John Force said before the start of the season, he had a plan to advance his team into the future.

Recently, the team took the next step forward.

Austin Prock, son of John Force Racing tuner Jimmy Prock, made some test hits in a special Advance Auto Parts dragster - owned by Anthony Dicero. 

“We got an opportunity to get him some seat time,” Force said. “And (Dicero) wanted to test his car, so we did. The kid looked really good.”

Prock, whose development will continue with a test later this season at Frank Hawley’s drag racing school, earned his Top Alcohol Dragster license, making a best pass of 5.478 seconds at 260.11 mph.