John Force Racing
JFR ADDS OCTAGON & ROGERS AND COWAN TO ENTERTAINMENT TEAM
CHARLOTTE, NC – At a press conference today at which he announced a strategic partnership with JMI to pursue new sponsorship for 
his race teams, John Force also announced his intentions to go back to Hollywood with a reality television show and a more aggressive public relations push to entertainment and lifestyle media outlets.
Moving forward, John Force Racing, Inc., and John Force Racing Entertainment will be working with John Ferriter and Octagon Entertainment along with Rogers & Cowan in an effort to increase the team’s visibility in non-traditional media.
“We are going back to Hollywood,” said John Force, CEO of JFR. “We loved doing the Driving Force Show in 2006 and 2007 but we had to change direction after we lost Eric Medlen and I had to teach my daughters how to become professional drivers. We worked with my friend John Ferriter then and we are back together with a new concept.”
FORCE LAUNCHES BID FOR ANOTHER TITLE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – From his best starting position in the last three years, John Force launches a new title bid this week in the sixth 
annual Carlyle Tools Carolina Nationals, first of six races in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Mello Yello championship.
After starting the Countdown from seventh and eighth the last two seasons, the iconic 64-year-old will start this year behind only three other Funny Car drivers, all of them driving Don Schumacher Racing Dodges.
For Force, that is motivation enough to get his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang back into the winners’ circle and himself back to the podium as series champion for the 16th time in a 36-year NHRA career.
COURTNEY FORCE ONLY FEMALE IN MELLO YELLO CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER
CONCORD, NC – Piloting the Traxxas Ford Mustang Funny Car, Courtney Force is ready to get the 2013 NHRA Countdown to the 
Championship underway beginning this week at the 6th annual Carlyle Tools NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by NAPA Auto Parts, Sept. 13-15.
“zMax Dragway is one of the best race tracks out here, not only because their facility is great, but their staff and the fans who show up to this race are amazing,” said Force. “Bruton Smith built the Bellagio of drag strips here in Charlotte so it’s always fun competing here. Everyone is really excited, especially because it is the first race of the Countdown.”
Force will start No. 7 in points going into the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Series Countdown to the Championship, just 80 points (four rounds) out of first place.
“Our Traxxas Ford Mustang team is really looking forward to it and we want to get a good start in order to get a lead on these guys to go after the championship. This is the time where all the pressure is on and you really gotta make some moves early. We’re going to try to pick up those points during qualifying and hopefully we can move on up the ladder,” said Force.
HIGHT: WINNING INDY CREATES COUNTDOWN MOMENTUM
CHARLOTTE, NC – Robert Hight walked into the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals winner’s circle with a huge smile and a big sigh 
of relief. It had been 35 races since the 2009 NHRA Funny Car champion was able to hoist the fabled “Wally” winner’s trophy. For the crewman turned test driver turned world champion the drought created a sense of doubt that was easily erased with four win lights on Labor Day.
“You start asking yourself if I am the problem. Right before first round on Monday (crew chief Mike) Neff came up to me and said, ‘Listen regardless of the outcome we are in this together. We are going to believe in each other and we are going to stick together.’ It was like a weight lifted off my shoulders. I am up there trying to do a good job for him and his team. They were doing well until I stepped into the seat. It was the perfect time to win,” said Hight, a three-time U.S. Nationals winner.
With his first round win over Cruz Pedregon in Indy combined with a Bob Tasca III first round loss Hight locked up his spot in the 2013 Countdown. Hight went on to defeat Johnny Gray in a tire smoking pedalfest, then Del Worsham and finally Jack Beckman. It was Hight’s first win of 2013 and one of the most memorable of his eight year career against some of the toughest competition.
AUTO CLUB ROAD TO THE FUTURE NOMINEE BRITTANY FORCE LOOKS TO CONTINUE STRONG SHOWING AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
CONCORD, NC – Coming off a strong weekend in Indianapolis, Top Fuel rookie Brittany Force returns to the Charlotte area for a second 
time this season in search of her first career win at zMAX Dragway for the Carlyle Tools NHRA Carolina Nationals.
Force, the third oldest daughter of 15-time Funny Car world Champion John Force, was No. 1 qualifier twice out of four qualifying runs at Lucas Oil Raceway, the highest she has been on the qualifying ladder in her rookie season. She’s hoping to continue riding that momentum heading to the “Bellagio of Dragstrips”.
“I’m glad to be going back to Charlotte,” Force said. “I love Charlotte. Bruton Smith has a beautiful track out there. I’m glad it’s not going to be four-wide this time around and it’ll be just a normal drag race with only one car in the other lane. I can’t wait to get back there.”
HIGHT HEADLINES WFO RADIO AFTER U.S.NATIONALS WIN
HOLLYWOOD, FL – Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Winners’ Edition. Shawn Langdon, Robert Hight, Mike Edwards, and John 
Hall all join Joe Castello, along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio Nitro. To listen now, go to http://www.wforadio.com or click “latest show” button.
Shawn Langdon of Al Anabi Racing stops by to discuss the most important victory of his drag racing career. Langdon talks about his double victory in the Traxxas Top Fuel Nitro Shootout and the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, his final round match up in both races against Steve Torrence, and dedicating the victory to the Johnson Family.
HIGHT WIN REWARDS LUCKY FAN WITH 55” FLATSCREEN
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – For the sixth straight year, John Force Racing has won the Chevrolet Performance NHRA U.S. Nationals event at 
Lucas Oil Raceway. This is JFR’s fourth win of the season; the first for driver of the Auto Club of Southern California Ford Mustang Funny Car, Robert Hight.
The 17-time championship team was able to give away a 55” flatscreen TV to lucky fan James Redwine of Canaan, Ind. at the NHRA Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, compliments of BrandSource and the “Win with Force” promotion.
“Mike Neff (crew chief) came to me and said, ‘if we win or if we lose, we’re in it together,’ and it was just like this huge weight was lifted off of me. We went out there and did our job. Mike Neff has won the last two U.S. Nationals, but we’re six for six here; six in a row at John Force Racing,” said Hight.
ROBERT HIGHT TAKES AUTO CLUB FORD TO WINNER’S CIRCLE AT CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE U.S. NATIONALS
INDIANAPOLIS, IN — For the third time in his eight year career Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang have won the most 
prestigious race on the NHRA Mello Yello Series, the 59th annual Chevrolet Performance NHRA U.S. Nationals. Hight defeated Jack Beckman in the final round 4.111 seconds to 6.072 seconds just three rounds after Hight clinched his spot in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship.
Hight entered the race in the No. 10 spot in the points and left Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in the No. 9 spot and with his 28th career win, the second most for a John Force Racing Funny Car driver. Hight was previously tied with Tony Pedregon at 27 Funny Cars at JFR.
Entering the race as the No. 7 qualifier Hight was not overly confident at the end of the day on Sunday. A conversation with crew chief Mike Neff, winner of the past two U.S. Nationals gave Hight a confidence boost.
JFR POISED FOR US NATIONALS SUCCESS IN TOP FUEL AND FUNNY CAR FOR FIRST TIME
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Led by rookie sensation Brittany Force, the team’s first Top Fuel driver, the No. 4 qualifier in her debut at the 
“Big Go,” to top half qualifiers in Funny Car John Force (No.6) and Robert Hight (No. 7), John Force Racing is solidly positioned to win both in Funny Car and Top Fuel at the NHRA’s premier event, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. Courtney Force, driver of the Traxxas Ford Mustang, last year’s No. 1 qualifier will make her second attempt at winning the U.S. Nationals from the No. 14 position.
Four-time Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals champion John Force will be looking for his fifth win when he takes on veteran driver Paul Lee in the first round. Force the No. 6 qualifier has built a team that has won the past five U.S. Nationals in a row and six of the last seven events. Force has not personally enjoyed the winner’s circle celebration as a driver but that could change tomorrow as the winningest driver in NHRA history has one the best Funny Cars he has had in recent memory.
B. FORCE STILL No. 1 IN TOP FUEL AS RAIN IMPACTS SATURDAY AT U.S. NATIONALS
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Rain washed out the second session of qualifying on Saturday at the Chevrolet Performance U. S. Nationals. 
Rookie Top Fuel driver Brittany Force held onto the provisional No. 1 qualifying position with her Friday elapsed time of 3.820 seconds. Doug Kalitta moved up to No. 2 today with this quickest run of the day, 3.829 seconds, and Force was right on his heels with a strong 3.866 second pass.
“We would’ve really liked to have that last qualifying run, just because now it’s so much cooler. We think our car could have improved and run better, but that’s just the name of the game. That’s how it is for everybody. Every other driver out there didn’t get that run. It’s not just us, that’s how the game is played and hopefully we won’t need that run,” said Force.
