John Force Racing is an NHRA drag racing team. In over 30 years of competition, John Force Racing has won two Top Fuel and 22 Funny Car championships. The current line-up of drivers includes Top Fuel driver Josh Hart and Funny Car drivers Jack Beckman, Alexis DeJoria, and Jordan Vandergriff. The team's leadership includes CEO John Force, CFO Adria Force, Vice President Ashley Force Hood, John Liu as Corporate Controller. Past drivers include Austin Prock, Robert Hight, Gary Densham and crew chiefs Austin Coil and Mike Neff, Eric Medlen, who lost his life while racing for the team and whose number 4 appears on all their cars, Tony Pedregon, who was the first driver other than Force to win a series championship driving for the team, and Courtney Force. In 2017, Brittany Force became the first team driver to win a championship in a classification that is not Funny Car, taking the Top Fuel title.
Force's team had a long term relationship with Castrol and Ford, with Castrol serving as Force's primary sponsor for over 30 years and Ford his engine provider for 20 years. Both of those relationships came to an end following the 2014 season when BP, Castrol's parent company, ceased their sponsorship and Ford pulled out of the NHRA. Force's teams now run Chevrolets, sponsored by Old World Industries, Cornwell Tools, Bandero Premium Tequila, Burnyzz Speed Shop, Speedmaster, and HendrickCars.com.
Championships Year Division Driver 1990 Funny Car John Force1991 Funny Car John Force 1993 Funny Car John Force1994 Funny Car John Force 1995 Funny Car John Force1996 Funny Car John Force 1997 Funny Car John Force1998 Funny Car John Force1999 Funny Car John Force2000 Funny Car John Force2001 Funny Car John Force 2002 Funny Car John Force2003 Funny Car Tony Pedregon2004 Funny Car John Force2006 Funny Car John Force 2009 Funny Car Robert Hight 2010 Funny Car John Force2013 Funny Car John Force2017 Top Fuel Brittany Force2017 Funny Car Robert Hight2019 Funny Car Robert Hight2022 Top Fuel Brittany Force2024 Funny Car Austin Prock2025 Funny Car Austin Prock
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