The economy is on almost everyone’s lips and drag racing icon John Force is no different. He has outlined a 2010 plan to insure both the competitive and financial viability of John Force Racing Inc., for years to come.

This year marks a reduction in the number of cars the team will support; re-location of all JFR racing resources to the Brownsburg, Ind., facility; the creation of new revenue streams through production of the BOSS 500 engine and the JFR chassis; and personnel consolidation.

IMG group, headed by George Pyne, will help look for new sponsorship opportunities and insure that current sponsors, primarily Castrol, Ford, Auto Club, BrandSource, and Mac Tools get more value than expected.

At least temporarily, Force is parking the Drive One Mustang. The 2010 lineup will feature only three Ford Mustangs: his own Castrol GTX High Mileage entry; the Auto Club Mustang in which Robert Hight will defend his Full Throttle championship; and the Castrol GTX Mustang in which reigning Mac Tools U.S. Nationals champion Ashley Force Hood will try to become the first woman to win the Funny Car title.

Neff will join Austin Coil to work on Force’s car, while Bernie Fedderly will move into the new role of Special Projects Manager.

Additionally, the car itself will be new, front to back, utilizing JFR’s in-house chassis that Neff took to victory for the first time last year, the Ford BOSS 500 nitro motor developed by JFR’s John Medlen, in conjunction with Ford Racing, the new, sleeker 2010 Mustang body, new logos and new metallic paint featuring silver highlights.

John Medlen, will concentrate on managing The Eric Medlen Project, which will continue to focus on racing safety, as well as the in-house engine and chassis programs Medlen helped create, which will generate new revenue streams through production of the BOSS 500 engine and the JFR chassis. Medlen will also be available to team with crew chief Jimmy Prock and car chief Eric Lane to create a potent tuning triumvirate for the 2009 Funny Car Championship Auto Club Ford Mustang team.

Force has added track specialist Lanny Miglizzi to work with the JFR crew chiefs and with son-in-law Dan Hood, who last year served as track specialist while also developing as a backup for Fedderly in his role as inventory manager and personnel manager. The combination of Hood and Miglizzi also gives JFR more personnel to monitor the ever changing track conditions as race cars compete throughout the day in Funny Car and the Top Alcohol Dragster.

Miglizzi will also work out of the Brownsburg shop leading the JFR in-house clutch program. For years he operated one of the sport’s most successful clutch management businesses with his late father, Tony. He is widely recognized as one of the most knowledgeable, detail-oriented experts in the field of track-mapping.

Another change is the consolidation of all race car operations at Brownsburg. The last of Force’s race cars to make the move from the West Coast facility in Yorba Linda, Calif., was his own Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford. Now, the machine shop operation, which previously was split between the two facilities, has been centralized in Brownsburg.