Ashley Force Hood
| Ashley Force Hood | |
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Force at SEMA in 2007
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | Ashley Force November 29, 1982 Yorba Linda, California, U.S. |
| Retired | 2011 |
| Related to |
John Force (father) Laurie Force (mother) Daniel Hood (husband) Courtney Force (sister) Brittany Force (sister) Robert Hight (brother-in-law) Graham Rahal (brother-in-law) Autumn Hight (niece) |
| National Hot Rod Association | |
| Years active | 2007–2010 |
| Teams | John Force Racing |
Ashley Force Hood (born November 29, 1982) is a former Top Fuel Funny Car (TF/FC) drag racer for John Force Racing. She is the daughter of 16-time NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car national champion John Force and Laurie Force. She is married to Daniel Hood, who works for John Force Racing. She was on hiatus from racing in 2011 as the couple expected their first child. Since their child's birth, Force Hood has announced her retirement from competitive racing.
Force was selected as the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series' Rookie of the Year (Funny Car division) in November 2007. On April 27, 2008, Force earned her first ever NHRA Professional-category win, defeating her father in the final round at the NHRA Summit NHRA Southern Nationals|Southern Nationals held at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, becoming the first woman to earn a win in TF/FC.
As a Top Alcohol Dragster rookie in 2004, she won three of the season's final five races, including the 50th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis, and the season-ending Automobile Club of Southern California event at Pomona, where she shared the winners' circle with her father—NHRA's first ever father-daughter winners. She finished the year fourth in national driver points.
In 2007, Force moved into the Professional ranks, driving a Castrol-sponsored Mustang Top Fuel Funny Car for her father's team, John Force Racing.
Force and her father made NHRA history in Atlanta in April when they became the first father and daughter to race each other. She won the round with an elapsed time of 4.779 seconds, and a top speed of 317.05 mph (510.24 km/h). She advanced to the semifinals, which tied her for the best ever Funny Car event finish for a female.
In October 2007, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, she became the first female to compete in a national series TF/FC final round, but was defeated on a holeshot by Tony Pedregon.
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