ASHLEY FORCE TAKES HIATUS FROM RACING

FORCE HOOD EXPECTING CHILD; NEFF STEPS BACK INTO DRIVERS SEAT; HIGHT NAMED PRESIDENT AS JOHN FORCE RACING MAKES MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 2011



Funny Car driving sensation and two-time reigning Mac Tools U.S. Nationals winner Ashley Force Hood announced today that she and husband Dan Hood are expecting their first child and that she will sit out the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season. Former John Force crew chief Mike Neff will take over driving and tuning duties on the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang for the 2011 season. “This past November, after watching my dad clinch his 15th championship, Dan and I decided we would try to start a family,” said Force Hood. “We felt that if God wanted it to happen, it would happen. Well, God didn’t waste any time and I am pregnant and due at the end of the summer. Dan and I know there is always a risk at the beginning of a pregnancy so we waited as long as possible to say anything to make sure everything was all right and there were no problems.” Also included in the announcements from John Force Racing was the move of crew chief Dean “Guido” Antonelli as general manager of the John Force Racing facility in Brownsburg, Ind., while 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Funny Car world champion, Robert Hight, was named President of John Force Racing. Also announced was the formation of John Force Entertainment, a JFR subsidiary that has been charged with responsibility for building the JFR brand on a variety of new and existing platforms, including a new reality show featuring the JFR drivers and family members. Force Hood will serve as president of John Force Entertainment. John Force Racing also announced the creation of a mobile Road Show that will display at sites in the same market as NHRA events to further spread the word about his team and NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing. For more information, visit NHRA.com.

Posted by dennisp at 1/26/2011 9:31 AM
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