When Brittany Force completes her final Top Fuel run in the 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals this weekend at the In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip at Fairplex, it will be the end of a six-decade era.

The fastest racer in the sport has announced that she will leave the driver’s seat to begin a family. So, when the 2026 season begins, it will be the first time since 1976 that a Force has not made a run down a drag strip in a national event.

Her father, John, a Motorsports Hall of Fame member, made his first national event start in 1977. Two other daughters, Courtney and Ashley, competed in national events before retiring.

“I hate it. I hate it. I hate,” said John, who had to quit racing in 2024 after a horrific crash . “But I have two grandsons and a granddaughter. … So eventually, (the

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