Autographs of John Force
John Harold Force (born May 4, 1949) is an American retired NHRA drag racer. He is a 16-time NHRA and 1 time AHRA Funny Car champion driver and a 22-time champion car owner. Force owns and drives for John Force Racing (JFR). He is one of the most dominant drag racers in the sport with 157 career victories. He graduated from Bell Gardens High School and briefly attended Cerritos Junior College to play football. He is the father of drag racers Ashley Force Hood, Brittany Force, and Courtney Force. His oldest daughter Adria Hight is the CFO of JFR.
Current drivers racing for Force's team are Austin Prock, and daughter Brittany. Mike Neff was crew chief for John two separate times. Effective July 2013 Jimmy Prock replaced Mike Neff as crew chief, and Mike Neff became crew chief for Robert Hight. Neff, who was once the crew chief for rival driver Gary Scelzi, raced in a 4th Funny Car for JFR from October 26, 2007, following the death of Eric Medlen, until the end of the 2009 season. However, in 2010, after a 2009 season in which Force did not win a single race, Force parked his 4th car, and named Neff as his new crew chief instead. This decision resulted in Force winning his 15th NHRA Championship. His nickname among several of the drivers, as well as several announcers within the sport of drag racing is "Brute Force", a nickname he earned by his dominating wins during his run of ten straight NHRA championships. Other common nicknames include “Force to be Reckoned With” and “Force of Nature”. Force, his daughters, Courtney, Ashley, and Brittany, granddaughter Autumn Hight and her father Robert Hight are collectively known as "The First Family of Drag Racing".
Force was born to Harold and Betty Ruth Force in the Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens, California. As a child he lived in logging camps, Indian reservations, migrant farms, and trailer parks. He survived childhood polio with therapy and perseverance of his mother and family. He played football in high school and attended Cerritos College. John is one of six children. John has five siblings, Walker, Louie, Tom (now deceased), and Cindy Hem (married to late husband Skip Hem) were all older than John. Dana (Baby Force) Marino is ten years younger than John. Walker and Cindy still live near John in Southern California. Walker Force and Louie Force have worked with John over the years, but Walker Force is the only sibling now working at JFR. Younger sister Dana (Marino) did not grow up in the same house or spend any time with the family in the early years of the Force Family Racing activities.
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Traded items with a signature of John Force
The most expensive item with a signature of John Force (NHRA The Fast Lane Signed Collector's 1st Edition John Force Shirley Muldowney) was sold in May 2026 for £798.11 while the cheapest item (JOHN FORCE- RACING LEGEND- 10x8 PHOTO SIGNED) found a new owner for £0.99 in March 2013. The month with the most items sold (8) was March 2026 with an average selling price of £70.25 for an autographed item of John Force. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2026 with £273.46 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.36 was June 2024. In average, an autographed item from John Force is worth £52.19.
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