(Fifteen-time NHRA Full Throttle Series Funny Car champion John Force has been a big part of NHRA history, including his 100th win and his being named Driver of the Year, the first drag racer to receive that honor. Photo by Brandon W. Mudd)
To commemorate its 60th anniversary season, NHRA announced the 60 Greatest Moments in its history back in January and then it asked its fans, throughout the course of the 2011 season, to select the Moment that they collectively felt was the greatest moment in NHRA history.
John Force Racing was fortunate to have four moments selected as part of the 60 Greatest Moments. JFR’s four moments included: John Force being named Driver of the Year (1996), John Force winning his historic 100th NHRA national event (2002), Ashley Force Hood’s historic first win in Funny Car in Atlanta (2008) and John Force’s dramatic comeback for his 15th Full Throttle Funny Car championship (2010). Through fan voting all four moments moved on to the top 20 Greatest Moments in NHRA history. Today we are pleased that three of the JFR moments have reached the Top Ten and fans will have an opportunity to consider them as possibly the Greatest Moment in the 60 years of the NHRA.
“I love the NHRA and I could not be prouder to have three moments in the Top Ten. When you are considered beside names like Garlits, Muldowney, Bernstein, and Schumacher you know you are in with the best. I don’t do computers but if I did I don’t know how I would vote,” said John Force. “This is going to be tough and I am just excited to have three in the Top Ten. I want to thank all our fans for voting for us and please keep those votes coming. I know we are going to need them so be sure to vote every day if you can.”
NHRA fans responded in huge numbers – more than 7.5 million impressions and more than 31,000 fan interactions – to pare the list down first to 20 Greatest Moments and now to a truly memorable Top 10.
Here are the Top 10 Greatest Moments (in chronological order):
Founding of NHRA (1951)
Don Garlits makes NHRA's First 200-mph Run (1964)
Don Garlits debuts the rear-engine dragster — and wins (Pomona, 1971)
Shirley Muldowney is first Women to Win in Top Fuel (1976)
Shirley Muldowney is NHRA's First Female World Champ (1977)
Kenny Bernstein makes NHRA's first 300-mph Run (1992)
John Force is first to win 100 career races (2002)
Tony Schumacher's "The Run" (2006)
Ashley Force Hood is first Female Funny Car Winner (2008)
John Force Completes Comeback, Wins 15th Championship (2010)
To participate, fans can go to NHRA’s Facebook page, easy to find at Facebook.com/NHRA, and click on the “Vote 4 Greatest Moment” tab. Once there, fans will be instructed to select just one (1) of the 10 Moments and click ‘Submit’ (after submitting their vote, fans will have the chance to enter to win one VIP package or one of five pairs of full-event tickets to the 2012 event of their choice).
Fans will be encouraged to check back often as the Moment with the fewest votes at the conclusion of every one of the first five races in the Countdown playoff will be eliminated. That will leave five Moments still in play entering the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
Voting will close on Wednesday, Nov. 9 and the fans’ selection for the Greatest Moment in NHRA History will be unveiled during pre-race at the Auto Club NHRA Finals on Sunday, Nov. 13.
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