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Ashley Force Is My New Danica Patrick

That's it. She's done it.Ashley Force has officially stolen my heart.Named "Hottest Athlete" just last year here on AOL, the drag racer Force won her first-ever NHRA Funny Car event late last month in Atlanta (yeah, take that, Danica!). With that, she officially stole the No. 1 spot in my heart among racing chicks. Here's...

Best. Idea. Ever? LMS to Host Burnout Contest

Lowe's Motor Speedway President Humpy Wheeler wanted to add some spice similar to baseball's home run derby to NASCAR's all-star weekend in May at the track.Consider that mission accomplished.Wheeler and Clint Bowyer, who managed to hit the pit wall during a demonstration with a Richard Petty Driving School car, announced...

Video: Drag Racer Pedregon's Car Explodes

Here's some incredible footage away from sandy beaches of Daytona Beach, Florida that NASCAR is currently calling home.Tony Pedregon, last year's NHRA Funny Car champion, didn't exactly start off his season on the right foot. Racing against former team-owner John Force (who had an incredible crash of his own last season),...

Force Leaves Dallas Hospital

27 days after suffering horrific injuries in a 300mph crash in Dallas, NHRA champion John Force headed home from the hospital Saturday in Dallas.Force suffered major injuries after his Funny Car ripped in two pieces at the completion of a run during the O'Reilly Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex on Sep. 23.Left with a...

Force from the Hospital Bed: I Should Have Been Dead

NHRA's likeable tough guy John Force let a camera into his hospital room and showed off his more vulnerable side when he talked about his "should have been fatal" crash last week."I'm lucky to have my legs ... The car pulled in half and I've never seen that happen ever ... my legs were just outside flopping around ... my...