YORBA LINDA — The fastest driver in the world still can’t outrun the fact of the matter: Women can have it all, but not all at once.

“People want to make it a fairy tale that you can do whatever you want,” said Ashley Force, one of three daughters, along with Brittany and Courtney, who took after their dad, the drag racing icon John Force. “But, well, life is life.”

Ashley and I were talking Thursday, during an event at the family’s whimsical, museum-like headquarters in Yorba Linda, about one of her younger sisters, Brittany Force.

She’s the most accomplished driver among them, becoming the winningest woman in the sport’s history earlier this month when she secured her 19th victory to surpass Shirley Muldowney.

Brittany is a two-time NHRA Top Fuel champion and “Queen of Speed,” the

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