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MADISON — Three weeks ago, Ashley Force was on the verge of making racing history at Las Vegas when Springfield driver Tim Wilkerson beat her in the Funny Car finals. Wilkerson’s first National Hot Rod Association victory since 2004 thwarted Ashley’s attempt to become the first woman to win…Read Hal Pilger’s full article Springfield State … Read more
NHRA returns to St. Louis this weekend and Hal Pilger has a story about hometown racer Tim Wilkerson’s awsome start to the season: Wilkerson has considered Gateway International his home track since his earliest days in drag racing, and in recent years his Springfield-based sponsor, LRS, has orchestrated groups of up to 700 central Illinois … Read more
Ashley Force has donated her Old Spice Victory Towel from her first NHRA Funny Car win at the Southern Nationals to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities. From the John Force Racing site: Ashley Force powered her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang into the winner’s circle yesterday during the 28th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA … Read more
Mike Ashley, co-owner with Roger Burgess of Gotham City Racing’s two-car Funny Car team, has announced his return to NHRA Funny Car competition for the next five races, beginning in the O’Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals at St. Louis. Ashley won three races – including the prestigious U.S. Nationals – and finished sixth in POWERade Series … Read more
On the day racing legend John Force was going for his 1,000th round victory in his 500th career event, he was beaten by a woman. His daughter. Ashley Force faced off against her famous drag racing dad in the final round of the 28th Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals Sunday in Atlanta and became the … Read more
Nationally known hot rod driver Melanie Troxel made a pit stop Tuesday in Snellville at a charity for medically fragile children. Troxel, head of the Gotham City Racing Team, showed off her white Dodge Charger Nitro funny car to some of the kids at the corporate headquarters of Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc., … Read more
One wants to drive top Funny Car, and the other, who’s blind, wants to help him get there. Marty Nothstein is eight years removed from winning an Olympic cycling gold medal, and Jay Blake is 11 years from an industrial accident that took his sight. Together, they say, they’re going to the top of the … Read more
Driving a funny car at 330 mph might not be the best time for a mid-life crisis. It’s not like John Force has a choice. For 30 years, winning was pretty much the only thing in his life. All of a sudden, he’s trying to make it just one of many… Read Jim Litke’s full … Read more