"DAD, I'D LIKE TO BORROW THE CAR"; John Force hopes his daughter Ashley drives 330 mph in the family Mustang.(2007 NASCAR FAN GUIDE)(Ashley Force)

Byline: BILL STEPHENS "We don't have sons in the Force family,'' reflected John Force when his granddaughter Autumn was born in September 2004. "We just have girls.'' The NHRA's all-time winningest driver was only half kidding. Force, the 14-time NHRA Funny Car champion, is the father of four daughters: Adria, 37, Ashley, 24, Brittany, 20, and Courtney, 18.

So when his first grandchild arrived, there wasn't a whole lot of shock around the Force headquarters in Yorba Linda, California, when the news hit that the baby was a girl. Had Force's offspring been of the ...

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