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In August, John Force learned that long-standing business relationships with Ford Motor Co. and Castrol would be terminated after the 2014 season. News of losing tens of millions of dollars of sponsorship revenue might have defeated a lesser man, but John Force the team owner blocked out the distractions, allowing John Force the driver to produce a stunning series of performances that resulted in his 16th NHRA Funny Car crown.
Force ended the 2013 NHRA regular season fourth in the standings and dropped to fifth, 98 points behind leader Matt Hagan, after a second-round exit in the opening round of the Countdown to the Championship for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
But crew chief Jimmy Prock refined the setup on the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang, and since then, Force has been almost unbeatable. He lost in the finals to Cruz Pedregon at Texas, then reeled off three consecutive event wins at Gateway, Maple Grove and Las Vegas to clinch the title with a round to spare.
Force now has 138 event wins in NHRA competition.
The final element of the storyline made championship No. 16 very sweet indeed Force's final-round opponent was his daughter, Courtney. And it was a great race. Father clocked 4.062 seconds at 310.63 mph to daughter's 4.085 seconds at 319.22.
Force ended the 2013 NHRA regular season fourth in the standings and dropped to fifth, 98 points behind leader Matt Hagan, after a second-round exit in the opening round of the Countdown to the Championship for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
But crew chief Jimmy Prock refined the setup on the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang, and since then, Force has been almost unbeatable. He lost in the finals to Cruz Pedregon at Texas, then reeled off three consecutive event wins at Gateway, Maple Grove and Las Vegas to clinch the title with a round to spare.
Force now has 138 event wins in NHRA competition.
The final element of the storyline made championship No. 16 very sweet indeed Force's final-round opponent was his daughter, Courtney. And it was a great race. Father clocked 4.062 seconds at 310.63 mph to daughter's 4.085 seconds at 319.22.