IS THIS THE GREATEST JOHN FORCE MELTDOWN EVER?
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Saying John Force is prone to a wide-open rant regularly is like saying when the sun is hot to the touch.
At the 1989 NHRA Chief Nationals hosted by the Texas Motorplex, Force was as hot as the mid-day sun when race officials disqualified him in the first round for hitting the outer boundary (the retaining wall) against Ed McCulloch. The only problem was - Force didn't hit the wall.
Force in the shutdown surveyed the damage to his Funny Car, which didn't have a single scratch. When race officials refused to hear Force's pleas, things got ugly.
How ugly did they get? Well, our video team at CompetitionPlus.tv, who originally produced the video for the folks over at the Texas Motorplex, ran out of bleep sounds to cover Force's argument with race officials. It's both entertaining and hilarious and, of course, classic John Force.
For those keeping score at home, that's 21 bleeps in four minutes.
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What's really great about this is that mini station wagon hauling 6 guys and a funny car
Jerlusemo Jones It looks like an Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais.
Next time my friends say anything about me liking my wagon, I can say John Force likes a wagon! I dare anyone to say John Force is not cool.
Never hit anything! Lol
@@paulshamblin6260 John Force isn't cool
@@bigbean78 That or a Cutlass Ciera. All the GM haters will talk trash about it even though its doing what an F150 does...
To this day the tower is still trying to find the mark on the car.
FunMiner 🤣🤣🤣
Oj Simpson is helping
@@clydesnow5047 LMAO that was good!
Im still wondering if he got ahold of Linwood
Not rven remotely a "meltdown." He merely told the truth!!!
Exactly!! 😊
@@jeffhanson6844 when I worked at John Force Racing I saw a bigger meltdowns from crew chiefs and so on and from John and I'll talk to you about all teams when I refer to cruise sheets and stuff same when I worked in top alchohol, it's racing and not just racing its drag racing, it's based on super high intensity so yeah it was one of the more entertaining meltdowns but not the greatest not even close LOL
@@dmeemd7787 brother if you worked for Austin Coil & or Bernie Federly (Sp?) I wish you could just share with us a couple of things those guys forgot. Even on the alcohol side of the program, hats off to you for what you've learned (hopefully 🤞🤓)
@@sinistersparky9657:) sure, think of something you would like to know :) I may or may not know a lot about a certain system on the car and/or certain people, lol but yeah fire away:-)
MAYBE.......it was da tires they might have been pushed out do to the pressure??
"no walls, can't afford it"
a456987 we’re building a wall... and theyre paying for it!
a456987 he could afford it lol.
@@CrivRex now yes, back then maybe not
I bet he wished he remembered that statement.
No after a half hour of NHRA scratching their ass and NOT finding any marks on the car John was awarded the win.
On another video you can see he didn't hit the wall.
Harry Canoles what other video? What race was that ?
Thank you Harry,, I was certain there would be proof out there somewhere. John Force,, he IS the G.O.A.T. even tho he would say Don "Tha Snake" Prudhomme, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits or Ed "The Ace" McCulloch are.
This was 89 at the Motorplex.
Harry Canoles, can’t find it, you have a link? Thanks🤙
Michael Taff Thank you Michael👍🤙
I worked for John Force Racing and John was definitely intense but also one of the coolest and nicest guys I've ever met at the same time - there's definitely a reason why he was able to get sponsors and so on over the years, most driven guy on the planet :-) :-) this was definitely AWESOME to watch! 😊😊
Thank you very much for your response John is a idol of my wife and I and we have nothing but 💯 percent honor and respect for John and you sir as being part of his crew!
My wife was always a John Force till we meet him. He was a total ass. We never visited his pits ever again over 20 years of going to NHRA.
@@scoobydoo4312 If you don't mind me asking what happened? Maybe he was jammed up in between rounds.
@@guskuratlejr9228 he was not very personal and just acted like we were wasting his time. Look maybe he was having a bad day, we all do. I think we were more disappointed then anything. Most all of the drivers and crew are very accommodating to fans. We have been in lots of trailers getting tours. He has done a lot for the sport of drag racing and for that I do respect him
@@guskuratlejr9228 😊😊 -- yeah I never thought I'd get a call from them just from turning in a resume as a national event (showing what other stuff I had worked on, so I was on Robert's car and we'd help John's car and vise-versa if one of us went our early (courtney and Mike Neff had that going, now it would be all hands on deck as is needed if we had 2 cars going rounds or on the finals, etc.. was really cool -- as was testing Britney's Dragster and being part of her first 3 second run and 300 mile an hour run, really really fond memories that's for sure. This isn't me trying to brag or anything oh, it was just one of the highest points in my life as was winning four races in a row in 2012 when I work with them 😊 --- good memories!
This is the calmest I've seen John Force. And he was right. He didn't hit the wall.
When John is amped up he is going a million miles an hour.(and thats just when he is having fun)
He was down right serous and tellin it like it is.
Thanks for posting this clip..would have liked to seen the resolution by NHRA in the same clip though.
Anyone got the link?
My google foo is slow today.
For John Force, that was rather calm cool and collected.
This guy totally gives me Gary Busey vibes.
Gary Busey wears John Force pijamas to bed@@mugshock1234
I met JF in the pits at the Keystone nationals in PA, I believe in 2000. Dude acted like he knew me for years, took myself and my 2 daughters on a tour of his hauler and into the pits to look inside his car as the guys were working on it. He gave my each of my daughters a mini JF helmet that he signed for them. He was such a cool dude.
Its nice to know there's still a few good ones out there.
I went to about 8 events in ‘95, he would see me coming to his pits, smile and ask me how I was doing…
Nascar boys lock themselves in a cage. No access. NHRA is a classy organization.
Met Steve Kinser and he was the same way. Some of these racers are very cool and down to earth guys. Gotta appreciate them.
Meltdown? He's pissed that they are trying to DQ him for something that didn't happen.
lol yep exactly-anyone would be upset for that
ESPECIALLY when they're NOT doing this for fun or as a hobby, this is their fucking livelihood. That's money out of their pockets.
Yeah and it's a shame they didn't have cameras back then from *ANY* angle to record what actually happened 🤦♂️
@@punchline43 sombody else commented on this vid and said that they did look over the footage and that he was awarded the win or something
@@punchline43 don’t matter he doesn’t have a scratch on the car
Who cares about the language, this is drag racing.
Gary Garza Political correctness and “clean” language is for those that can’t handle reality and prefer to live in a sheltered facsimile of life. Probably the reason I’m at the track on Sunday and not church.😉
Amen to that! 😁😂
@billyfromtheusa you don't have a remote that changes channels?
Drag racing without swearing is like going to a party with a boner in sweat pants.
Hell yeah smokem when you can! Electric car are coming but I won't Ever own one!!
Intresting to see that the one with the dirtiest and most worn clothes in the entire team is John himself.
Oh I thought that was his "good luck" suit he always wore lol...
He's the driver of a top fuel funny car, that's why he dirty
@Ron Hawes Is that asbestos clutch dust? Wonder what his lungs look like.
@@commentatron If they were asbestos, John would've been dead 20yrs ago from mesothelioma.
The rest of the team does laundry. John drives.
I have never met, seen or heard about anyone that has found their true calling in life more than John Force did when he found drag racing. He was born to do it.
That's for certain. He's getting holeshot wins against his rivals in his 70s.
He's the Michael Jordan of Drag Racing.
You worried about language when people are walking around like it's no big deal to wear red pants.
😅🤣😆😂
Not just red pants, tight red pants. I didn’t know they made form fitting fire suits, cuz sho in the he’ll would buy one? Other than Force I guess.
@MichXJdad LOL
Tight red pants
Superb 😂😂😂
Saw him get out of a flaming car and say" holy.shit that was fun..let's do it again"...
Also went through a speed trap on his roof!! The legend-what a career!!
Force is a legend , he out drove everyone he came against , won more races in his class than anyone , and his passion shows , the man was beast , his crew chief Austin Coil was a legend also
Took him awhile to beat "His" nemesis though....The Snake....he'll tell you that himself....
I was named after Austin Coil...
@@ShunkLunkable Me too lol
NHRA makes this decision without talking to witnesses or more importantly looking @ the car? Pretty stupid on their part.
Reading other replies I see he was reinstated, however no excuse for the original call and getting John all riled up.
What’s pathetic on Nhra’s part is that there are “officials” right there with the radios not saying shit. The way that went down is almost like calling a fender race at the finish line while standing on the starting line.🤦🏻♂️🐿🗯
I don’t really think any of the legends are fans of the NHRA
PRETTY STUPID AND PRETTY NORMAL FOR NHRA !!!!!!!!!
Sounds like the NHRA is part of the Obama administration..
When did Gary Busey start driving funny cars? Lol
John is a stand up guy and a legend in the sport.
🤣😂🤣
Hello pants...🤣🤣🤣
Force has always been buseys stunt double
I'm not sure if Gary Busey could drive a regular car.
@@Gonzo.S.Thompson
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Good point...
I always loved how he never washed his fire suit
Washing it may have degraded its ability to protect him in a fire.
I met him when I was like 5 years old he picked me up brought me over the roped off area in his pit and signed my hat. I will never forget that
That's not a meltdown. Lol. I imagine that's how he is when he gets up in the morning. Totally normal for John
Your right the only meltdown I see is with the asshole NHRA official that said Ed McCullogh won
That's not a 'meltdown', that's John Force.
John Force is a legend. I love how far he has driven on fire
Remember that time he emerged from his burning car and exclaimed, jokingly, “Thank God for that Jet-Hot ceramic coating on them headers... Saved muh life!” Lol
that racing suit never saw a laundry
and it shouldn't
Wish i could have seen the calm Force conversation at the tower!🤯
Cody Wuethrich Compton and Dim were hiding in a closet for that one!
what "calm" conversation?
John had a point,you don't touch a concert wall at speed with a fibreglass body or metal headers and leave no mark.
Pretty sure short of a gocart nothing hits the wall and doesn't leave a mark.
"What do you got? Give me a f***** motorcycle." Hahaha gotta love John Force. Legend!
I wouldn't say it's the best, not even for him but facts are facts and he is excitable. The heart and soul of NHRA.
When John Force finally retires, drag racing will never be the same. It's already headed the way of NASCAR and that's a bad place.
Get out to your local dragstrip and enjoy the sights, sounds and smells while you can. Things are changing fast.
How so?
Yep:/ I’m from Baytown Texas where houston raceway is, where TX2K is normally held, a bunch of NHRA events, and race night every Friday, and it’s closing down next year😔😔😔
@@AwDaleYeah raceway park 😔
@@schloop687 you’re right, my bad lol. We always have called it royal purple speedway!
@@AwDaleYeah that’s my local track, englishtown raceway park. Got shut down a few years ago, no more drag racing just drifting there now.
Force: "Let's go!"
Everybody waiting for him in the car. 😂
1:13 when the clown car shows up is the most 80's thing ever. It just looks so funny how they pull up , jump out, and that music that's playing in the car.
i believe it was motley crue kickstart my heart
The legend is still driving and winning in his 70's. His passion is out of this world. He's an absolute BEAST!!
He's all sorts of fd up nowadays
"I never hit walls".... gotta love Force.
"Can't afford it" lol
Unlike his daughters
@@SINSTER7THREE Or a few weeks ago....
Yeah about that
Wow look at that station wagon! That's a far cry from the full size luxury pit vehicles the Force family uses today.
Humble beginnings, man
In the 80s, that was a full size luxury vehicle.
@@retheisen no
They use what the sponsors give them. You can see he was driving an Oldsmobile race car, so the pit car was an Oldsmobile wagon. When Ford sponsored him he used Ford Edges to haul his cars, if he's driving a Camaro now, I'm sure they are Tahoes or something.
Every NHRA driver uses whatever the sponsor provides. Leah Pruett uses Dodge's as her pit vehicles.
I LOVE all the sound effects, especially the ooga horn!
Drag car: “I eat nails for breakfast”
Station wagon: *please kill me*
I can still remember John getting in a wreck on the track, after it was all said and done, the first thing he told the reporter at the end of the track: “That was a pretty good wreck wasn’t it?” 😂
Where was the meltdown located? All I heard was the truth
The only meltdown was the asshole NHRA official that said Ed McCullogh won
same
Don't mess with a man's win. That's his lively hood.
It's just clickbait, people always put "world's craziest/wildest/whatever" to get more clicks.
This is one of the best drag racers drivers of all time if he says he didn’t he is telling truth. Force is living Legend.
If it wasn't for John Force I couldn't name one drag race driver. He's a character, and I love characters.
Pfft, Beating John is no big deal, I lined up with him once he even had a head start, I caught and passed him at the halfway mark by the time I got to the finish line ol'John was chomping on his steering wheel.
Lane choice is critical at In-N-Out Burger, Anaheim
I'm hungry
@@TheGpono Why steal my thrunder?
@@dls951 He doesn't want your thrunder, he wants your thunder.
Meltdown? This is cool, calm and collected John Force. Hell, he seems as if he hasn't had his morning coffee yet.
That was pretty calm, for John. I got his direct IRE at the 86 Winternations. I was a scared.
Wow, how'd you win *that* prize?
Were you the Pennzoil race director at that time?
Scared 😱....., Really ?
Not just the greatest ever he also gives the best interview of anybody in sports
This isn’t a “meltdown.”
“Let’s go...right down there now!”
Station wagon weighed down by six guys slowly moves out while towing dragster by a shoestring.
With all the horns blowing I thought it was a traffic jam on the beltway around DC ❗😅😂🤣
Half a million dollar racecar towed by a late 80's Olds wagon.... priceless
Sounds like the interviewer isn’t a fan of Force.. When John said “I don’t hit walls”. The guy interviewing mumbled “Yeah right” 1:12
That’s Steve Evans interviewing John. That wasn’t the case really because he knew John was being sarcastic.
Sounds like he said “your right”
Thats fairly peaceful for John force. He was an extremely HIGH ENERGY guy.
I'm 6 months shy of 70 years old and have been a fan of John Force and his daughters for 30 years. The man is incredible. To me he is Mr. Drag Racing. Love you and your family John. THE Professional !
I will never forget a video I rented back in the 80s. It was a series called “and they walked away” Force had his car completely Disintegrate by the end of the track. Nothing left but the roll cage and the parachute. They film him as he crawls out. What now John? “It’s Ok. We’ve got another car in the trailer”. Lolzzz
Yeah I remember those days, and the days he didn't have another car, much less in the trailer.
To Big John and his crew, a big paycheck went up in smoke and so they'll going to be pissed. John Force is the ultimate competitor.
They ended up awarding him the win.
I had a drag racing VCR I used to watch growing up, all I remember of it was seeing Castrol everywhere and John Force dominating pretty much everyone who came against him😂
John - “I was over against the wall then off the wall”
Also John “ Oh no I never hit the wall” 😂
I always looked forward to the John Force interviews.
I got to meet the man himself around this timeframe, and what an awesome dude. I bumped into him in the mall - he had an on stage appearance and I was just at the mall incidentally walking behind the stage and recognized him. Spoke with him briefly - extrememly nice and cool dude. I saw him many times though the years but that first chance meet sticks out in my head.
I got to see John Force race at the winter nationals at desoto speedway in the ‘80s-‘90s. I got to see some great drag racing back in the day, I saw the 300mph run in a companionship at that track even. The good ole days.
I got to meet Don Garlits at his drag racing museum in the engine room when I was about 10 years old. I didn’t even realize who he was because he was just wiping displays down and keeping everything beautiful. He asked me what my favorite engine was and I said Boss9, 427 cammer, than a flathead ford. I grew up in a car family and engines always were my thing. Don gave me a laugh and said something along the lines of pretty good taste for a kid. By the time the rest of the family got to the engine room he had went in back, upon leaving there was an 8x12 photo by the exit of the janitor I was speaking to. I said to my dad “I was just talking to that guy” as I pointed to the picture & lady behind the register at the gift shop said “Oh yeah, Mr. Garlits is here today” to which my dads jaw dropped & he went back in to find him. We waited in the car for what felt like 3hours to a kid (it was like 20 minutes), my dad came out pretty upset because the man was not to be found. The thing was I told my dad in the engine room that I had just been talking to a guy I think I had seen before.
THATS THE FREEDOM FACTORY BROTHER!!!! wow never knew he raced there
He’s the Steve Irwin of drag racing GOAT
There will never be another John Force!
Its normal to get upset while racing, especially when the officials make a mistake. I boat raced for 3 yrs on the A.P.B.A. circuit. I get it !!
This is the tamest John Force video on the internet
Man, I wish more people had this much passion for their jobs.
"GET ME A F#CKIN MOTORCYCLE!!!" 😆Now you're talkin John!
Imagine John Force and John McEnroe playing a game of tennis...😃
You can't be serious!
@@CredibleHulk 😂
This is pretty calm for John.
I Met The Elvis Of The Asphalt, John Force In Bradenton Fla , People Flock To Him Like Bees On Honey, It's His Persona, A Real Cool Guy.
I wish John Force did voice-over work for children's books.
When you've lived in a truck....every win counts and is worth fighting for...I was raised on big trucks bracket racing and John Force!!!! We still luv ya!!!!
He seemed fairly restrained. I can’t imaging pulling off that feat of driving, then getting DQ’d.
I used to always love seeing John Force as a kid in the 90s. He always looked like he just came out of a damn Apollo space capsule that burned half to hell going through the atmosphere.
Met John Force in the early 2000s. Hell of a guy. Just a wide open stand up guy. In my opinion that "meltdown" was about as polite and controlled as I've ever seen. In a sport like drag racing, especially after a wild ride like that, I would expect much more hostility. Just a class act. 10/10 still my favorite driver.
Love it!! That's why I am and will always be a John Force fan!!👍👍
Back when you could tell people how things are and it didn’t matter how they felt. “Drag him down that track and tell him to show me the mark on the car!” Nothing but the truth
Back in the good ole days when cameramen braved the big end trackside, trusting their reflexes to make a run for it if a car got out of shape at 300 mph! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You must not race. That wasn't a meltdown, that was passion.
After this Nascar hired the official for making the calls on race team's for breaking rules
Love the channel. But the censorship pretty much kills this vid.
The good old days of John! He was such a cool dude. Met him at a race standing at the Porta potty, I insisted he go before me because he was next up to race as well as I wanted to see if his piss smelled like racing fuel lmao.
Sick Twisted Perv 🙄
The GOAT, love watching him then and love the legacy he has added to the sport.
The goat thing is out of control, but in this case it’s true.
On camera it may look like it hit the wall only because the steering correction was swift. It's clear there's no damage and hitting the wall would 100% leave evidence.
The man the myth the legend, john force has wrecked more 3 second cars than most pro drivers will see in their lifetime.
Imagine someone come out of nowhere and went...
"Actually there's a little scuff right here by the door panel"
The metal music playing in that ol' station wagon....🤘🤘🤘🤘
He was close to the wall but, John never touched it.
How can you tell for sure from just this video? It is suspicious that all other footage of the race was destroyed though, hmm...
@@punchline43 because there’s no scratch on it...it’s mint
@@punchline43 there’s no scrub on the tire fender the plastic windows aren’t even bent
@@punchline43 watch the video
Tell it the way it is John!
classic Old John Force that was the golden days of racing.
There ain't no "ah-OOOH-gah" marks on this "beep-beep" car!!
I think what I most got out of this is that John Force strongly feels that he didn't hit the wall. He mentions it one or twice.
Must say that in my 50 plus years growing up in drag racing had I ever imagined hearing such "snowflake" babble. Understand the amount of adrenaline and tension each time the car is lit, without even taking the funds expended per pass to run into the mix. Add points gained or in this case stolen along with sponsor pressure and you may understand heated reactions. If a little language offends you in a sport like this may I suggest something more like curling would be a better fit for you...and this was mild!
You've obviously never curled before...a lot of drinking takes place!!!
Steve Francsak His contract says he has to eat his shorts if he ever hits the wall. The guys in the front office of Castrol are laughing their ass off.
Well said sir
Ok boomer
They ended up awarding him the win. If they hadn't, THEN they would've seen a meltdown lol
We gotta see more of this. That's incredible.
CompetitionPlusTV gets a NHRA safety award for most creative use of "bleeps and honks" to clean up John's description of the situation.
Apparently whoever made this video has never seen John force meltdown.. Hell he has bigger "meltdowns" when he wins. Seriously
Love john force one of the all time greats.
He sounds like Chris Farley yelling 🤣
The pull car is the real hero here!!!🤣🤣
I must have missed the meltdown...
love John's french
John Force almost looks like the late great captain Phil Harris from deadliest catch. John is a legend
I remember this race. This was no meltdown 😂