Leave it to John Force, a 14-time Funny Car Champion celebrating his 25th year with sponsor Castrol, to set the tongues wagging. Force and his tuner – Mike Neff.

Waiting until late in the afternoon, 4:07 pm, Force posted a 4.79 second, 242.06 mph pass after cutting off the engine at the 800 foot mark. At the 660 foot mark Force's speed was 264.96 mph. The fastest speed to that mark clocked all day.

Driving an in-house built chassis, Force was excited about the numbers.

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Leave it to John Force, a 14-time Funny Car Champion celebrating his 25th year with sponsor Castrol, to set the tongues wagging. Force and his tuner – Mike Neff.

Waiting until late in the afternoon, 4:07 pm, Force posted a 4.79 second, 242.06 mph pass after cutting off the engine at the 800 foot mark. At the 660 foot mark Force's speed was 264.96 mph. The fastest speed to that mark clocked all day.

Driving an in-house built chassis, Force was excited about the numbers.

“It has good enough numbers to run an 4.0, an .06 or .07,” said Force, who also admitted he just needed some seat time. “The burnout was too long. I was trying to practice with the steering wheel; just forgot where I was at.”

The chassis Force ran was run by Neff last year and is an in-house chassis with flex built in.

“Neff knows this chassis,” said Force.

Additionally, the team is running a different engine combination.

“I don't know what it is,” said Force, catching himself when he started talking about the engine combination. “I've been so overloaded over the winter I haven't addressed that yet.”

Force liked the run, a lot saying it felt good and then revealed what everyone has talked about all winter, “Robert's car shock, so did Ashley's so Neff gave it a little more pop and it went right through it.”

At least for now, Mike Neff, the fourth driver at John Force racing, is working with Austin Coil tuning Force's Ford Mustang.

 

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