Courtney Force beats John Force in New England There's nothing better than doing what you love - drag racing - and getting to do it with your family. Courtney Force and her dad John Force have it made! On Courtney's birthday weekend, she got the win, but it was revenge for their last final round win when John took the win on Father's Day. That's fair I guess! John Force Racing press release follows... Photos courtesy of Gary Nastase Photography COURTNEY FORCE WINS INAUGURAL NEW ENGLAND NATIONALS EPPING, NH ---- In a rematch of their Father’s Day first round battle in Bristol last weekend Courtney Force came out on the winning side today taking out father and 15-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force in the final round of the Inaugural Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals. The second year driver won for the second time this season and third time in her career outpacing her teammate 4.301 seconds to 4.361 seconds in front of a capacity crowd at New England Dragway. “I told him I was definitely going to try to get revenge, but last time...
Traxxas Scale Funny Cars – Everything But Nitro
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Traxxas and Courtney Force to Scale In case you've missed every NHRA race this year, you should know that Traxxas has stepped up big time to sponsor quite a few professional drag racing teams, especially the gorgeous (and hard working racer) Courtney Force, daughter or the legend John Force. MyRideisMe.com has been posting race updates from John Force Racing so we got this info about the 1/8 Scale Funny Cars that Traxxas is making now. Here's more info from the source. TRAXXAS HITS IGNITION ON 1/8 SCALE RC FUNNY CARS FOR JFR CHARLOTTE, NC (April 13, 2012) – NHRA Full Throttle Racing fans around the country have been awaiting a John Force Racing RC Funny Car model since the beginning of a new, unique and energetic partnership between Traxxas and John Force Racing was announced in early January of this year. Today fans at the 3rd annual Four-Wide NHRA Nationals got their first peek at the four JFR Traxxas Funny Cars during a photo shoot beside the Traxxas fan experience zone. Traxxas revealed last week a collection of fully assembled, Ready-To-Race®, Traxxas RC Ford Mustang Funny Cars. The new models run...
Courtney Force – Learning to Drive 300 mph Video
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Courtney Force of John Force Racing Team Hard work pays off... It's working for MyRideisMe.com to get me access to the best, bar none, funny car and drag racing team there is: John Force Racing for this interview. It's also working for Courtney Force. Sure, she's got a leg up as the daughter of 15x funny car champion John Force, but do you think he's the type of guy that'd throw his beautiful daughter into a 300 mph funny car without her wanting it? Earning it! No way. So learn a little more about Courtney and driving 300 in this video. Thanks! [youtube]http://youtu.be/v6SPxrlpqhM[/youtube] Behind every great driver is a great team. Here's Courtney's crew: Thanks for letting me poke around all day...