Brittany Leighton Force (born July 8, 1986) is an American

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and 2-time NHRA Drag Racing Series

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dragster champion. She is the daughter of drag racer John Force and the sister of fellow racers Courtney Force and Ashley Force Hood.

Career

Force became an

drag racer in 2013, driving a

dragster, the first John Force Racing driver to compete in that class. She is sponsored by

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. In 2016, she became the first woman to win the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. On May 20, 2016, she set a new NHRA top fuel drag racing record with a run of 3.676 seconds over 1,000 feet at

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, Kansas. In 2017, Force became the second woman in history to win a Top Fuel Championship, after

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in 1982, clinching the title in the quarterfinals of the final race of the season before going on to win the event. Force won 4 races for the year, the most in a single season in her career, including 3 in the Countdown to the Championship. In 2019, Force became the first woman driver to be the Number 1 qualifier in Top Fuel at the

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. On Oct 2, 2022, Force set the national record with fastest top fuel run in history at 338.17 mph at the NHRA Midwest Nationals. Brittany won the 2022 NHRA TopFuel championship. Brittany reset the speed record to 338.94mph, she also has set the E.T. record at 3.623 seconds. Brittany has 16 career NHRA wins.

Personal life

Force attended

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, where she received a bachelor's degree in English and a teaching credential.

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* 1986 births American female racing drivers Female dragster drivers Force family NHRA drivers Living people Sportspeople from Yorba Linda, California {{US-autoracing-bio-stub