With the power of Force—John Force, that is—behind them, it’s no wonder that NHRA’s strongest Funny Car driver has enlisted some of the strongest young drivers to play for the same team. Robert Hight, Ashley Force, Mike Neff and Force himself make up the John Force Racing roster.

Twelve times in the last 15 seasons, Force has been the NHRA's unchallenged champion both on and off the track. The title losses came in 1992 when Cruz Pedregon overtook Force by winning five of the season's last six races and then in 2004 when Force’s driver Tony Pedregon won the title.

Force is the only drag racer ever named Driver of the Year for all of American motor racing, the result of an incredible 1996 season in which he put his 6,000 horsepower hybrid in the final round 16 times in 19 races, won 13 event titles and posted a 65-6 record in individual competition.

He's the only drag racer ever considered for one of ESPN's Espy Awards, earning runner-up honors as both the Driver of the Year (1999) and Driver of the Decade.

With nine straight NHRA Funny Car titles to his credit, the 52-year-old drag racing icon has shown no signs of slowing the breakneck pace that for more than a decade has left rivals reeling in his wake.