                  Finding Her Own Way 
                  
                  
                    
                  
                  Brittany Force is not what you expect. She is her
                  own person all the time. This is both a sense of
                  pride and frustration for her 14-time Funny Car
                  Champion John Force. She is simultaneously
                  passionate about racing as well as keeping her
                  options open for a career outside of racing.
                  
                  At the season opening test season Brittany made
                  the two quickest runs among cars competing in the
                  Top Alcohol Dragster category on the first day of
                  testing and then that evening she and her mother,
                  Laurie, boarded a flight to New York City where she
                  will study at Hunter College, the largest school in
                  the City University of New York system, until
                  May. 
                  
                  Its kind of like a study abroad
                  program, Brittany said of her Hunter College
                  curriculum. Ill be taking courses up
                  there that will transfer back to (Cal
                  State-Fullerton) toward my major. 
                  
                  The prospect of moving to New York City did not
                  faze the youngster from Southern California but it
                  had a big impact on her champion caliber
                  father. 
                  
                  Everyone says, are you scared?
                  I say, no, Im not scared, but Im
                  scared for my dad. Every single day he begged
                  me not to go. Its not like Im going
                  away forever. Im still going to be racing.
                  Ill be back for Pomona (and the Kragen
                  OReilly Winternationals). Im not going
                  to be able to qualify on Thursday, but Ill
                  come in Thursday night and be at Auto Club Raceway
                  for the rest of the weekend. 
                  
                  The testing runs to open the season were
                  exciting and nerve-wracking for the young
                  driver. 
                  
                  I hadnt been in the car since the
                  Auto Club Finals (last November), she said,
                  so I was a little nervous. Thats always
                  how it is after not being in the car for awhile.
                  After the first pass, though, it was fine. It did
                  shake a little, half track, but I was able to drive
                  right through it and now Im looking forward
                  to Pomona. 
                  
                  The 22-year-old daughter of the drag racing icon
                  made the move to Top Alcohol Dragster last season
                  along with her sister Courtney and continued to
                  improve as the season progressed. 
                  
                  She qualified at four national events racing a
                  very limited schedule due to commitments revolving
                  around her college course work. She won her first
                  round of TAD eliminations in Seattle. 
                  
                  One of the stars of the A&E Network series
                  Driving Force, which ended a two-year run in 2007,
                  Brittany split time with younger sister Courtney,
                  20, last season at the wheel of a 250 mph A-Fuel
                  dragster prepared and maintained by veteran Jerry
                  Darien. 
                  
                  Brittany completed all the necessary A-Fuel
                  licensing runs in February of 2008 at Firebird
                  Raceway. The process took a little longer than
                  anticipated but the pay-off was a relief for
                  everyone involved. 
                  
                  It was just a normal run and it felt good.
                  I was definitely nervous and sweating it out before
                  I got in the car. My dad is excited now to have us
                  all licensed. I am excited to have my A-Fuel
                  license since now we can continue to move
                  forward. 
                  
                  Identified by Force as his problem
                  child, Brittany is a headstrong California
                  blonde with a serious need for speed, a
                  need that hasnt always been addressed in the
                  most positive manner. 
                  
                  Unlike her older sisters, Adria and Ashley,
                  Brittany initially eschewed a job at John Force
                  Racing, Inc., in Yorba Linda, Calif., to work
                  instead at a pizza café. An even more
                  obvious manifestation of her rebellious nature was
                  the I Love N.Y. T-shirt she wore on her
                  fathers 56th birthday while every other woman
                  in the team compound was wearing I Love John
                  Force apparel. 
                  
                  Like her father and sisters, Brittany is
                  intensely competitive once she gets to the track
                  and climbs into the cockpit. Nevertheless, a career
                  in racing is no certainty. She also loves the
                  glamour of Hollywood and since she is studying to
                  become a teacher, all her options remain open. 
                  
                  Shes tough when shes in the
                  car, her father said, but shes
                  got to learn to do everything else, like giving
                  enough time to the sponsors and the media and the
                  fans. Shes always gone her own way, but if
                  she wants to race, Ill do all I can to give
                  her a chance (to succeed). 
                  Source: www.brittanyforce.com
                    
                  
                    
                  
                  Saturday June 4, 2005 - Raceday 1 
                  
                    
                  
                  In the 64 car Super Comp field that showed up at
                  California Dragway, Megan McKernan was able to
                  claim the No. 1 Qualifying spot. After several
                  rounds of racing Megan made it to the 5th round out
                  of 6 rounds. This was quite an accomplishment after
                  her first competitive day of racing.
                  
                  Brittany took her Super Comp dragster
                  into the 2nd round before losing with a malfunction
                  in the car. Courtney is racing the dragster that
                  her older sister Ashley got her racing start with.
                  A new Victory Race Cars dragster is being built for
                  Brittany and Courtney will take over driving
                  this car in about a month. 
                  
                  With day one behind them, both Brittany
                  and Megan prepared themselves for day two race on
                  Sunday. 
                  
                  John Force was very impressed with how well
                  California Dragway - track manager, Dave Danish and
                  his crew prepared the racetrack and ran the races
                  both days. Force commented, these guys do a
                  great job and the really make it fun to race at
                  this local hometown track. It gives a lot of racers
                  a great place to race and pit at a first-class
                  facility. 
                  
                  Sunday June 5, 2005 - Raceday # 2 
                  
                  
                    
                  
                  Sundays race was a big Force family reunion,
                  as Ashley and her mom Laurie flew in from Memphis
                  where Ashley had been racing her Castrol/Hot Wheels
                  dragster to see the Next Generation
                  girls go a few rounds; along with their other
                  sister Adria and the newest Hight/Force newborn
                   Autumn.
                  
                  Everyone took the day in stride as Megan lost in
                  the first round and Brittany was able to take her
                  car into the 3rd round before being eliminated. The
                  high point of the day was Brittanys
                  perfect reaction time in the 2nd round of .000.
                  John Force commented, thats why
                  were training these girls early so
                  theyll be perfect on the tree when they take
                  on the funny car boys someday in the
                  future!!! 
                  
                  Not only were the girls racing that weekend,
                  they were also the main attraction of a new
                  reality TV show featuring the Force
                  Family that is being pitched to several networks at
                  the present time. Brent Travers was on hand with a
                  small film crew to capture the day of racing with
                  the two youngest Force daughters. 
                   
                  
                  June 8, 2005 - Super Comp Update 
                  
                  
                    
                  
                  The John Force Racings Next
                  Generation racing program continues to take
                  shape with the youngest Force daughters 
                  Brittany & Courtney, and Megan the
                  daughter of Auto Club of Southern California
                  president - Tom McKernan. These three young,
                  talented and beautiful girls were testing and
                  racing their Super Comp dragsters last week at the
                  California Dragway in Fontana, CA.
                  
                  John Force rented the dragstrip on Thursday to
                  give all the girls plenty of seat time and practice
                  before the weekends Lucas Oil Super Comp
                  Association points race. Brittany,
                  Megan and Courtney all logged in about 12 runs each
                  that day and showed great promise. They were able
                  to get individual runs, as well as plenty of
                  side-by-side runs to prepare Megan and
                  Brittany for the Saturday and Sunday
                  races. 
                  
                  Roger Conley is the head crew chief and tuner
                  for all three cars with Jack Beckman as assistant
                  crew chief. Jack is not only racing himself in the
                  NHRA events this year, but hes also a Frank
                  Hawley Drag Racing School instructor that taught
                  all three girls to drive their Super Comp racecars.
                  Also part of the race crew was the Force
                  girls uncle  Robert Hight along with
                  Shane Whaling and Eric Boutchyard from the CNC
                  Machine Shop at the Force Racing facility in Yorba
                  Linda. John Force watched on with fellow
                  proud father Tom McKernan as each of
                  the girls took instructions, and listened intently
                  before and after each pass down the quarter mile.
                  All three had great reaction times, and ran very
                  close to the 8.90 second index for this class. 
                   
                  
                  Results 
                  
                  
                    
                  
                  
                  
                  Highlights 
                  
                  2013 
                  
                  Debuted new Castrol EDGE Top Fuel dragster 
                  
                  2010 
                  
                  Qualified BrandSource Top Alcohol dragster No. 1
                  at OReilly Winternationals, Pomona,
                  Calif. 
                  
                  2009 
                  
                  No. 1 qualifier and semifinalist in Top Alcohol
                  dragster at NHRA Summer Nationals, Englishtown,
                  N.J. 
                  
                  2007 
                  
                  Reached round four of Super Comp eliminations at
                  Arizona Nationals, Phoenix. 
                  
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