{"id":24225,"date":"2016-02-22T15:23:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T23:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=24225"},"modified":"2018-08-16T12:37:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T19:37:46","slug":"behind-the-wheel-with-the-next-generation-of-force-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/behind-the-wheel-with-the-next-generation-of-force-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind The Wheel With The Next Generation of Force Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s official! The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series is back on track and we at RacingJunk are excited to be feeling the Force behind the next generation of drivers who are following in the tire treads of those well-known motorsports legends out there. After sliding Behind The Wheel with one of the most famous names in the NHRA recently, we decided to find out how the John Force Racing family continues its drag racing success with daughters Brittany and Courtney Force.<\/p>\n

The youngest member of the John Force Racing family, 27-year-old Courtney Force began her racing career a month after obtaining her driver\u2019s license by making the decision to enroll in drag racing school to obtain her Super Comp drag racing license.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a very young age, probably 7-years-old or so, I knew that I wanted to race just like my dad,\u201d said Courtney. \u201cI loved watching him compete, being out at the track with his crew and even traveling across the country and seeing new places I was just enthralled with it all and knew that I wanted this to be my future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By 2005, Courtney began to see her future in racing begin as she slid behind the wheel of a Super Comp car in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. After finding success in her Super Comp car during her first two years of competition the younger daughter of drag racing phenom John Force, began competing in a Top Alcohol Dragster in the NHRA only three years later.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter witnessing what my dad was able to accomplish and becoming addicted to the speed of the cars, I knew that I wanted to stand up to a challenge and this seemed like the next step to feeding this need,\u201d said Courtney. \u201cThe most difficult part of this time in my racing career was earning my bachelor\u2019s degree all while trying to pick up wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Courtney picked up her first win in a Top Alcohol Dragster her true desire was to follow in her father\u2019s illustrious tire treads.
\n\u201cThe funny thing is my parents once thought that this was something that I would grow out of, but after I finished school my dad realized that racing was my primary focus so he put me through what he called his Funny Car 101 training,\u201d said Courtney.<\/p>\n

What exactly does this involve? \u201cHe was towing me around behind his pickup truck in a funny car with no motor just to get the feel of it because I was so used to driving a dragster.\u201d<\/p>\n

After obtaining her funny car license in 2011, Courtney had to pass the final test by obtaining a sponsor, for her future to officially begin.<\/p>\n

\"Brittany<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDad asked a representative from Traxxas to come to Las Vegas to watch me make a pass, and this wasn\u2019t any pass it was in the dark,\u201d said Courtney.<\/p>\n

How did she pull this off? \u201cThis was my first pass at 300 miles per hour and I didn\u2019t know how I was going to pull this off, but the advice that my dad gave me helped me not only make the unbelievable pass but pick up a sponsor that has stayed with me over the last four seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Courtney is continuing to turn heads and blow away the competition much the same way that her mentor and father has in the NHRA Funny Car Series.<\/p>\n

While John Force has been a prevalent influence on his youngest daughter he has also helped another daughter find success in the world of drag racing.<\/p>\n

Brittany Force began her racing career in much the same way as her older sister Ashley as well as her younger sister Courtney, in a Super Comp car.<\/p>\n