BRITTANY FORCE READY FOR 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND CELEBRATION IN NORWALK
NORWALK, OH – After a tough weekend in Chicago, Auto Club Road to the Future Award candidate Brittany Force puts that race 
behind her as she rolls in to Norwalk for the 7th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.
With two blown engines and a first round loss in eliminations throughout last weekend, Force and her Castrol EDGE Top Fuel team take what they learned at Route 66 Raceway and hope to apply those concepts coming into Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. She also believes that having these back-to-back races contribute to the learning process as well.
“I think, as a driver and for my team, having back-to-back races is helpful,” Force said. “It keeps us all in that momentum and in that groove of trying to keep everything consistent. Learning from each run and really just keeping that focus rather than going home for a week and getting out of that rhythm. It helps me as a driver feel more comfortable in the car coming back after only a few days and getting right back in it.”
This will be the first time the John Force Racing Top Fuel pilot will be competing in the professional category at this particular racetrack. Force raced in the super comp class several years back when she first began her racing career.
Another member of the Castrol EDGE team who has had prior experience at this historic track is crew chief Dean Antonelli. He understands that in business, there is no guarantee that track conditions will always be perfect.
“Norwalk actually is hit or miss,” Antonelli said. “We’ve been there when it’s been 95 degrees with 80 percent humidity, but we’ve also been there when it’s been 70 degrees with 50 percent humidity. You don’t know what you’re going to get. Right now the forecast is calling for high 70’s, low 80’s, which that’d be pretty good conditions, but that’s a week away, so we really won’t know what we got. Typically if it’s hot, it’s a very tricky track. If it’s real cool, it’s as good as any place.”
Aside from racing, the 26-year-old Cal State-Fullerton graduate is looking forward to celebrating the Fourth of July with the most important people in her life: her family.
“I’m excited! My whole family will be coming to Norwalk,” Force said. “My nieces and nephews will be there so that’ll be exciting. We stay at the Kalahari water park hotel, so that’ll be a lot of fun with all the kiddos running around and swimming. I’m looking forward to it and celebrating Fourth of July with my family and going after a win.”
