Auto Club Chevrolet driver Robert Hight relishes
battling for 2017 Funny Car championship

LAS VEGAS (Oct. 24) – Auto Club of Southern California driver Robert Hight is relishing the battle for the 2017 Funny Car championship with his John Force Racing team.

Rather than worrying about the pressure of contending for a title, Hight is enjoying being in the position to fight for a championship. Hight, winner of the most recent race on the NHRA tour, sits in second place in the standings, a mere 24 points out of the lead. Continue reading Auto Club Chevrolet driver Robert Hight relishes battling for 2017 Funny Car championship →

Rough outing at Dallas has Advance Auto Parts
driver Courtney Force looking toward next race

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 15) – Courtney Force was hoping a change in weather conditions would be helpful in taking her Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro SS several rounds in Sunday’s AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex.

Unfortunately, an unknown problem in the first round of eliminations put an early end to her day, as she fell to No. 11 Daniel Wilkerson after the car lost traction early in the run. She officially finished the pass at 5.842 seconds at 140.66 mph, while Wilkerson went 3.975 seconds at 317.05 mph. Continue reading Rough outing at Dallas has Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force looking toward next race →

John Force takes PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil Camaro
to quarterfinals at AAA Texas FallNationals

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 15) – John Force took his PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil Chevrolet Camaro SS to the quarterfinals of Sunday’s AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex, a disappointing finish for the 16-time championship-winning driver. But victories by two of his drivers in Top Fuel and Funny Car gave him solace as team owner.
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AAA Texas driver Robert Hight inches closer
to points lead with AAA Texas FallNationals victory

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 15) – As unlucky as they were Friday, Robert Hight and the AAA Texas Chevrolet Camaro SS team were just as good Sunday at Texas Motorplex.

Hight – second in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series points standings – took the AAA Texas FallNationals victory, besting Jim Campbell, Alexis DeJoria and Tim Wilkerson in the opening three rounds and defending Funny Car champion and current points leader Ron Capps in the finals. Continue reading AAA Texas driver Robert Hight inches closer to points lead with AAA Texas FallNationals victory →

Monster Energy driver Brittany Force wins
AAA Texas FallNationals, now second in points

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 15) – Brittany Force continues to show during this year’s NHRA Countdown to the Championship that she and her Monster Energy team can contend for the Top Fuel crown.

In Sunday’s AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex, Force showed why she is a title contender, by beating some of the top drivers in her class – including the then top-two drivers in the standings – and winning her second race in three events to catapult into second in points. Continue reading Monster Energy driver Brittany Force wins AAA Texas FallNationals, now second in points →

Chevrolet “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” Content Available from Talladega

Chevrolet has made available for media use high-definition video interviews of Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon and breast cancer survivor Donna Greene of Birmingham, Alabama from this morning’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” event – a partnership between Chevrolet and the American Cancer Society.

Media may download photography, interviews, event b-roll, and pace car and on-board footage from both Chevrolet SS pace cars: Continue reading Chevrolet “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” Content Available from Talladega →

Monster Energy driver Brittany Force
battles for Dallas victory from No. 5 spot

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 14) – Qualifying for the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex didn’t exactly go as planned for Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster driver Brittany Force.

Yet, here she is sitting in the No. 5 spot heading into race day, ready to fight for her third victory of the season. Continue reading Monster Energy driver Brittany Force battles for Dallas victory from No. 5 spot →

Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force
notches No. 6 qualifying position in Dallas

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 14) – Courtney Force knows the difference between two days of qualifying and Sunday’s AAA Texas FallNationals at Texas Motorplex will be about as different as day and night.

After two days of qualifying in ambient temperatures in excess of 90 degrees – with track conditions exceeding 119 degrees – race day conditions are expected to be considerably cooler, with first-round eliminations expected in the mid-60s.
Continue reading Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force notches No. 6 qualifying position in Dallas →

PEAK driver John Force qualifies No. 10
at AAA Texas FallNationals in Dallas

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 14) – John Force said the No. 10 position for Sunday’s AAA Texas FallNationals at Texas Motorplex isn’t where he wanted to qualify, but he remains optimistic in going rounds on race day. Continue reading PEAK driver John Force qualifies No. 10 at AAA Texas FallNationals in Dallas →

‘Backbreaker’ run puts AAA Texas driver
Robert Hight in No. 1 spot for 8th time in 2017

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 14) – Friday the 13th brought horrible luck for AAA Texas driver Robert Hight. But Saturday the 14th was much better.

Hight made a “backbreaker” pass in the final qualifying session, 3.871 seconds at 332.84 mph, to snare the No. 1 qualifier for the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals on Saturday at Texas Motorplex. That’s Hight’s third in a row, his eighth of the season – most in the Funny Car class – and 57th of his career. He now holds sole possession of ninth place all-time for No. 1s. Continue reading ‘Backbreaker’ run puts AAA Texas driver Robert Hight in No. 1 spot for 8th time in 2017 →

Sitting No 5 in Dallas, Brittany Force
wants more from Monster Energy dragster

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 13) – Brittany Force sits in the No. 5 spot after two qualifying rounds of the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals with the Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster, despite not making a perfect run in either session Friday at Texas Motorplex.

Force’s best run was 3.747 seconds at 282.95 mph, though the speed was nearly 40 mph slower than usual, an indication that her car slowed in the lights. Continue reading Sitting No 5 in Dallas, Brittany Force wants more from Monster Energy dragster →

Brittany Force, Monster Energy team up for the
challenge in AAA Texas FallNationals

DALLAS (Oct. 11) – Brittany Force is ready to bounce back from a tough race in the most recent event of the Countdown to the Championship near St. Louis, as she will drive her Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster in the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals this weekend at Texas Motorplex.

After posting the third-quickest elapsed time ever in Top Fuel competition in the first round in St. Louis, Force fell in the second round. But thanks to other championship contenders dropping out, Force maintained third in the Top Fuel standings.

“Leaving St. Louis, we got a little lucky,” Force said. “Things didn’t change that much. We still picked up bonus points, we went a couple rounds, and we maintained No. 3 position, which is really helpful for what we need to do.”
Continue reading Brittany Force, Monster Energy team up for the challenge in AAA Texas FallNationals →

Sixth in Funny Car points, PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil
driver John Force looks to move up at Dallas

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 11) – It took a pair of runs during a test in late September at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa., to get John Force and his PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil Chevrolet Camaro SS team back on track.

Force had lost three consecutive first-round elimination races before the team opted to test a day after the NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove. He posted two strong test runs before the team packed up and headed to the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park, the halfway point of the Countdown to the Championship, which decides champions in NHRA’s professional categories. Continue reading Sixth in Funny Car points, PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil driver John Force looks to move up at Dallas →

Courtney Force heads to Dallas with determination,
pink Advance Auto Parts Chevy

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 11) – The outside of Courtney Force’s Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro SS may look different over the next two races, but underneath the bodywork and inside the cockpit, the fiery determination of winning remains, as Force seeks to run down the frontrunners in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car points standings in seeking her first career title.

Force’s Camaro is wrapped in hot pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month, celebrated each October. Force had a hand in picking out the special shade of pink, which will adorn the car at this weekend’s AAA Texas FallNationals at Texas Motorplex and the subsequent, penultimate race of the season in Las Vegas. Continue reading Courtney Force heads to Dallas with determination, pink Advance Auto Parts Chevy →

AAA Texas driver Robert Hight ready to continue battle
for 2017 title at AAA Texas FallNationals

DALLAS (Oct. 11) – AAA Texas driver Robert Hight takes the battle for the 2017 NHRA Funny Car championship to the AAA Texas FallNationals this weekend at Texas Motorplex.

Hight has won three races this season, including the opener to the Countdown to the Championship opener in Charlotte. He sits second in the Funny Car standings, just 46 points out of the lead, with three races remaining in the season.

“It’s race No. 4 on the Countdown,” Hight said. “We’re still within striking distance of the points lead, and we need to get in there and win this race and get this points lead back.” Continue reading AAA Texas driver Robert Hight ready to continue battle for 2017 title at AAA Texas FallNationals →

Courtney Force, Advance Auto Parts supporting
Breast Cancer Awareness with special pink Chevrolet

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Oct. 3) – Courtney Force unveiled today a special pink Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car she will drive in Dallas and Las Vegas as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The hot pink Chevrolet will race in the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals next weekend at Texas Motorplex and in the NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Oct. 27-29. Force had a hand in picking out the color. Continue reading Courtney Force, Advance Auto Parts supporting Breast Cancer Awareness with special pink Chevrolet →

PEAK driver John Force now sixth in Funny Car
points after Gateway semis appearance

MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 1) – John Force made it to the semifinals of Sunday’s AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park and jumped to sixth in the points standings as the NHRA’S Countdown to the Championship reached the halfway point.

Force, driving the PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil Chevrolet Camaro SS, defeated Brian Stewart and daughter Courtney Force in the first two rounds to make it to the semis. And, despite leading at the 660-foot mark in his appearance against Ron Capps, his car began to drift toward the wall and he lifted just before the line. That ended up being the difference, as his pass of 3.962 seconds at 274.33 mph fell just short. Continue reading PEAK driver John Force now sixth in Funny Car points after Gateway semis appearance →

Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force maintains
third in points after St. Louis quarterfinal finish

MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 1) – Courtney Force maintained third in NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car points standings after a quarterfinal finish in Sunday’s AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park.

Force, driving the Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro SS, made two strong passes in the 3.88-second range, winning her first-round matchup against No. 10 J.R. Todd before falling to her father, No. 2 John Force, in the second round.

Her 3.884-second pass at 334.32 mph was her second-best pass of the weekend, just seven thousandths of a second off her best qualifying run of 3.877 seconds. She ran right down the middle of the track, while Todd smoked the tires early and finished without a challenge. That paired her up against John Force, who advanced to the second round despite smoking his tires midway down the track.
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Brittany Force puts up a Monster run at Gateway,
holds on to third in Top Fuel points standings

MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 1) – A career-best run propelled Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster driver Brittany Force to the second round of the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals on Sunday at Gateway Motorsports Park.

She stumbled in the second round, though, failing to advance to the semifinals of a 2017 Countdown to the Championship race for the first time.

“Unfortunately, we went out early,” Force said. “Right now, we’re still hanging third in points and we’re hoping to keep that through the rest of the day. We’ll just battle it out at the next one.”

Force remains third in the Top Fuel standings after three of the six Countdown races. She reached the semifinals in Charlotte before winning in Reading last weekend to jump into the mix of championship contenders. Continue reading Brittany Force puts up a Monster run at Gateway, holds on to third in Top Fuel points standings →

AAA Missouri driver Robert Hight reaches semifinals at Gateway, maintains second in Funny Car standings

MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 1) – Robert Hight took the AAA Missouri Chevrolet to the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals semifinals Sunday at Gateway Motorsports Park.

Hight ran into some misfortune in the semis, as he fell in a close race to eventual race runner-up Jonnie Lindberg.

Hight maintained second place in the Funny Car points standings, remaining in the thick of the title hunt as the Countdown to the Championship reached its halfway point. Continue reading AAA Missouri driver Robert Hight reaches semifinals at Gateway, maintains second in Funny Car standings →