Why would she worry about someone else signing her license when she has three of the very best right there with her to sign them.

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GO BUCKEYES!!!

When Adam made passes in Daves car a few teams came forward to give encouraging words and to root for him.
Last year when Diehl was upgrading many top tuners went to the starting line to watch.
The people in the biz that have paid their dues support most who are humble and grateful.
Heck Scott K had drivers come to the start line to watch him in Grubs car.
Ashley Force can drive on an NHRA A+ prepared track and they even gave her lane a special application of compound just for her.....
Sorokin never asked for a lane inspection, he just went up there and went for it w/out special treatment.

I'm all for Ashley being in the car...
...if she can handle it.
I know many other drivers may feel like Ashley just isn't strong enough to handle a funny car. And that might have been one of the factors that kept others from signing off on her license. This is just speculation on my part of course.

You have to be able to man handle the car on most of the clean passes, nevermind one in which you get outta shape. I'm sure John has these same concerns.
I'm now of the opinion that Ashley needs to seriously work on strength conditioning, especially building some upper body muscle. Maybe I'm wrong, but again it's just my opinion.

I want to see Ashley, and John as well, succeed in this effort more than anyone. I also want everyone involved to always be safe & not get hurt.

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Nazgul
JFR Infinity

I nominate this for the post of this thread award...

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Gordon 'Flaps' Carlon
Work the solution, not the problem.

Well what did he say?

I get the impression Ashley believes as Melanie Troxel does. She doesn't want to be the best FEMALE driver.......she wants to be the best driver, period. I find that admirable! And it's one of the reasons that I think Melanie is an awesome representative of this sport.

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If you can't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them!

Even if she wasn't a Force, she is going to be excellent for the sport. As someone said earlier, she WANTS it, and I will add that she GETS it! Ashley is going to be a great racer because she wants to be a great racer. It doesn't hurt that she has all of the tools at her disposal, but i believe she will succeed as a driver.

She will also sound and look good doing it.

Personally, I think if anyone has problems with Ashley, its because of one word: JEALOUSY. She cant help it that her dad is a soon to be 14 time Champion with the backing to do whatever he wants or the clout to get the track sprayed right before she runs. If you were in that position Terry, you would do the same thing, that being taking full advantage of every opportunity you have. Force is NHRA whether you like it or not and he can pretty much do what he wants. Do you think Nascar would have ever told Dale Sr NO or gave him a hard time. I think not. Is it right to the others, no. But its business and in business you have to cater to the big dawgs.

I feel it should be Ash's choice.....not the fans or John's....the pressure of having others wanting you to do something that you may or may not want to do is harder than you can imagine...I just think she should make the choice...

KB

Give the girl a chance. If she wants to move up, she's going to do it. She's been a spoiled rich kid long enough that she knows how to get her way. If she doesn't want to, she's more than capable of digging in her heels and saying "No way Jose".

She can drive and she does appear to want to drive which is more than I can say for the other two. She may not be able to peddle right the first couple times, but she'll learn.

How is she suppost to know if she can race the car if she doesn't try . If she crashes or something goes wrong , then it's all part of the learning curve. In my oppinion the more seat time she has the more she will learn .