Ashley Force beat a “Who’s Who†of Funny Car drag racing that included her famous father, points leader Ron Capps and defending race champion Del Worsham on the way to a Sunday victory in the 22nd annual O’Reilly Spring Nationals that stamped her as more than just a novelty in the hunt for the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Championship.
No victory was bigger, though, than a final round conquest of “Fast Jack†Beckman, the man who taught not only her, but her younger sisters and her mother to drive competitively… DetailsÂ
