Brittany Force

Brittany Force
Force in 2015
Nationality	American
Born	Brittany Leighton Force (1986-07-08) July 8, 1986 (age 39)[1] Yorba Linda, California, U.S.
Related to	John Force (father) Ashley Force Hood (sister) Courtney Force (sister) Robert Hight (ex brother-in-law) Graham Rahal (brother-in-law)
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series career
Debut season	2013
Current team	John Force Racing
Championships	2 (TF)
Wins	18
Fastest laps	Best ET 3.623 seconds[2] Best Speed 343.51 mph (552.83 km/h)[2]
Championship titles
2017, 2022	NHRA Top Fuel Champion
Awards
2013	Auto Club Road to the Future Award[1]
Statistics up to date as of September 15, 2025.

Brittany Leighton Force (born July 8, 1986) is an American NHRA drag racer and 2-time NHRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel dragster champion who currently has the record for fastest run, at 343.16 mph. She is the daughter of drag racer John Force and the sister of fellow racers Courtney Force and Ashley Force Hood.

Career

Force became an NHRA drag racer in 2013, driving a Top Fuel dragster, the first John Force Racing driver to compete in that class.^[3] She is sponsored by Monster Energy.^[4] In 2016, she became the first woman to win the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.^[5] On May 20, 2016, she set a new NHRA top fuel drag racing record with a run of 3.676 seconds over 1,000 feet at Heartland Park Topeka, Kansas.^[6]

Brittany Force at the 2023 Gatornationals

In 2017, Force became the second woman in history to win a Top Fuel Championship, after Shirley Muldowney in 1982, clinching the title in the quarterfinals of the final race of the season before going on to win the event. Force won 4 races for the year, the most in a single season in her career, including 3 in the Countdown to the Championship.^[7]

In 2019, Force became the first woman driver to be the Number 1 qualifier in Top Fuel at the U.S. Nationals.^[8]

On Oct 2, 2022, Force set the national record with fastest top fuel run in history at 338.17 mph^[9] at the NHRA Midwest Nationals. Force won the 2022 NHRA Top Fuel championship and reset the speed record to 338.94 mph. She also has set the E.T. record at 3.623 seconds. Force has 16 career NHRA wins.^[10]

On July 20, 2025, she broke her own speed record with a 341.59 mph pass at the NHRA Northwest Nationals in Kent, Washington,^[11] and on 28 July 2025, set the current record of 343.16 mph.^[12][13]

Personal life

Force attended California State University, Fullerton, where she received a bachelor's degree in English and a teaching credential.^[14]

References

1. "Brittany Force". NHRA Driver. NHRA. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
2. "Brittany Force". NHRA. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
3. Blount, Terry (10 January 2013). "Brittany Force to race Top Fuel". NHRA. ESPN. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
4. "Monster Energy to fuel Brittany Force's NHRA Top Fuel ride". NHRA. Autoweek. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
5. "Brittany Force becomes first woman to win NHRA Four-Wide Nationals". USA Today. AP. April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
6. "Brittany Force sets national record in Top Fuel qualifying at Heartland Park". cjonline.com. Topeka Capital-Journal. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
7. "Brittany Force". Nhra.com. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
8. "Brittany Force Makes U.S. Nationals History". Speed Sport. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
9. "Brittany Force". NHRA. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
10. "Brittany Force". NHRA. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
11. "Brittany Force Goes Almost 342 MPH, Setting Yet Another New NHRA Speed Record". 21 July 2025. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
12. "How it this possible? Brittany Force's unmatched 343-mph speed explained". 28 July 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
13. Kennedy, David (2025-07-28). "How is this possible? Brittany Force's unmatched 343-mph speed explained". NHRA. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
14. "It's Official: Brittany Force in Top Fuel this Year". Drag Illustrated. 2013-01-10.

External links

• Official website