Force A 1.70 light then up in smoke!

[megadeth]

Congrat's to Ashley and team!
She really needs to work on her reation times though not a bash just a fact!

 

[Patti]

Hey, naysayers, some other things to consider... we have had great timeslots on ESPN for the races lately (albeit Too Many commercials) but guess what... it's all thanks to Force. John Force is this sport. His heart and soul are this sport. People are finally relating to drag racing because of him. There's no one else as charismatic, or a better spokesman for the NHRA. Who cares if he, maybe, fell apart (he is old ya know) racing his oldest daughter. One thousandth or first! Not to mention, Ashley wanted to kick his butt
Force Racing is truly beyond reproach. Have some respect.

 

[jimbo]

Congrats Ashley and crew. Her win was no different than many TF or FC race winners in the past . You get one lucky round, first round for Ashley and 3 other rounds of good races. Say what you will about John in the final- He would have had to run quicker than a .83 in the final with a RT of 000 to win the race. Plus as for Ashley backing into the win she was consistent all day- .87, .95, .84 and the .83 in the final.
On another subject great job by John at the end of the race staying away from Ashley at the end of the track letting her have the spotlight she deserves. Plus He made some genuine comments about women and our sport, but you could see he was disappointed, was it his reaction time or his going up smoke. Or was his knowing some knuckleheads were going to be questioning his daughters win as being handed to her.
All I know she's been to 3 straight finals, won 1, leading the pack right now and getting to be a fine driver.
Great job Ashley and team.

 

[none]

Congrat's to Ashley and team!
She really needs to work on her reation times though not a bash just a fact!

I`ll give her a little credit for cutting a decent light in the final (.099). Of course it helps that Pops decide to read the Sports page up there after he lit the second bulb.

 

[megadeth]

I`ll give her a little credit for cutting a decent light in the final (.099). Of course it helps that Pops decide to read the Sports page up there after he lit the second bulb.

It was a .110!

 

[none]

It was a .110!

Then she must`ve have cut the .099 in the semi. A .110 is still a good light for her. I`m sure she`ll only get better!

 

[Percboy]

Do either of you know John or anyone at JFR? Probably not. I watched Ashley make a very shaky start in Super Comp several years ago at Firebird with a very nervous Dad watching. Your thoughts that this was a dive are total BS.
You might want to take notice that Ashley has extended her #1 position in FC after two previous final round performances without any evidence of JFR diving.
I try to keep my replies here positive, but you are idiots -

Thank you for your "positive" idiot accusation. Think logically and not emotionally. Dont let these facts get in the way of your opinion.
Lets review: J. Force - 4.84, 4.82, 4.84 ...
final round: cant even get the car to even launch, smoke at the hit.
Any jury would find "reasonable doubt". Obviously nothing close to "total BS" as you alluded to. And I think John did the right thing, this time only. Him and Tony P. traded "favors" many times during a few championship runs. Nothing new about this.

 

[Junior]

Many props to the entire John Force Racing Team. Man are they rock solid. This entire thread should be nothing but very high props.
Have any of you naysayers thought what it would be like to go up for a final round, with your 1000th round win at stake at your 500th race, while also going up against your Daughter in a first ever Father Daughter funny car final.
Now you are also trying to win just for the sake of winning and moving up in the points. Oh and you do not have lane choice when it was semi apparent you might need it in a funny car.
John Force is drag racing and will always be, it is just awesome to watch his daughter turn into the same thing. She really is a good driver. This was absolutely the best race to watch ever.
GO TEAM FORCE!!!!!

 

[scubasteve]

nice job in the force camp , big shout out to andy bisset , nice job this weekend in the clutch dept buddy, one thing ive noticed bout this site over the yrs bout half of us are racers/crew guys ,helping hands on cars /bikes etc etc and the other half think they are . we all knew this was coming . some of the stuff people post on here is ridiculous and foolish to put it nicely . nice job to the whole force team. nicky if u ever lurk here it was nice meeting u sat night when i was riding around with jimmy the shoe. scuba

 

[vegasnitro]

Papa Force was in a dammed if you do, dammed if you don't situation in the finals. He was going to get criticized no matter what happened, if he would have won, people would be saying how dumb it was of him to beat Ashley since she needs her first win and to protect/extend her points lead. If he lost, people would be crying about a dive. If the fix was in, Coil could certainly have put a 5.00 tuneup on it and let Ashley pull away with her .83. I think Papa Force was embarrassed the car didn't go 100 feet because he knows it is going to create doubt and suspicion. In any event, nothing but positives can come out of Ashley winning. Ashley did get some Sportscenter play, they actually put up a graphic comparing her to Danica and it was duly noted that Ashley got the W in half the races it took Danica.

Congrats to Ashley! Here's to many more!

 

[Randy]

Conspiracy theorists...don't you think it all started when Capps blew the tires off in the semi finals againts her? Get a life.

It took John 9 years to win his first race, and I don't John wanted Ashley to think that winning an event should come easy or be handed to her no matter who she had to run in a final. Even if it was her dad.

In John's own words "We all have to pay our dues out here."

RG

 

[James]

It's one of those "the whole JFR racing operation is happy if either one wins" type deals,why, as some of you IDIOTS say it was "scripted" is beyond me..Were you in Johns car?a number of things could of happen to make it go up in smoke.Don't you dare think for one minute John just blew His 1,000th rd. out the window. you naysayers.

She's got a top quality car with a top quality operation that is gonna win ALOT no matter what! Why throw a race so she can get her first of many?!

 

[James]

Papa Force was in a dammed if you do, dammed if you don't situation in the finals. He was going to get criticized no matter what happened, if he would have won, people would be saying how dumb it was of him to beat Ashley since she needs her first win and to protect/extend her points lead. If he lost, people would be crying about a dive. If the fix was in, Coil could certainly have put a 5.00 tuneup on it and let Ashley pull away with her .83. I think Papa Force was embarrassed the car didn't go 100 feet because he knows it is going to create doubt and suspicion. In any event, nothing but positives can come out of Ashley winning. Ashley did get some Sportscenter play, they actually put up a graphic comparing her to Danica and it was duly noted that Ashley got the W in half the races it took Danica.

Congrats to Ashley! Here's to many more!

Well said, I think Force was PO'd cause he didn't get down the track and knew this might taint Ashley's first win. She'll get more.

 

[Super Mod]

Hey, I love Ashley! I just think she's an average driver. John is great driver who had a TIA on the last run. That's all I am saying.

 

[Bobby]

yeah, naysayers bunch of morons. there's absolutely no way nhra would script this deal to ride danica's PR coattails. no way in hell they are so above that.

oh and one other thing - thanks marty reid - during the irl race he says something to the effect of you need to watch the nhra race today , after showing a side by side pic of danica and ashley. can't tell us exactly what went on, he says. Well what else would it be Mary. I mean seriously just tell us you think we're stupid. Just come out and say it. and then the whole build up to the final race I mean who do you think won.

maybe they grabbed a few extra viewers but they sure treated the loyal ones like dirt.

 

[d'kid]

Looked back over RT's the last couple of races, Ashley's are about mid pack and are within .005 generally of Tim Wilkerson.

Papa's car did the same thing in the left lane as Neff and Robert. Surprising that Ashley's car was the only JFR car to get down that lane yesterday. Throw out the first round single RT of .148, and the other three RTs were competitive.

Congrats to Ashley and Guido and the whole crew on their first win. And congrats for leaving the second straight race number 1 in the points.

d'kid

 

[The Swegian]

Any jury would find "reasonable doubt". Obviously nothing close to "total BS" as you alluded to.

If you're going to use the "reasonable doubt" analogy, that would mean that John would be found "not guilty". If a jury has a reasonable doubt, they must give a not guilty verdict, not a guilty one.

 

[Von Halen]

John Force should get an Academy Award for that acting job after the race!

 

[Eddie]

You know, the bottom line is this: We don't know and never will know whether it was "scripted" or not. Ashley won, and that's that!

 

[DCM]

Uh yeah Im thinking John was going out there for the win...Did any of you see the interview after the race?? Im half thinking it wasnt very nice of him to act the way he did during the interview...he seemed like he wasnt even happy for her. I'd say any of you to think that was staged are CRAZY!

Exactly what I was thinking.....