Laurie Force is a TV personality and also the wife of John Force. Laurie Force’s husband, John is an American NHRA drag racer. He is a 16-time NHRA and 1-time AHRA Funny Car champion driver and a 21-time champion car owner. Force owns and drives for John Force Racing. He is one of the most dominant drag racers in the sport with 154 career victories.
Laurie Force: Bio Summary
| Full Name | Laurie Force |
| Famous as | TV personality and wife of John Force |
| Age | 72 years old as of 2022 |
| Date of Birth | July 10, 1950 |
| Place of Birth | United States of America |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Children | Ashley Force Hood, Brittany Force, Courtney Force |
| Husband | John Force |
Laurie Force who has been described as the matriarch of a racing dynasty knows how to hold her own amid her prominent family members. Her husband, drag racing champion John Force, regards her as a tremendous supporter without whom he would not have attained his level of success.
While her husband was gone competing in races, Laurie would stay at home with their children in Yorba Linda, California, and play a significant role in growing them to be talented, well-rounded adults.
Laurie made it a point as a mother to attend every single dance, ballet, gymnastics, piano, and cheerleading competition, game, or recital in which her girls competed.
Laurie Force was very hands-on when it came to raising her three girls as a mother. She would attend all of their school events, and know that everyone in the family is into drag racing, she is their biggest supporter, being at the starting line, tracking point standings, lane choices, and their variables, and giving the family of drivers an earful when they want to express themselves.
Laurie trained for her license in a 165mph NHRA Super Comp car from Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School while she was in her mid-50s. She has won the Pat Garlits Memorial Award in 2016, given to a woman for extraordinary contributions to drag race.
Laurie was born on 10 July 1950 in the United States of America. As of 2022, she is 72 years old. She has a degree in sociology from San Diego State University (SDSU).
How did Laurie Force and John Force meet?
How did the two love birds meet and started their relationship? John and Laurie first met at a wedding of a mutual friend in 1972. John was an unemployed truck driver when he started chasing the young Laurie. Laurie belonged to a very stable family and was the daughter of a Ford Motor Company executive!.
They dated for ten years before finally settling down. After dating for a while, the love bird decided to settle down, The couple got married on September 26, 1981. John and Laurie force as still married, they have been married for about four decades now.
Their marriage has been blessed with four daughters, the eldest daughter Adria Hight is John’s daughter from his first marriage. Adria has served as the CFO of John Force Racing, Inc since October 1988. The other three, born to Laurie herself are drag racers – Ashley, Brittany, and Courtney.
Laurie Force’s daughter, Ashley Force Hood, who was born on November 29, 1982, was also formerly a Top Fuel Funny Car drag racer for their company John Force Racing. But she has quit racing to raise her children with her husband Daniel Hood.
Her other daughter, Brittany Leighton Force, was born on July 8, 1986, and is an NHRA drag racer too. She was the 2017 ‘NHRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel dragster champion. The last daughter, Courtney Force, born on June 20, 1988, is a former drag racer who used to compete on the NHRA tours.
While John is the professional racer, Laurie has always been involved in the family business and her actions have helped propel its success. Laurie Force was instrumental in the early stages of the family business, taking on a variety of jobs such as backing up the car on the starting line, mixing gasoline, and even drafting up contracts for bringing in sponsors.
“Somehow she always managed me…I remember my first contract that I had sent to Wendy’s Hamburgers, one of the first major corporations in America that I was trying to sign, and they sent it back and said, ‘We love you. We want you. But get someone that knows how to write this. That makes sense.’ And she took it from there. And we grew and grew, but it was her expertise.”- Laurie Force’s husband John revealed.
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