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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
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
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
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 t
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 seamle
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
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
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 cham
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
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 offici
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 th
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
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
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 Speed
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 Fo
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
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 Monda
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 N
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.
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 t
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
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
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 to
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
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 designe
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
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 w
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
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 compe
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 Joh
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 S
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 k
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
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 t
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
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
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 qualify
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
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
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 Fo
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
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 Fi
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
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 b
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 mat
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 g
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
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
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 the11
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 week
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. Ni
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
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 b
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
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 d
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 r
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
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. W
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 a
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 th
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 a
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
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 F
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 th
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
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 27
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 wi
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 t
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
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
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 t
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 skiin
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 t
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 base
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 G
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 quicke
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
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
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 Clu
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 interview
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 cou
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
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 adva
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
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
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. P
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 to
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
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&
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 t
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 National
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
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 T
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 dramat
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 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 N
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 th
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 hor
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
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
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 Nat
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 co
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 ad
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 champio
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 M
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’Reil
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 performan
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’Re
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 reco
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
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 ca
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 Litt
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 T
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 cour
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 Nationa
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
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
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 b
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 tri
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 Nation
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
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 Na
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 qualify
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 winn
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 la
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
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 th
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 E
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 Joh
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 MOPA
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 a
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
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
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 Mustang
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 beat
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&
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&r
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, J
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 Nati
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
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
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 Rob
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
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 E
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 fourt
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 adv
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
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
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
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.
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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 1
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
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
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 sponsore
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 SuperNati
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 per
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 Castr
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 Brid
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 secon
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 Ca
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
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 b
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 motors
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 Se
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 India
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 &ndas
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 – T
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
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 th
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
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 Nat
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
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 es
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 m
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
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
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 Cas
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 tr
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 th
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
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 untoucha
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
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 sessio
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
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 t
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
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
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
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
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. &
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 Motorspo
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
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 SummitRa
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.
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 Summ
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 Wi
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 Gatorna
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
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
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
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 fiv
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 Ma
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
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 recei
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
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 Winternationa
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 h
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&rsqu
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
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 offic
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 beh
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, tha
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
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
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 Hi
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’
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. JF
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 al
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 re
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 s
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
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 S
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 cashin
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
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
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
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
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 collisi
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 fai
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
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