beautiful_mess38
Jul 18, 2006, 09:45 AM
As you know drag racing is my favorite sport. I grew up on the drag strip being my dad raced super comp.
I'm a huge fan of John Force. His new reality show is surprising and funny.
John is a hard *ss. Thats why he's been champion 13 times. He has broke every record in NHRA history.
I used to live above his shop in Yorba Linda.
This reality show is about his family and connecting with his daughters. Ashley is a force to be reckoned with.
He knows nothing about raising daughters and has always wanted sons. He is brutally honest about everything.
The show had me feeling sorry for the girls but yet cracking up at John. My own dad doesnt know what a Sadie Hawkins dance is.
It airs A&E monday's 6pm & 10pm
All you drag racing fans need to watch this.
Here an article from David Lamm.
Posted by David Lamm | July 18, 2006
The debut of the NHRA reality series that focuses on John Force and his strained relationship with his wife and three daughters was last night with much fanfare and hype. I had a chance to catch the first episode and there were some good and bad thing to take away from it. The best news is that this show will expose a brand new demographic to the sport of drag racing that possibly never even considered going to a drag strip.
A&E: Driving Force Episode Guide
If you are tuning into Driving Force for more racing coverage, you will be severely disappointed. That is not the focus of this show. The focal point is the fact that John Force, the most prolific driver in NHRA history, made sacrifices to achieve his legendary status in the drag racing world. Those sacrifices came at the cost of his marriage and family. Years of traveling from race to race and winning championship he missed a lot of his daughters' formidable years and skipped piano recitals, cheerleader tryouts and other childhood activities. This show is about John making amends for that neglect and trying to reach out to his daughters in the best way he knows, through drag racing.
The first episode was rather entertaining in that the interaction between all involved is real. I had the privilege of working closely to all the drivers in the NHRA while working for the NHRA Media Relations Department. That close working relationship included the sport's biggest star, John Force. Many people would ask me if John Force is the same way off the track in a one-on-one environment as he is when he is animated and talking a mile-a-minute. The answer was and always will be yes. John is one of a kind and this program showcases that.
I did have a few complaints although they are quite minor. Although I know they are trying to appeal to the masses in the show, there were some discrepancies with the racing sections. In trying to build the drama prior to Ashley Force's near miss of a crash, they focused in on the other driver's cockpit. That cut was clearly the helmet of Doug Kalitta and was rather obvious because of the Mac Tools paint scheme on it. Also, they made it seem like it was the beginning of the season, yet the crash footage came at Gainesville Raceway. Rather than drive yourself crazy trying to pick out what’s wrong with the show, focus on what’s right.
This is probably the closest you will ever get to John Force outside of him signing an autograph or posing for a picture for five seconds in between rounds at a race. I am looking forward to the rest of the season of this show and hopefully it becomes a hit for A&E like many of its other reality shows. Great debut for the show and here’s hoping this show will bring in a new legion of fans and media exposure for the sport of drag racing.
I'm a huge fan of John Force. His new reality show is surprising and funny.
John is a hard *ss. Thats why he's been champion 13 times. He has broke every record in NHRA history.
I used to live above his shop in Yorba Linda.
This reality show is about his family and connecting with his daughters. Ashley is a force to be reckoned with.
He knows nothing about raising daughters and has always wanted sons. He is brutally honest about everything.
The show had me feeling sorry for the girls but yet cracking up at John. My own dad doesnt know what a Sadie Hawkins dance is.
It airs A&E monday's 6pm & 10pm
All you drag racing fans need to watch this.
Here an article from David Lamm.
Posted by David Lamm | July 18, 2006
The debut of the NHRA reality series that focuses on John Force and his strained relationship with his wife and three daughters was last night with much fanfare and hype. I had a chance to catch the first episode and there were some good and bad thing to take away from it. The best news is that this show will expose a brand new demographic to the sport of drag racing that possibly never even considered going to a drag strip.
A&E: Driving Force Episode Guide
If you are tuning into Driving Force for more racing coverage, you will be severely disappointed. That is not the focus of this show. The focal point is the fact that John Force, the most prolific driver in NHRA history, made sacrifices to achieve his legendary status in the drag racing world. Those sacrifices came at the cost of his marriage and family. Years of traveling from race to race and winning championship he missed a lot of his daughters' formidable years and skipped piano recitals, cheerleader tryouts and other childhood activities. This show is about John making amends for that neglect and trying to reach out to his daughters in the best way he knows, through drag racing.
The first episode was rather entertaining in that the interaction between all involved is real. I had the privilege of working closely to all the drivers in the NHRA while working for the NHRA Media Relations Department. That close working relationship included the sport's biggest star, John Force. Many people would ask me if John Force is the same way off the track in a one-on-one environment as he is when he is animated and talking a mile-a-minute. The answer was and always will be yes. John is one of a kind and this program showcases that.
I did have a few complaints although they are quite minor. Although I know they are trying to appeal to the masses in the show, there were some discrepancies with the racing sections. In trying to build the drama prior to Ashley Force's near miss of a crash, they focused in on the other driver's cockpit. That cut was clearly the helmet of Doug Kalitta and was rather obvious because of the Mac Tools paint scheme on it. Also, they made it seem like it was the beginning of the season, yet the crash footage came at Gainesville Raceway. Rather than drive yourself crazy trying to pick out what’s wrong with the show, focus on what’s right.
This is probably the closest you will ever get to John Force outside of him signing an autograph or posing for a picture for five seconds in between rounds at a race. I am looking forward to the rest of the season of this show and hopefully it becomes a hit for A&E like many of its other reality shows. Great debut for the show and here’s hoping this show will bring in a new legion of fans and media exposure for the sport of drag racing.