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FORCE WINS WASHER AND DRYER FOR LUCKY PENNSYLVANIA FAN

Reading, PA – The qualifying efforts by John Force and his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang team this weekend brought a well-deserved No. 1 qualifier recognition to the John Force Racing stable when Force ran a career-best at 3.987 on Friday evening.

This was the first three-second run for John Force Racing as a whole, and with that excitement came the delight of putting a front loading washer and dryer set in the hands of lucky fan Jason Blough of Lincoln University, Pa. at the 29th annual Auto Plus NHRA Nationals, compliments of BrandSource and the “Win with Force” promotion.

“Getting that three second run is important for the sponsors like Ford, Castrol BrandSource, and Auto Club. It means we can race with anyone. The cool air has given championships and it has taken away championships. We know in the last three or four races we are right there with everyone. We can run in the heat. Friday we ran pretty decent. Last year they shattered the record. You get caught up in trying to run national records and you will beat yourself. We are going to come out here again and just try to run smart in the conditions that we get. Then we are going to try and win on Sunday,” said Force.

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JFR MUSTANGS HOLD ONTO TOP SPOTS FOR AUTO PLUS NHRA NATIONALS

READING, PA –  The trio of John Force Racing Ford Mustangs held onto their top qualifying spots at the 29th annual Auto Plus NHRA John Force Gary Nastase PhotoNationals as qualifying concluded today. Led by 6-time winner at Maple Grove Raceway John Force who moved into the Mello Yello points lead with his No. 1 qualifying effort. The No. 1 spot was an NHRA record 144th top spot and his eighth No. 1 at Maple Grove Raceway. Force has three of his six wins from the No. 1 position at the Auto Plus NHRA Nationals.

Force picked up three more qualifying points today running 4.036 seconds in the final qualifying session in his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang.

“It got a little warmer today so that 4.03 was kind of a surprise. Jimmy Prock will swing for the fences on you. My guys are really working together. They are watching everything including the points. I don’t want to watch that stuff. I’ll look at it at the end of the season when it is all over. I have a good race car right now. It is great to see the fans in the stands,” said the 136-time winner. “Getting to hear them cheer like that is pretty exciting it has been a while. I think I lost my focus in racing. I have always loved this sport. It is what I do. Sure running good makes you feel good when you can compete. I struggled as a driver earlier this year. My guys stayed by me and I got that new car and I couldn’t get comfortable in it.”

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RECORD SETTING FRIDAY FOR JFR AT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY

READING, PA – John Force became the seventh driver to break the 4.00 second barrier today at Maple Grove Raceway. The 15-time John Force and Courtney Force Q2 Gary Nastase PhotographyNHRA Funny Car champion grabbed the provisional No. 1 qualifier spot with a near record run of 3.987 seconds at 323. 50 mph. It was the fifth quickest elapsed time in NHRA history. Two of the five quickest times have been posted at Maple Grove Raceway. Quickest previous time for a JFR Ford was 4.005 seconds by Robert Hight in the Auto Club Ford on Oct. 12, 2008 at Richmond, Va. Force’s previous quickest time was 4.010 second from this June’s race in Joliet, Illinois.

“I joked we are a little late because Schumacher’s cars ran that here last year but you look at the points for the championship. You don’t want them to get a national record. You want to gobble up the points. We’ll see what the weather is tomorrow. For today we feel really good about it,” said Force in the Maple Grove media center. “I want to clarify Jimmy Prock runs my car with Danny DeGennaro. They work as a team with Mike Neff and Ron Douglas and Dean Antonelli and John Medlen from the dragster. We all work together. Neff’s car ran 4.07 with Robert Hight and the Auto Club. It is a team effort. Jimmy Prock is throwing hard balls. I am pretty excited.”

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Team Force rolls into Maple Grove On St. Louis High

AT COUNTDOWN MIDPOINT HIGHT POISED FOR RUN TO CHAMPIONSHIP

READING, PA – Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team entered the Countdown to the Championship in 9th place but with John Force Team Gary Nastase Photothe momentum of a win at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. They made huge strides in Charlotte winning again and jumping to 3rd in the Mello Yello point standings. The past two races only one thing has stood between the 2009 Funny Car champion and four consecutive finals. John Force.

Hight and the 15-time Funny Car champion have met the past two races in the semi-final round with Force getting wins and advancing to the final. The winningest driver in NHRA history has a runner-up (Dallas) and a win (St. Louis) to show for his efforts and with three races to go Hight who now sits on 4th place knows he has a great car and some stiff competition.

“We won Charlotte and the past two races we have run up against John Force in the semi-finals. We are qualifying great and running really well on race day. No one in the Auto Club pits is hanging their head. We are doing what we need to do. Every race we have made up points on Matt Hagan so we are focused on that,” said Hight.

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FORCE LADIES WILL RACE PINK AT READING FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

BROWNSBURG, IN – Three-time Funny Car winner Courtney Force and Road to the Future nominee Brittany Force will be racing Traxxas Funny Car-Pinkunique paint schemes at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading for the 29th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The John Force Racing drivers will be supporting Lionel Racing’s “Paint the Track Pink” program in support of breast cancer research. Through this special promotion, die-cast manufacturer, Lionel Racing will contribute a portion of the proceeds from each program die-cast sold to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Sophomore sensation Courtney Force ran a similar paint scheme during her 2012 rookie season and is excited to participate for such a unique cause. Last year the Traxxas Pink die-cast sold almost as well as Courtney’s standard paint scheme die-cast and was the second best-selling NHRA special of 2012. Over one million people were reached online and through social impressions. In addition the program received national media coverage throughout the month of October.

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JOHN FORCE WINS AAA INSURANCE MIDWEST NATIONALS FAN WIN TV

MADISON, IL – John Force picked up his 136th career Funny Car win today at the second annual AAA Insurance NHRA John Force with  Wally Gary Nastase PhotographyMidwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. This is JFR’s sixth win of the season; the second for driver of the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang Funny Car and fifteen-time world champion, John Force.

The 17-time championship team was able to give away a 55” flat screen TV to lucky fan Marsha Smith of Philo, Ill. compliments of BrandSource and the “Win with Force” promotion.

“We are working as a team and it is really cool. I have been struggling on the tree and Robert Hight has been working with me on getting me comfortable in the car. I gave away two trophies for this win. I gave one to Jim McGrath, the president of AAA Missouri and one to Jimmy Prock,” said Force, from the winner’s circle stage. “I also gave away a flat screen TV thanks to Brandsource. This is the second win for me this season and second TV I have been able to win for a fan. The fans are why we are out here so this is awesome.”

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JOHN FORCE WINS AAA INSURANCE MIDWEST NATIONALS

Madison, IL – John Force, the winningest driver in NHRA history, continues to add to his expanding legacy. Today at the 2nd annual John Forces top end Gary Nastase_SunAAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals Force defeated long-time rival Jack Beckman in a final for the ages taking the win light by .013 seconds or six feet to capture his 136th career Funny Car title. This was Force’s sixth final round in the last twelve races and his first win with crew chief Jimmy Prock.

“You have to start with Jimmy Prock but it is the brain trust. Jimmy gave me a good hot rod,” said Force, a three-time winner at Gateway Motorsports Park. “I was losing some races but Robert worked in that cockpit with me to get me comfortable. I have been guilty of getting overloaded and not focusing on my race car. Now I have people like Just Marketing, Octagon, and Rogers & Cowan working for me so I can focus on winning. You have to live this race car every day.”

Force moved into second place in the Mello Yello Funny Car point standings just six points behind points leader Matt Hagan. This is the highest Force and the Castrol GTX team has been in the point standings since Force won his 15th Funny Car championship in 2010.

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JFR HAS BEST QUALIFYING EFFORT OF 2013 AT AAA INSURANCE MIDWEST NATS

Madison, IL – The 2013 season has had its ups and downs for John Force Racing but this weekend at the AAA Insurance NHRA John ForceMidwest Nationals the on-track performance was the best of the year with the three Funny Car qualifying in the top four and the Castrol EDGE Top Fuel dragster qualifying No. 5 going into eliminations. Led by AAA Insurance backed Robert Hight in the No. 2 spot followed by John Force and Courtney Force the three JFR Ford Mustang Funny Cars were some of the most consistent and dominant this weekend.

On Saturday the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang driven by John Force was the quickest of the first session and second quickest of the last session of the day. In the first session Force blasted to the best of session elapsed time of 4.063 seconds as the sun beat down on the Gateway Motorsports Park track. As the conditions improved and cloud cover rolled in Force’s crew chief Jimmy Prock stepped up the tune-up and saw an immediate improvement in performance with a 4.047 second run.

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JFR FUNNY CARS FLYING AT AAA INSURANCE NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS

Madison, IL – On the first day of the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals the three John Force Racing Ford Mustang Funny Cars

Robert Hight - Gary Nastaseset the pace of the field provisionally qualifying No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5 after two sessions. Led by 2010 AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals champion Robert Hight with a 4.022 second run the JFR Funny Cars made a strong impression on the near capacity crowd.

Hight smoked the tires in his first run and was relegated to run early in the second session. The AAA Insurance Funny Car made the most of their opportunity on a well prepped track blasting to the top of the field with a 4.022 second run that established the track record for elapsed time. Only Matt Hagan was quicker running 4.001 seconds in the last pair with JFR teammate Courtney Force.

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HIGHT LOOKING TO GATEWAY TO CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS GAP

Madison, IL – Robert Hight and the AAA Ford Mustang team closed the gap on points leader Matt Hagan with a semi-final finish at last AAA Teamweekend’s AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals. Hight will continue to try and reel in Hagan as well as Dallas winner Cruz Pedregon while he holds off a charging 15-time Funny Car champion John Force at this weekend’s AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. With four races left in the Countdown to the Championship Hight is poised to make a strong run for his second NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Championship.

“I said at the beginning of the Countdown if you wanted to have a chance to win the championship you would need to win two or three races at least and get to the semi-finals at the other races. We won in Charlotte and moved from 9th to 3rd and in Dallas we had a great race car which made it to the semi-finals,” said Hight.

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