John Force

Date of birth: May 4, 1949

Hometown: Yorba Linda, California

Sponsor/Car: Castrol GTX Ford Mustang

Crew Chief: Austin Coil/Bernie Fedderly

Career Wins: 97

Career Final Rounds: 149

2000 Wins: 11

2000 Final Rounds: 13

Career Best E.T.: 4.763

Career Best Speed: 324.05



Career Highlights

Winningest professional driver in NHRA history.
 
Winningest Funny Car driver in NHRA history. 

Only Funny Car driver to win 10 NHRA Winston championships (1990-91, 93-2000.)
 
First Funny Car driver to eclipse 320 mph barrier, running 323.35 mph at 1998 Mopar Parts Nationals, Englishtown, N.J. 

Voted national motorsports DRIVER OF THE YEAR in 1996 in balloting by nationwide motorsports media. First drag racer to earn honor. 

Won prestigious "Ollie" award in 1998 at Car Craft All-Star awards ceremony for his contributions and achievements in drag racing. 

Winningest NHRA pro competitor this decade with 76 victories.
 
Won 13 races, appeared in 16 final rounds and won 65 elimination rounds in 1996, all NHRA single-season records.
 
Began NHRA Funny Car career in 1978.
 
Lost nine consecutive finals before earning first career victory at 1987 le Grandnational at Montreal.
 
Crew chief Coil has worked with Force since 1984. 

Avid match racer has competed at many tracks throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia. 
One of only three NHRA competitors to appear in more than 100 final rounds.
 
Earned $200,000 for winning inaugural Winston Showdown in 1999, NHRA's all-star event that featured Top Fuel dragsters vs. Funny Cars at Bristol Dragway. Defeated five dragster competitors to claim title of 'drag racing's king': Cristen Powell, Jim Head, Doug Kalitta, Cory McClenathan and Bob Vandergriff. 

Owns Castrol Syntec Mustang driven by Tony Pedregon in NHRA Funny Car competition. 
