Thread: Force Racing again!!!

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I finally had a chance to watch some drag racing Sunday for the first time this year.

First of all, John Force - is a Force. You don't have to like him to admire what he has done for the sport/industry of drag racing with 14 titles, and ten of them in a row and a 1000 round wins. Yes, he is a self promoter. But with that said, take a look around at the very successful people from your local and national politicians, church, business and sports. Every one of them is a self promoter and is usually able to put himself in a position to entice sponsor money so he can grow his niche in that corner of the world. Take a look at NA$CAR - Michael Waltrip - a weekly accident waiting to happen plus, IMHO, a total idiot. But he has been able to promote himself into ownership of one of the big Toyota teams and with what appears to be solid sponsorship. Not sure he'll last unless his drivers do better. Tiger Woods - golf - sponsored by Buick and a lot of other big names. John Force has been able to do this self promoting - just listen to his enthusiasm when the talking heads interview him. Totally dedicated. His daughter, Ashley - listening to her last Sunday - it sounded like she really didn't care. Did he start with nothing - sure did, but he was able to get the sponsor dollars and build an empire in his sport.

(A note on Waltrip, a total jerk - an interview on Victory Lane on Speed last night he thought it was funny to be set down during last weeks race because he blatantly full throttle pushed a wrecked Casey Mears down the track after getting together )

I like watching the drags to see what certain drivers are going to accomplish. That would include John and Ashley Force and a lot of other drivers like Tony Shumacher, Kenny and Brandon Bernstein, Hillary Will, Anton Brown, and Coughlin and Anderson, and others.

John like several others have worked very hard to get to their levels of accomplishment. This type of racing requires mucho big bucks to field just one car, let alone 3 or 4. I don't know how big or how well funded the Wilkerson organization is, but they certainly have put together a winning competition this year. Sometimes it takes just a little more than money.

As for Ashley, I suspect that unlike John, she will be out of the business in 20 years. She will continue to do well, but I think her interest will change in the future. Still enjoy watching her race.

Here's an amusing tidbit. I just did a search on the NHRA using the MSN search engine in Internet Explorer, and the results were in the Related Subjects listing is:

NHRA Schedule
NHRA Drag Racing
NHRA Drag Racing Schedule
John Force
NHRA Tickets

I guess MSN thinks that John Force and the NHRA are one in the same.