Prock Learning that Switching Teams isn’t Always Seamless
Austin Prock and the Prock family are discovering that repeat success with a new team is not a given.
Austin Prock and the Prock family are discovering that repeat success with a new team is not a given.
Last week the news erupted that two-time NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion Austin Prock had left John Force Racing, where he secured his two back-to-back titles, and gone to Tasca Racing
Austin Prock, the two-time consecutive Funny Car champion with John Force Racing and Chevrolet, together with his father Jimmy and brother Thomas, are joining Ford stalwarts Tasca Racing.
Austin Prock is leaving JFR again, another of the big changes for the powerhouse teams over this past year.
The forecast didn’t look good at the start of last week and it progressed to dire as the NHRA Championship weekend got rained out.
This year’s races had all the drama one could handle, from both the winner and runner-up in the Sox & Martin race being DQ’d for technical violations post-event to regular season winners and losers, intra-race special events and the final standings in that regular-season competition.
John Force Racing took over the floor of the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show in Indianapolis on Friday, December 13, 2024
Not everyone can race a Prock Rocket.
John Force and president of JFR Robert Hight have announced changes in crew chief and team arrangements as they head into next weekend’s NHRA Gatornationals.
With two races left in the NHRA Countdown, John Force and his crew chief Jimmy Prock have parted ways, and everyone is left wondering how the 16-time champion is going to stay competitive.