| Personal Information Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Laurie Force |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | July 10, 1950. As of 2024, she is around 74 years old. |
| What state did Laurie Force graduate from? | She graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in sociology. |
| Children / No of Kids | 3 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | American |
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Described as the matriarch of a racing dynasty, Laurie Force definitely does know how to hold her own amongst her illustrious family members. Her husband, drag racing champion John Force claims her as the powerful support without which he would have never achieved the greatness he has achieved.
- While her husband would be away with racing championships, Laurie would stay back in with their children in Yorba Linda, California, and play an important role in raising them into talented, well-rounded adults.
- As a mother, Laurie would make sure to attend every single dance, ballet, gymnastics, piano, and cheerleading competition, game, or recital where her daughters participated.
- When she was in her mid-50s, Laurie trained to earn her license in a 165mph NHRA Super Comp car from Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Born on July 10, 1950, Laurie has a degree in sociology from San Diego State University (SDSU).
- John and Laurie first met at a wedding of a mutual friend in 1972. They dated for ten years before finally settling down.
- The couple’s marriage date was September 26, 1981, & they have remained married for close to four decades.
- They have 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.
Famous Family Members :
- Laurie’s husband, John Force is a 16-time Funny Car champion driver & a 20-time champion car owner. He is known to be one of the most dominant drag racers in the sport, with a career victory of 149 races. His company John Force Racing is a multimillion-dollar business with over 100 employees and a 180,000-square-foot shop in Brownsburg, Indiana.
- His daughter Ashley Force Hood, born on November 29, 1982, was also formerly a Top Fuel Funny Car drag racer for his company John Force Racing. But she has quit racing to raise her children with her husband Daniel Hood.
- His 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.
- Courtney Force, born on June 20, 1988, is a former drag racer who used to compete on the NHRA tours.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- John Force, as funny and endearing as ever, 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!
- She has won the Pat Garlits Memorial Award in 2016, given to a woman for extraordinary contributions to drag race.
- As a mother, Laurie was pretty hands-on about bringing up her three daughters. She would be at all their school events, and now that everybody in the family does 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 sound out.
- Laurie has played a huge role in the initial phases of the family business when she used to take on numerous tasks – everything from backing up the car on the starting line, mixing fuel, or even writing up contracts for bringing in sponsors.
Saw a video of the 1972 NHRA World Finals at Amarillo, TX. There was a woman with Larry Fullerton driver of Trojan Horse funny car in the winners’ circle as he was being interviewed. Was that Laurie?