John Force hinted earlier this year that he might put (daughter) Ashley Force in a Nitro car possibly (in Las Vegas) or Pomona. In yesterday's NHRA teleconference, Force said that is not happening now.

"No, that will not happen," Force said. "She's testing at Richmond this week on Monday. She's flying in to test. She'll be testing at Vegas. She'll be testing -- that will be the end of it till we start testing the beginning of the season.

John Force hinted earlier this year that he might put (daughter) Ashley Force in a Nitro car possibly (in Las Vegas) or Pomona. In yesterday's NHRA teleconference, Force said that is not happening now.

"No, that will not happen," Force said. "She's testing at Richmond this week on Monday. She's flying in to test. She'll be testing at Vegas. She'll be testing -- that will be the end of it till we start testing the beginning of the season.

"Her crew chief, Dean “Guido” Antonelli, in this points chase, we thought if we could get there and get around Capps and wrap it up, that's before Robert got into the game, that we could pull “Guido” from our team and put him on her own team, which she has a new trailer, new car, everything ready to go. Hell, she ran quick enough at Indy in testing to qualify at Indy, or at least pretty close. I don't know the actual numbers.

"It would hurt us in the points chase now. No one's going to lock this up at Richmond. I don't think anyone is going to lock this up at Vegas. This is doing exactly what NHRA likes because they said part of the reason they changed the points structure for next year is because last year when the battle went down to the end, it was between three people and that put more people in the stands. That's what they're trying to make sure that happens and nobody runs away with it."