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John Force Racing rolls into a new era of competition for the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season with an expanded lineup of drivers, crew chiefs and crew who collectively have the singular focus of winning for the 24-time championship organization. “This is a great time to be part of John Force Racing and I’m more excited about getting the season going than I have been in a long time,” said 16-time NHRA Funny Car World Champion and team owner John Force. “There are new crew chief

John Force Racing is rolling into 2026 with a lot of fresh faces. Here's who will be tuning the Force fleet this season. View the full article

John Force Racing drivers all have a chance to make history at the Winternationals. Here's a preview for each JFR driver at Pomona. View the full article

The rumor has been confirmed, Austin Prock is leaving John Force Racing. Prock's father is also leaving the team as well. View the full article

All four John Force Racing teams posted solid runs on Friday and Saturday at Summit Motorsports Park, but saved their best runs for day two of qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Josh Hart and the Speedmaster Top Fuel team got better with each session. They ran 3.966 seconds in Q1, 3.803 seconds in Q2, and 3.762 seconds in Q3, Saturday’s first session, before securing the No. 2 qualifying spot with a Q4 run of 3.722 seconds at 332.51 mph. Hart will face No. 15 qualifie

John Force Racing is bringing a lot of momentum to Norwalk. The team is ready for the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals. View the full article

John Force Racing could bring home a lot of hardware from Thunder Valley. Beckman or Vandergriff could double up at Bristol.View the full article

Drag racing rising star Jordan Vandergriff has been named as the driver of John Force Racing’s Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car for the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. The announcement was made Friday at the NHRA booth during Day 2 of the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. “This is a dream come true to have the opportunity not only with John Force Racing, the premier team in NHRA Drag Racing, but to drive

All four John Force Racing teams took advantage of unseasonably cool temperatures to post solid qualifying runs Friday for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals after a strong chance of rain in the Norwalk area forced NHRA officials to move up the day’s qualifying sessions by six hours. The two Friday sessions were originally scheduled for 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. ET but were eventually run at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Alexis DeJoria and the Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car team made two

The Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car team of Alexis DeJoria carried the John Force Racing banner proudly at Route 66 Raceway on the way to their second runner-up finish of the season in the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK. DeJoria left the starting line a mere six-thousandths-of-a-second behind Chad Green and made a strong run of 3.965 seconds at 328.86 mph but it wasn’t enough to get around Green’s winning run of 3.945 seconds at 324.75 mph. The two

John Force Racing is ready for the Southern Nationals. See what the teams have planed for this inaugural event at SGMP.View the full article

John Force Racing is ready for the Route 66 Nationals. Here's a breakdown of how each team is approaching the event. View the full article

The NHRA Potomac Nationals could shake things up in the nitro points standings. John Force Racing drivers are ready to make big moves.View the full article

AB Motorsports, owned and driven by four-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown, announced today that veteran crew chief and program advisor John Medlen has joined the organization as a consultant for the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Medlen, a respected leader in nitro racing for over three decades, brings hands-on experience, deep technical knowledge, and proven leadership to the AB Motorsports Top Fuel program.  In his consultant role, Medlen will work clo

Jon Moore has taken an interesting route to build an 8-second street car. His Crown Vic is not only lifted, it makes 1,800 horsepower. View the full article

Paul Lee Racing is proud to announce that veteran tuner Jon Schaffer has been named Crew Chief for the team’s Nitro Funny Car entry in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Schaffer will lead the team alongside longtime consultant John Medlen and Assistant Crew Chief Seth Randall, forming a highly experienced and collaborative performance group for the upcoming season. Schaffer brings years of top-level nitro Funny Car experience to the team and will play a key role in continuing the momen

The Factory Stock Showdown class is going to be action-packed this weekend. Jonathan Allegrucci could pick up a historic third win at Bristol.View the full article

Factory Stock made its return to the NHRA this weekend. Jonathan Allegrucci brought home the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals win.View the full article

Jonathan Allegrucci continues to dominate in Factory Stock Showdown. Allegrucci picked up his third straight victory at Thunder Valley.View the full article

Through three rounds of qualifying at the season opening Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Jonathan Allegrucci powered his Ford Mustang Cobra Jet to the No. 1 qualifier position heading into race day with a category quickest elapsed time of 7.714 seconds at 178.26 mph. Allegrucci and his Ford lead two Camaros driven by Richard Hord and Alex Anderson in the top three spots in the 16-car qualified field of the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series. The driver from Scott Township, Pa. will be looking

The final qualifying session of the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway outside of Charlotte, NC, was rained out, locking in Jonathan Allegrucci as the No. 1 qualifier for the second race of the season. He opened the season as the Gatornationals No. 1 qualifier and raced to the quarterfinals at that race. The veteran driver is also the defending NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown champion and will roll into race day confident but not overly so.   “We don’t feel as good as you

For the third race in a row Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown points leader Jonathan Allegrucci raced his Ford Mustang Cobra Jet into the Super Grip Thunder Valley Nationals’ winner’s circle. Allegrucci raced a tough contingent of drivers throughout the day, culminating in a wild final round against No. 1 qualifier Raymond Nash. With the win Allegrucci has now joined 2018 world champion Leah Pruett as the only drivers to win three Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series races in row. “I didn’t th

Jonathan Allegrucci picked up another Factory Stock Showdown win. Allegrucci has dominated the class this season with two wins.View the full article

No. 1 qualifier Jonathan Allegrucci took home all the hardware today at zMAX Dragway winning the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals for the second year in a row. The driver from Scott Township, Pa. drove his Ford Mustang Cobra Jet to the winner’s circle in a tough quad that included two-time winners Jason and Taylor Dietsch, and Raymond Nash, driver of one of the most competitive Dodge Challenger Drag Paks. His winning time of 7.716 seconds at 178.42 mph was a strong showing to wrap up race day.   “Getting t

Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown points leader Jonathan Allegrucci raced to his second consecutive national event win today at the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Peak. Allegrucci, the No. 2 qualifier, outran No. 1 qualifier Jason Dietsch in an all-Ford Mustang Cobra Jet final round. Dietsch was the defending Route 66 Nationals winner and is also a teammate to Allegrucci. Getting the second win was important to Allegrucci on the heels of the Charlotte victory.