Brittany Force

Brittany Leighton Force (born July 8, 1986) is an NHRA drag racer and 2017 NHRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel dragster champion. She is the daughter of drag racer John Force and the sister of fellow racers Courtney Force and Ashley Force Hood.

Brittany Leighton Force
Force in 2015
NationalityAmerican
Born (1986-07-08) July 8, 1986[1]
Yorba Linda, California, United States
Related toJohn Force (father)
Laurie Force (mother)
Adria Force Hight (sister)
Ashley Force Hood (sister)
Courtney Force (sister)
Robert Hight (brother-in-law)
Daniel Hood (brother-in-law)
Autumn Hight (niece)
Graham Rahal (brother-in-law)
National Hot Rod Association career
Debut season2013
Current teamJohn Force Racing
Championships2017 NHRA Top Fuel Champion
Awards
2013 Auto Club Road to the Future Award[1]
2017 NHRA Top Fuel Champion

Career

Force became a NHRA drag racer in 2013, driving a Top Fuel dragster, the first John Force Racing driver to compete in that class.[2] She is sponsored by Monster Energy.[3] In 2016, she became the first woman to win the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.[4] On May 20, 2016, she set a new NHRA top fuel drag racing record with a run of 3.676 seconds over 1,000 feet at Heartland Park Topeka, Kansas.[5]

In 2017, Force became the second woman in history to win a Top Fuel Championship, after Shirley Muldowney in 1982, clinching the title in the quarterfinals of the final race of the season before going on to win the event. Force won 4 races for the year, the most in a single season in her career, including 3 in the Countdown to the Championship.[6]

In 2019, Force became the first woman driver to be the Number 1 qualifier in Top Fuel at the U.S. Nationals.[7]

Personal life

Force attended California State University, Fullerton, where she received a degree in education.[1][2]

References
  1. "Brittany Force". NHRA Driver. NHRA. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. Blount, Terry. "Brittany Force to race Top Fuel". NHRA. ESPN. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. "Monster Energy to fuel Brittany Force's NHRA Top Fuel ride". NHRA. Autoweek. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. "Brittany Force becomes first woman to win NHRA Four-Wide Nationals". USA Today. AP. April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  5. "Brittany Force sets national record in Top Fuel qualifying at Heartland Park". cjonline.com. Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  6. "Brittany Force". Nhra.com. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  7. "Brittany Force Makes U.S. Nationals History". Speed Sport. Retrieved 2019-09-12.


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