ASHLEY FORCE HOOD
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

*First female Funny Car winner, April 27, 2008, Summit Southern Nationals, Atlanta, Ga., where she beat her father, John Force, in the final.

*Only the fourth Funny Car driver ever to win the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, the world’s oldest, richest and most prestigious drag race, back-to-back (2009-2010).

*First woman to win the Mac U.S. Nationals in two different categories (Top Alcohol Dragster champ in 2004)

*2007 winner, Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award, NHRA professional Rookie-of-the-Year.

*2008 Full Throttle Pit Crew Challenge champion (qualifying consistency)

*First female Funny Car finalist, Oct. 28, 2007, ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, Las Vegas, Nev., versus Tony Pedregon.

*First woman to finish in the Top 10 in Funny Car points (10th in 2007).

*First woman to earn starting spot in NHRA’s Countdown to 1 playoffs (2008).

*First woman to qualify for U.S. Smokeless Funny Car Showdown and first to be seeded No. 1 (2008).

*2008 recipient, “Female Athlete of the Year” award, by the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation.

*2007 winner of AOL Sports’ “World’s Hottest Athlete” on-line poll.

*One-half of only father-daughter double in NHRA history, she in Top Alcohol Dragster, he in Funny Car at 2004 Auto Club Finals, Pomona, Calif.

*First woman to lead the NHRA Funny Car point standings, 2008

*First woman to win multiple Funny Car events

YEAR-BY-YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

2010
*Earned her second straight Top 3 finish (third) after repeating as champion at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis.

*Qualified No. 1 a category-best six times, boosting her career number to 15 and moving her past Shirley Muldowney (12) into first place among female drivers in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock.

2009
*A second team member of the AARWBA Auto Racing All-America Team.

*Secured second highest finish by a woman in fuel racing history – second to brother-in-law Robert Hight.

*Started from No. 1 a category-best six times

*Appeared in the Funny Car finals in one-third of the events in the series (eight)

*First woman to win Funny Car title at Mac Tools U.S. Nationals

2008
*Finished a career best sixth in Funny Car points as the first woman driver to qualify for NHRA’s Countdown to 1 playoffs.

*Beat her father in the final round of the Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals at Atlanta, Ga., to become the first woman to win a race in the NHRA Funny Car division.

*Was the No. 1 qualifier and the first woman qualifier for the U.S. Smokeless Showdown, the NHRA’s Funny Car bonus race.

*Became first woman to lead the Funny Car points when she reached the final round of the SummitRacing.com Nationals at Las Vegas, Nev.

*Her Castrol GTX crew earned the Full Throttle Pit Crew Challenge Championship for year-long qualifying consistency.

*Accepted the “Female Athlete of the Year” award from the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation.

2007
*Made her professional Funny Car debut and won the Auto Club’s Road to the Future Award as the Rookie-of-the-year.

*Made her first final round appearance as a pro, losing to Tony Pedregon in the final round of the ACDelco Nationals at Las Vegas, Nev.

*Finished 10th in Funny Car points, best ever for a woman driver.

*Won AOL Sports’ informal “World’s Hottest Athlete” on-line poll, beating men’s division champ Tom Brady of the New England Patriots in the tournament-style finals.

2006
*Won races at Gainesville, Fla., and Atlanta, Ga., and finished fifth in Lucas Oil Series national points in her final season in the Top Alcohol Dragster division.

2005
*Secured a second straight Top 10 finish in the Lucas Oil Sportsman Series (No. 7) by reaching the final round in national events at Gainesville, Fla., and Englishtown, N.J., and winning a regional race at Englishtown.

*Began testing her father’s national record-holding Castrol GTX Ford Mustang Funny Car with an eye toward a possible professional driving debut in 2007.

2004
*Earned her first national event victory by beating Shelly Howard in the final round of the 50th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis, Ind.

*Won three of the season’s last five national events (Indianapolis, Dallas, Texas and Pomona, Calif.) to finish fourth in Lucas Series points.
*Won Lucas Series points races at Rusk, Texas, Englishtown, N.J., and Belle Rose, La., to claim the Division 4 points championship.

*Named Division 4 “Driver of the Year” and “Rookie of the Year” in the alcohol classes.