Force qualifies eighth, Prock second and Beckman fourth

MOHNTON, PA – Each of John Force Racing’s championship racing teams earned lane choice for the first round of eliminations in Sunday’s NHRA Mission Foods NHRA Nationals presented by Nitro Fish at Maple Grove Raceway, the first round of the 2025 Countdown to the Championship.

Two-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Brittany Force wheeled her Monster Energy Top Fuel Dragster to a run of 3.796 seconds at 334.57 mph in Saturday’s first round of qualifying, the performance placing her eighth on the final eliminations ladder.

In Funny Car, reigning NHRA Nationals champion Austin Prock qualified second in the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS, with a best run of 3.882 seconds at 333.74 mph in Friday’s second round of qualifying. Jack Beckman’s second qualifying run Friday, a lap of 3.901 seconds sat 330.72 mph, was also his best of the weekend and landed the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS in the No. 4 position for Sunday’s eliminations. Prock and Beckman are again on opposite sides of the eliminations ladder, as they were last year when Prock came out on top. Continue reading →

Two-time Top Fuel Champion begins Countdown for third title at Maple Grove Raceway

MOHNTON, PA – Two-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion and the quickest and fastest driver in NHRA history, Brittany Force, announced today that she will step away from fulltime competition at the conclusion of the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series to focus on starting a family.

The announcement was made in the John Force Racing pit area as the championship organization prepares for this weekend’s NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pa. Force was joined by her father and team owner, 16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force, and teammates Austin Prock and Jack Beckman.

“After dedicating the last 13 years of my life to the NHRA and to John Force Racing, I have made the difficult and bittersweet decision to step out of the seat of my Top Fuel Dragster at the end of the season to try to start a family with my husband Bobby,” said Brittany Force. “I’m thankful for such an amazing career and all the opportunities that came with it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the years including the NHRA, the fans and all my sponsors past and present. Thanks to Monster Energy, HendrickCars.com, Chevrolet, Cornwell Tools, PEAK, and Graham Rahal Performance for helping me compete at the highest level in the sport.” Continue reading →

BROWNSBURG, IN – The PEAK SQUAD of three-time Maple Grove Raceway Funny Car winner Jack Beckman and his John Force Racing crew are within striking distance, just one round of competition, behind teammate and point leader Austin Prock heading into Round 1 of the 2025 NHRA Countdown to the Championship in the NHRA Nationals presented by Nitro Fish in Mohnton, Pa.

The PEAK SQUAD starts the 2025 NHRA Countdown to the Championship a mere 20 points behind Prock in first place, and then seven ahead of Matt Hagan in third, 23 ahead of Ron Capps in fourth and 38 ahead of Paul Lee in fifth.

Beckman was a finalist in his two most recent Maple Grove Raceway appearances, winning his last Reading start in a Don Schumacher car in 2019 and reaching the finals in his first for JFR last year, losing an all-JFR final to Prock.

The California native has two other Funny car victories at Maple Grove Raceway, in 2008 and 2015.

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BROWNSBURG, IN– Momentum is a critical element to any team entering the 2025 NHRA Countdown to the Championship and Austin Prock and his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team has a truckload of it entering the Sept. 11-14 NHRA Nationals presented by Nitro Fish at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pa.

Two weeks ago, Prock and his John Force Racing team clinched the NHRA Funny Car regular season championship, won the PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout on Sunday and then captured his second consecutive U.S. Nationals title on Labor Day Monday.

He enters Rd. 1 of the Countdown at Maple Grove Raceway, a race he won on his way to the 2024 championship, with a 20-point advantage over JFR teammate Jack Beckman after the playoff points reset.

Reading is one of the three races Austin has won in both Top Fuel and Funny Car.  The others are the Charlotte Spring 4Wide (2023, 2025) and Seattle (2019, 2024). Continue reading →

BROWNSBURG, IN – Brittany Force brings two championship seasons of experience and the understanding of what it takes to win at Maple Grove Raceway when she and her Monster Energy Top Fuel team compete in the Sept. 11-14 NHRA Nationals presented by Nitro Fish, Rd. 1 of the six-race 2025 NHRA Countdown to the Championship.

By qualifying No. 1 for the 56th time in her career, Brittany moved into a tie with Joe Amato and Pro Stock driver Mike Edwards for 13th place in all-time No. 1s.  Only Tony Schumacher (88) and Doug Kalitta (65) have started more Top Fuel races from No. 1.

Brittany is the speed record holder at 14 of the 17 tracks that currently play host to Mission Foods Series national events.  The only tracks on which she doesn’t hold the record are Bristol, Chicago and Dallas.

Brittany has posted top speed at six consecutive events and at eight of 14 events leading into the Countdown.  She has reset her own national speed record four times this year – Charlotte (341.59), Seattle (341.85), Sonoma (343.16) and Indy (343.51) Continue reading →

Beckman goes runner-up and will start Countdown in second; Force to start Countdown in fifth place after second-round showing

BROWNSBURG, IN – All three John Force Racing entries left very positive marks on this year’s Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals but it was Austin Prock and the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS team that now only left their mark but left Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park with a bagful of money and hardware.

Prock finished off a flawless weekend that netted the points leader $330,000, defeating John Force Racing teammate Jack Beckman in the final round after a run of 3.903 at 332.92 in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Quality Tools Chevrolet SS. Funny Car.

A day after winning the PlayNHRA All-Star Callout, Prock finished off the regular-season championship, netting $230,000 in the process. He added the $100,000 U.S. Nationals victory for a second consecutive year, a feat not even his legendary team owner could accomplish despite five U.S. Nationals victories of his own. Continue reading →

John Force Racing leads the way across the board Sunday at the Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park

BROWNSBURG, IN – John Force Racing collectively ran the table Sunday at the NHRA Mission Foods Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, with Brittany Force and Jack Beckman earning the No. 1 Qualifier spots in Top Fuel and Funny Car, respectively, and Austin Prock grabbing the trophy and the $80,000 winner’s check in the PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout.

Prock defeated Cruz Pedregon and Matt Hagan in the Callout with runs of 3.907 seconds and 3.910 seconds but saved his best run of the week for the final round against Ron Capps, whom he beat for last year’s U.S. Nationals title. Capps got the holeshot but the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car was soon ahead and pulling away at the lights with a run of 3.873 seconds at 333.00 mph to Capp’s 4.048 and 302.01. The run also moved Prock to second in the qualifying order for Monday’s eliminations.

“Driving for Cornwell Tools, you always want to take out your sponsor’s competitors. We raced Cruz this morning, so we had ‘Tools Wars’ this morning first round and then worked out to where we had a Tool War in the final against Ron Capps,” Prock said. “So anytime we turn on the win light, it’s exciting, but when you’re racing against one of your sponsor’s competitors, and you can turn on the win light, it tastes a little better. So, all the people at Cornwall Tools were definitely stoked that we got the job done.” Continue reading →

Prock picks up two spots but JFR drivers miss out on Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge honors

BROWNSBURG, IN – John Force Racing’s Brittany Force and Jack Beckman maintained their top qualifying spots in Top Fuel and Funny car as a result of their performances in Friday night’s session, while Austin Prock moved up two spots, from 12th to 10th, Saturday afternoon with now three of five qualifying rounds completed for the Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

No competitor in either category came close to the laps made Friday under the lights by Force and the Cornwell Quality Tools Top Fuel Dragster (3.666 seconds at 339.79 mph) and Beckman (3.865 seconds at 332.26 mph) in the Brute Force PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car. Prock was forced to click off early in Friday’s run so Saturday’s first run of 3.939 seconds at 324.90 mph established a baseline for the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team to build on.

All three John Force Racing drivers qualified for the final Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge of the 2025 season but none were able to make it into the winner’s circle. Force’s run went up in smoke just after the 60-foot mark and Beckman’s Chevrolet blew out plug just before half track, forcing him to abort the run. Prock easily won his first round but, in the final against J.R. Todd, the reigning U.S. Nationals Champion red-lit for only the second time in six seasons. Continue reading →

INDIANAPOLIS – Brittany Force and Jack Beckman topped the leaderboard in Top Fuel and Funny Car, respectively, after Friday night’s first of five rounds of qualifying for the NHRA Mission Foods Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Force, already with four No. 1 Qualifier efforts at the U.S, Nationals (2019, 2021, 2022, 2024), established the low elapsed time of the session in the Cornwell Quality Tools Top Fuel Dragster with a run of 3.666 seconds and, in doing so, reset the track speed record at 339.79 mph. Beckman, a two-time U.S. Nationals Champion (2015, 2020), is the provisional No. 1 lap in the Brute Force PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car, with a lap of 3.8656 seconds at 332.26 mph.

Reigning 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Funny Car Champion and U.S. Nationals Champion Austin Prock was on a good lap but lost traction before the timing lights, slowing to a run of 4.084 seconds at 238.17 mph. Continue reading →

Fast Jack’s PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car to carry iconic John Force paint scheme for The Big GO

BROWNSBURG, IN – The iconic blue Brute Force paint scheme that announced to the world in the mid-1970s that John Force had arrived on the NHRA drag racing scene will adorn the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car which Jack Beckman will compete in during the Aug. 27-Sept. 1 Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Beckman, a two-time U.S. Nationals Funny Car winner (2015, 2020) who enters the final race of the 2025 NHRA Mission Food Drag Racing Series regular season second in the point standings to John Force Racing teammate Austin Prock, somehow visualized the Brute Force car paint scheme before the start of the season though he didn’t realize it at the time.

“This blue paint scheme is where you got the Brute Force lettering and the iron gauntlet insignia and it really ties in well with the PEAK SQUAD colors,” said Beckman, the U.S. Nationals Funny Car Champion in 2015 and 2020. “This is the one that really made the big statement that ‘I’m John Force and I’m going to be racing nitro funny cars.’ Continue reading →