{"id":4527,"date":"2021-02-16T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=4527"},"modified":"2021-02-16T17:16:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:16:00","slug":"jfr-announces-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=4527","title":{"rendered":"JFR Announces Return!"},"content":{"rendered":"
After sitting out pretty much the entirety of the past 2020 racing season – drag racing icon — John Force — will soon return….<\/em><\/div>\n
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The John Force Racing team will make their much-anticipated return to NHRA Championship Drag Racing at the 2021 Camping World Series season-opening NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fla. It was announced today that the 21-time championship team will feature three full-time hot rods driven by John Force, Robert Hight and Brittany Force.<\/div>\n
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On 16-time world champion John Force\u2019s 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\u2019s historic 150th and 151st national event wins.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThank 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,\u201d said owner and CEO John Force. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be back racing and to have all of our sponsors with us. I\u2019m looking forward to working with Camping World and can\u2019t wait to see where the sport goes with them on board.\u201d<\/div>\n
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President of John Force Racing and three-time Funny Car world champion Robert 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.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to getting back to going rounds and winning races with this Auto Club team,\u201d said Hight. \u201cI know Jimmy [Prock] and Chris [Cunningham] and all our Auto Club guys are excited and ready to get going. I\u2019m happy to be continuing John Force Racing\u2019s over 20-year partnership with AAA and ultimately going after another championship.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Crew chiefs David Grubnic and Mac Savage will continue to tune 2017 Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force\u2019s Monster Energy \/ Flav-R-Pac dragster. The two sponsors will split the season as primary partners on the national record holding dragster.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get back to the racetrack with my Monster Energy \/ Flav-R-Pac team,\u201d said Brittany Force. \u201cWe\u2019ll be chasing down our first win of the season right out of the gate. This year I\u2019m really looking forward to racing in Seattle with Frank Tiegs and Flav-R-Pac as the title sponsor.\u201d<\/div>\n
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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.<\/div>\n
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John Force Racing will prepare for the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series opening race at PRO Winter Warm-Up March 5-7 at Palm Beach International Raceway. Limited tickets are available for the test session at racepbir.com<\/a>. Tickets for the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals March 12-14 are on sale at nhra.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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After sitting out pretty much the entirety of the past 2020 racing season – drag racing icon — John Force — will soon return…. The John Force Racing team will make their much-anticipated return to NHRA Championship Drag Racing at the 2021 Camping World Series season-opening NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fla. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4528,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527\/revisions\/4528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}