YORBA LINDA, Calif. – John Force Racing will make its return to NHRA competition during the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season-opening Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fla.
The 21-time championship team will feature three full-time entries driven by John Force, Robert Hight and Brittany Force.
John Force Racing sat out most of the 2020 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the racing industry for several months.
On 16-time world champion John Force’s PEAK/BlueDEF Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car, Danny Hood, son-in-law to John Force, will continue as lead crew chief with Tim Fabrisi, long-time car chief for Force, moving up to assistant. Both were key players in John Force’s 150th and 151st national event wins.
“Thank you to all of our sponsors and fans for sticking by us. I really realized how much I love this sport and I appreciate the chance to get back into my PEAK/BlueDEF Chevrolet,” said owner and CEO John Force. “We’re excited to be back racing and to have all of our sponsors with us. I’m looking forward to working with Camping World and can’t wait to see where the sport goes with them on board.”
President of John Force Racing and three-time Funny Car world champion Hight will continue to drive the Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS with his tandem of crew chiefs Jimmy Prock and Chris Cunningham.
“I’m really looking forward to getting back to going rounds and winning races with this Auto Club team,” said Hight. “I know Jimmy [Prock] and Chris [Cunningham] and all our Auto Club guys are excited and ready to get going. I’m happy to be continuing John Force Racing’s over 20-year partnership with AAA and ultimately going after another championship.”
Crew chiefs David Grubnic and Mac Savage will continue to tune 2017 Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force’s Monster Energy/Flav-R-Pac dragster. The two sponsors will split the season as primary partners on the national record holding dragster.
“I can’t wait to get back to the racetrack with my Monster Energy / Flav-R-Pac team,” said Brittany Force. “We’ll be chasing down our first win of the season right out of the gate. This year I’m really looking forward to racing in Seattle with Frank Tiegs and Flav-R-Pac as the title sponsor.”
In addition to PEAK / BlueDEF, Auto Club, Monster Energy and Flav-R-Pac, John Force Racing brings back its full roster of sponsors including Chevrolet, Cornwell Tools, Montana Brand, ParkerStore, Baldwin Filters, Gates Belts, Weld Racing, Simpson Race Products and Goodyear.
Absent from the John Force Racing driver lineup is Austin Prock, who competed for the team in the Top Fuel division in 2019. He claimed one victory that year and was named the Auto Club Road to the Future Award as the series’ top rookie.
Prock confirmed Tuesday morning that he has been released from his driving duties with the team.
It was fun while it lasted, but unfortunately I have been released of my driving duties @JFR_Racing and will not be competing in the 2021 @NHRA season. Thank you @MontanaBrand #RockyMountainTwist for allowing me to live my dream. TIME TO HUSTLE??
— Austin Prock (@ProckRocket_TF) February 16, 2021