2. Castrol John Force Racing Story Celebrating 25 yrs Early Days
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- Chapter 2 of 14 The Early Days - All Rights and permissions are owned by BP Lubricants and Belong to Castrol GTX, and the John Force Racing Team.
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I have seen John race in Kent Washington,a few times.Well worth the trip.Even if he didn’t let me have a autograph from two feet away. I sure he had a lot on his mind. Thanks for the showmanship John. 😎
I love hearing John's story but so few people have the drive to get to where he is now. I'm glad he was successful.
Love that guy, him and big daddy Garlics are the best. He is so friendly and down to earth, he talks to anyone. God bless him and his extended racing team
There is not another man walking this planet that could compare in any form to J. Force. Character, humor, drive, determination and heart....and he voted for Trump 👍
I love how you guys went from rags to riches but worked your asses off to do what you do your AWESOME
Thank you for all that you have done, thank you for taking the time to shake my hand ,Gainesville dragway
Just saw John in Seattle at the races have always had respect for the man as a racer now I have even more respect for him as a man who believed in himself and his family which is what we should all strive for
A good family friend of mine grew up in Bell Gardens, California at the same time as John Force. He is a little older than John but he does remember John in his early years in Orange county California. I grew up down the street from a famous engine builder named Vic Smalldino in Midway city in Orange county. Racing was all over southern California in the 50's 60's, 70's. True drag racing was born in southern California.
"Thank you Mr. Force" I took what you have and put into playing music and I'm not known for it, But I play with my heart and let God do the rest I love what I do and Happy as a pig in you know. I love you Mr, Force for what you are and how you are. Thank you from the Bottom of my heart. I'm just like you in what I do and got it from listening to you talk about your love of it. You are a blessing and an Inspiration. GOD Blessed you and he blessed me to see and hear you speak. Thanks again. Ronnie
Man ...John force life was the real deal on being hungry as the racers that all ready reach their plato..what a tear jerker story..good lord you really have to want it or your never have it.!......"SALUTE TO JOHN FORCE AND TEAM CASTROL !!!
John is just on of the greatest of all time drag racers & funny car GOAT.
That is what I call perseverance.
That is what life is all about keep going no matter what the odds are.
John, you are amazing & you crack me up constantly; I call it “laugh therapy”. My parents grew up in the DEPRESSION days & we were poor too. Mustard sandwiches; I can relate!! Wish I could take away your heartache, especially your loss of your dog. I know you got your log truck but it was really your dog that was your loss. You can always trust your pets; they never let you down.
I love this guy JOHN FORCE ❤️ RACING LEGENDARY MAN 👨
Year’s ago the John Force clan would stop in Boise, Idaho to race at Firebird Raceway’s Nightfire Nationals…The family stayed at a local motel near my house and would take a break and float through Boise on the Boise River. I’m sure the schedule wouldn’t ever allow such relaxation now.
Wow, I would've paid them to pack the chutes, mix the gas, etc.
I remember when I was working in Anaheim, CA, I passed by a privately owned auto parts store where he was signing autographs! John Force is such a giving type of person!
Go Louie! I love that guy! John is pretty good too. Great family
FORCE is a legend , just look at his daughters ,,,,,lot's of lean years to work through , EFFORT EQUALS REWARDS
Ever since first meeting him in 1978 Sanair Montreal, he has been one of my idols. The coolest guy on the planet. Scratcher!! PEI
Beautiful story of a bullheaded bad ass. And his brothers.
thanks for everything,John Force,
One thing you can never take away from him is that he is the best and has a demeanor second to none
I am a John force fan I love the force fans and friends there will never be a another John he is the best 👌 👍 😍
We love you John!!
I met John in the 70s in the garage when he had the sidewinder car great guy
Stay Humble JF, your a LEGEND🤙🤙
Greatest drag racer in history. Period. Austin Coil player a huge role in the success, but a car and crew need a driver, and vice versa.
i can not remember where i saw him on tv where he hit the wall the flames went out came back on hit the wall again flames out and back on and won mabe greatest drag racer of all time.one of the best race car drivers of all time for sure
OCIR I was there every race, John Force, Brad Anderson, Shirley cha cha Muldowney , Doug Kerhulas, Jim Dunn, Billy Meyer etc. those were good times!
Chuck brown 64 funny cars count them 64. Ocir . it took forever to get in and out. I remember driving through a field and then under the freeway only 2 lanes. Someone correct me if im wrong. The fog has rolled in a bit
Proud of the force family. Fellow Okie from a trailer that did good.
Aaron Anderson - Since John is a native of California, I'm not sure what you mean. I DO know and know of several Okies that did well or are doing well now in the sport. Dick Moritz F/C owner, Steve Carbone T/F, Benny Osborn T/F and F/C, Jim White F/C, Mike Edwards S/M and Pro Stock, the list goes on.....
Love the story, god bless
John force one of the greatest.
Why we say the good old days ? Because on those particular moments, everything was real and everything was true. No BS, no saying what people wanted to hear. We were poor but we were alive. Thanks for reminding me of where I came from. :D
Great interview Louie. 👍
And she stuck by him through all of this, what a woman.
I've seen John many times at brainerd bir raceway in Minnesota back in 2014 we were walking through the pit and John was walking to the outhouse to take a leak I said to John John we here in Minnesota we love you buddy he said come here and shook my hand and we had a short chat of course he had to go bathroom so I let him go... Down to Earth really nice guy. 🥰
thanks for putting this up it will help me keep my head up when i get a jr.dragster
Helluva comeing up story, gotta love it. Wish it woulda went into the Austin Coil days.
Love the man he is the best 👌 👍 😍
Louie is the man...
the passion and the desire', to keep on drag racing',! in his early days was amazing'! he probably still needs a wood block' under the throttle pedal', so he wont really hurt the motor. thanks
John Force a champion of champions NHRA Rock on
I saw John on Johnny Carson long time ago. He looked like he could take over the show.
John and Louie had the most fun as they were kids, and they are still kids........John use to love the fires as long as he didn't get burned......He would jump back in a burning car just so the Media got the shots they needed. He is a WINNER and it tooks a lot of years and Louie to get him where he is today. Laurey on the other hand was and is still a great wife , to put up with all the SHIT that he has put her threw. Now the whole famliy is a part of HIS DREAMS, You have to love the guy if you are a racer, even if you don't like him..........
I was born in 1973 March 3rd when you guys started building your first race car
Ive been a race fan since the 60's because my Dad raced stock cars when i was born. I was a young boy watching the Snake And Mongoose rivalry at Ontario Motor Speedway in the 70's when our Mother took us there. I knew who John was from ESPN when he drove up in a Castrol truck I was recently transferred to Yorba Linda working for Stater Bros night crew but i was checking it had to be a Saturday Morning in late 1986. I dont remember what i said to him to get him talking it doesnt take much and he will light up and make you feel like he knows you. I think i said i was a race fan for years...and he said something like "MAY GOD HELP YOU MY SON" hes very funny with spontaneous humor on this morning he was interested in playing match maker there was a cute young woman who had a intrest in me and he was matching us up in fun her father started a little company he called Family Fitness at the time 24 hour fitness later but she freaked me out because she knew my schedual before i did anyway he was paving the way sensing my aprehention toward her was shyness. He always has a intrest and concern for all the people who he talks to. John went on to OWN THE 90's litterally in Funny Car and owning local properties he and Laurie did some spec building my dad was also a builder at one time and after i became a realtor i did a property search at random i think it was 27 properties came up with his very cool name on them in Yorba Linda. Some time later my very good friend Pat was working in Yorba Linda a property a man was intrested in buying Pat was a cab 'll e electrician and the potential buyer he realized when he drove up in a white Jaguar was John...Pat addressed John as Mr Force and John quickly told him John is fine Mr Force makes me sound old and im just getting started....lol you can see how he relaxed Pat and made some people laugh. This is a cool story because Pat passed away in 2013.My dad and i went to a couple of his Christmas car shows with dozens of guys stopping and listening to what my dad knew about cars like one of those old commercials....When E.F. Hutton talks ....people listen...lol Dad knows his cars....and the entire neighborhood around the race shop was needed ..to many cars to see or count i wouldn't be suprized if it were 1000 at least 500. And as usual John talking to everybody as if we are his family...making conversation with people who dont know what to say to him...making it easy to not only talk to him but its easy to like him as well and one of those many reasons is John is consistant....what you see on TV is the guy your gonna get in person in public. In 2010 or 2011 Mat Haggan was dominating the season i was nervous about going to the race at Pomona if Haggan won the championship i was gonna feel horrible for John but if John came from behind and beat Matt i couldnt forgive myself for not being there alot of great racers can win again after a life threatning. Accident but very few have won another championship after a bad crash Niki Lauda being the only i can remenber off the top of my head.....anyway Costa put Matt on the trailer first round Matt lost by inches then Force won by inches and John now had a mathmatical chance..after round one someone said something to John and he replied .."just going rounds were just going rounds." In the pit something took me over i yelled at him in front of hundreds of fans....JUST GOING ROUNDS MY ASS JOHN !!! YOU HAVE A CHANCE AT ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP JOHN AND NOBODY ON THIS PLANET KNOWS HOW DO DO THAT BETTER THAN YOU JOHN !!! Come on now lets kick some Haggan ass !!! I was shocked i blurted this out but comforted when he said " this guy is starting to sound like my wife".....lol Laurie was standing behind him when he said that and i dont think he knew that which made it funnier......Later that day when John was so excited he tried to do cartwheels unsucsefully but he wass stagediving into the croud with his new leather championship Jacket on i said to myself....just going rounds huh....just going rounds.....he came from behind ..he won another championship and as a grandfather...i remember thinking that 60 has never been so dam cool i could only hope im that cool at 60 years young....Thats my John Force experience ..i call him the nitro cowboy because he wears some really cool boots often ......PEACE...
Terry Johnson John used people to get where he is and I know someone that helped him. When they finally called him out he wiped his feet on them like a door mat and walked away! He definitely has a good line of bullshit that pulls people in as I was one of those people, but after watching how he dumped on someone that helped him a whole lot, I realized that he used his gift of gab to use people. In the video they tell a story about when Ashley was a baby and they talked someone into giving them diesel, there is a chance that could have been the guy I knew. He owned a trucking company and would let John fill up his 18 wheeler every time he came through our town in west Texas. He would also let John and Louie sleep at his house. I watched all this go on because I hung out with them when they were in town as I was a small time drag racer. When shit went south he quit coming around and we were no longer welcome in his pits at the races when we showed up at the 1986 Winternationals in Pomona. In those days he couldn’t win a race to save his life, until he hired Austin Coil in 1985. Look how he ended up treating Austin Coil after Coil tuned his car to most of his championships. Nowadays his son in law has to have a “co-crew chief” to make decisions on the car because he is so incompetent. Oh well, work him or feed him as the old saying goes.....
@@trailerparkcryptoking5213 i realize any person cant go through life without developimg a certain amount of. Critics even when you feel you did everything right rthere will be a few who think hou should have done it diferently or didnt do it their way. I remenber watching a video about Dale sr # 3 taking ffavors to keep racing nefore a sponsor he said he thought they were bresking even when they werexactually going into ds.ebt.i remember thinking to myself how many of those people did he go back and actually square up with when he stsrted making some real money. Negore you wrote me back i looked up johns wealth and it said 12 million when scumaker racing is owned. By a billonare
... That sheik that Alan Johnson woked for had to be a billionaire and Connie had started a aitline to support his racing addiction. I do feel that Johns not perfect i wasmt tryong to sound umrealistic. I was truing to keep the text to a minimum om accused all the time my text Re to long even rhoigh they a= skort compared to e mail. Or a converlsation on the phone. One of the areas where i feel john could be is putting his girls in race cars....i feel the media loves to see women win but a fear i have is the damage could be. Done to racing of a high profile woman killed like force daughters....but who am i to specualate im just another fan....i do realize ecertbody is not perfect and thay line sgarts with me...tired
Love wh n John and Rob race I always hope Ron wins but John is the man !
Lots of us were poor.
John Force came to Hollywood Florida one time and I think Jolly Rancher was on it. I went over to him and asked if I could buy something from him. He said all we have is these blown up pistons. So I bought one. He told me that I don't know if we could eat tonite.So I told them I would buy them dinner . He would not accept. So I bought the piston.
Wish the would do a segment with Kevin.. ultimate insider...
randalljames - I've seen a few nice clips on YT with Kevin. Search a bit and you'll likely find some.
The definition of hard work & dedication.
His wife is a stone cold pillar of support. You can not buy that kind of loyalty! You got Lucky John. Your family is the pinnacle of what it means to be a family!
And not a good racer? You ever look at his reaction times! I would try and beat .3 seconds as a kid in the 1970's.. I did it a few times. Most the time I red light the tree!
Drugs have destroyed families today. Its cancer of families.
He is and always will be the man God love him he is the greatest of all time. Unfortunately I'm a Don Schumacher fan and I love DSR. But love me some John Force
Then when John hired Austin Coil, it REALLY turned a corner!!!
The Best love you John
John Force you're the best my man
G.O.A.T for sure
You could probably remember me John porch by Memphis. But I had you saying all those books about you
It's to bad Castrol and Ford are pulling out at the end of the 2014 season now John has to find some new sponsors I hope Mopar will help him out
The man says loyalty? Yeah Right. The first time Castrol runs into hard times. Ole jhon ditches Castrol and runs to another sponsor. Peak. If that's loyalty. It's not the kind I was raised up with.
Only the Grace of GOD in your Life John only the HIS Grace !
Coolest guy ever
I'm an older brother but, my entire life I wish I had a louie
If you don't like this then your on the wrong subject!
When racers were real .
💪J Dawg
#1!!!!!!!!
I've done a lot of free blame where I work and I've got volunteer work all my life. I love volun Terry work you get me to do something with your crew and everything I love it see if you can find a job for me. Voluntary on your your cruel. I love to work with you guys that love Drag Racing. I love it ever since I went to my first one in Memphis. I am, I'm hooked. Please help me out
John Force the best
What a historical family FORCE FAMILY LEGENDARY OF LEGENDS 😊
he almost ran me over in Norwalk Oh. on my way to a autograph stand he was on a little motorcycle
Brought to you by CASTROL Funny he never went to TOP FUEL Funny car Drivers > LOL
Valhalrik - What are you going on about? It takes A LOT of sponsorship money for otherwise limited budget teams to be competitive on the circuit. A Funny Car has at least 3 times as much surface area for those sponsor's names and products compared to a T/F dragster. Besides that, Funny Car is a larger draw than T/F at most any event. There was a certain major drag racing sanctioning body that completely DROPPED T/F from their program because the teams in T/F were rarely enough to fill a 16 car field. If there are less than 16 cars entered (15 to 9) means an automatic bye-run which isn't as interesting to watch as side-by-side racing and if as few as 8 cars are qualified, there is a complete round of racing lost. Funny Car continues to thrive although NHRA's management team has consistently devalued their organization's National events (for racers and fans) by making many errors in judgement while raising ticket prices too high for many families to be able to afford like they used to.
well john, you lost me there at around 3:25 good luck in your racing endevours
grosso moddo how did he lose you?
John force i don’t know why but god puts us in a unique life, i have 5 girls and some names you might know Morgan Ashley, Courtney Mae, Brittney Mae and Daphney Arlene? God bless all nhra people! William Rowland
Yeah, I think i'd love to have as A5X T-shirt every hour. I'm we've been living there with six sex but I can't wear a problem but I love to have it and also I had with peace on it
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as i knew as im a fellow disabled drag racer im like John Force as i have a hearing disability im gonna be like John Force as my funny car career was really be like his in future as a disabled driver in funny cars as i knew John Had polio thiswas my inspiration in my future career in funny cars as a disabled person he was my hero in this drag racers with disabilities as i see my career was be like his in future as i knew thiswas really be my future career in future as i knew John Force had a disability thiswas my case i future as i knew im getting thiswas my future career in funny cars as a disabled driver in funny cars thiswas my future as a disabled driver and tuner in funny cars as far i knew John Force was my hero in these regards as a disabled driver and tuner in funny cars as im really be gonna be like John Force in future as thiswas really my future career in funny cars was be like him in future as far i knew thiswas really the case for me in future as i knerw im gonnabe good in my own funny cars calllled the blue Brutus funny cars as these funny cars was be raced under the blue Brutus names in future thiswas to show other disabled folks they can do it in future as a driver and tuner in these funny cars in future as im going to prove the others was anbd are wrong about disabled folks driving funny cars like me with my hearing and intellectual disabilities can drive and tune funny cars as i have autism as well too im smart on funny cars as thiswas my traits in cars as i have autism i m gotten the gift of being smart on funny cars thiswas in tuning the cars thiswas the engines and the clutches as well too as i knew im very smart due to my Autism and intectuall disability i will be proving the other are wrong in my ability to drive and tune funny cars in future as i knew thiswas really my future career i funny cars willbe like that of John Force and the others as well too who had done this before me in future as in funny cars in drag racing in these days or in the older days of funny cars and drag racing in the old days of fuel funny cars thiswas my futue iin my first ever funny cars was the Blue Brutus a long line of funny cars in my drag racing career in future
R.I.P LouieTom very funny man