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Ashley Force Hood Expecting Baby, Will Sit Out 2011 NHRA Season

National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) star Ashley Force Hood formally announced Tuesday that she is pregnant and will take a "temporary hiatus" -- sitting out the 2011 Full Throttle drag racing championship. This will be the first child for the two-time NHRA U.S. Nationals champ Hood, 28, and her husband, Dan. Force...

John Force Wins 15th NHRA Funny Car Championship

John Force won an unprecedented 15th National Hod Rod Association Funny Car championship at Pomona, Ca., Sunday, coming back from serious injuries in 2007 to win his first title since 2006. Force, 61, clinched the title in the quarterfinals after points leader Matt Hagan was defeated in an upset by Bob Tasca. Force then...

John Force, 60, Leads NHRA Championship After Dance With Death

John Force has no trouble pinpointing his life-changing experience, even if he can't remember it. "God woke me up at 1,000-feet in Dallas, Texas, and he crushed me with a hammer,'' the drag racing legend explains of a horrific 2007 accident at the Texas Motorplex. "Nearly getting killed was the best thing that ever...

Team Priorities Leave NHRA Competitors, John Force at Odds after U.S. Nationals

Let's get one thing straight: John Force may or may not have thrown his semifinal match in Monday's U.S. Nationals -- but we have no firm evidence saying he did.We do know, however, that the NHRA team owner, driver and 14-time champion picked the undesirable lane, was nearly three times slower on his reaction time and made...

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...

Background on john force

John Harold Force (born May 4, 1949 in Bell Gardens, California) is an NHRA drag racer, a 15-time Funny Car champion driver, and a 17-time champion car owner.

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