My next guest is the fastest woman in sports
and a nominee at this year's ESPY Awards.
Brittany Force is a champion
drag racer and the record holder
for Speed in Top Fuel Racing.
And you can watch your race this
weekend in Kent. Welcome to New.
Thank you. Wow, for having me.
And let's say, oh, hey,
on that ring. Thank
you. It's our new one we just got for
winning the championship last season.
I don't know. Can we see that r?
Oh, there we go. OK Wow.
That is it. Heavy.
It's a little heavy.
Heavy as the hand.
Where's the the ring there.
So you've been coming to Seattle area,
to the race you're in this
weekend since you're a little k.
Yeah, I've been coming here sin.
Yes, I was a kid with my
sisters watching my dad race.
So he drives in the Funny Car.
Different category that I'm in.
I'm in a top field dragster.
But this was one of the
races we always went to.
We kind of have this western sw.
So it's Denver, Seattle, Sonoma.
And these were three.
We hit since we were
babies. Oh, look at that right there,
you and dad. So what was your ds
reaction when he learned that yu
wanted to follow in his footste?
Actually all my sisters kind
of followed in his footsteps.
So my my oldest sister,
my younger sister,
both stepped out of the seat.
They started a family.
Both have two little girls, 2 little boys.
So I started families.
But we all kind of got into it, you know,
when we were 1617 getting licensed in it,
just a streetcar, we got licensed in it.
Super comp, dragster. And
honestly, he wasn't, as one doe.
He was more against
the idea of it.
He didn't want us going in that direction.
We thought he'd be excited abou.
But he always joked that he wand
boys and he got all these girlsd
we ended up falling in his foot.
But he was very cautious of it.
Just because, you know,
the sport can have danger,
you know can be dangerous.
The territory,
it's it's it's out there.
It can get you.
But very supportive once
we locked in and we knew
that's what we wanted to do.
So what is it like to go, and I
want to get this right, 338 mph,
yeah. So I hold the the national speed
record and the really cool thins
that my home racetrack in Pomona, CA.
So that's another very special k
to me and we did it last season
with our Monster Energy team 33.
So we hold the national speed record.
It's like being strapped to a rocket,
you can't compare it to anythin.
I mean it's less than 4 seconds
down 1000 foot drag strip,
it's 11,000 horsepower within te
first second of our launch it's
about 6G's on your body and then
you feel negative G's when you
throw the shoots at the top end.
So the chutes, they slow you do.
Yeah. But you feel that drag.
Oh yeah. When you throw them.
Sometimes throwing the chutes o,
depending on the timing of when you throw,
pull your foot off the throttle pedal,
throw the chutes.
Sometimes that's more
intense than the launch,
just because it's you're you're
going One Direction now,
you're going the other directiod
it hits you like a ton of brick.
Is driving a car really boring? It can't be.
No, I'm kidding.
Completely different.
The atmosphere, so different.
I mean, I we're about 20.
£5 of gear in my car and
I'm in there so tight that,
you know, driving a streetcar
is completely different,
much more space in there.
You are only the second woman ever to
hold the Top Fuel racing world title.
How does drag racing go about tn
attracting more women and fans?
I think you know one of.
The best parts of my job is thes
that I get to interact with and meet.
And a lot of them are little ki.
And I always have tried to, you know,
be a good role model in the spot
for these younger generations cg
up or or people, you know, my a.
And I, like I said,
I have a lot of kids out at my ropes.
When I go out to sign autograph,
you know, between rounds or aft,
you know, after an event,
I'll go out and sign autographs.
And a lot of them have told me,
like, I want to be a race
car driver because of you.
So that's really special to me.
I hold that very dearly.
But kids could start young.
I mean, I started in the Super
comp division when I was 17.
You could start as little as lie
7 years old in junior dragsters.
So my nieces and nephews are all
doing junior dragsters right no.
So look,
there really is a place that you could
build from it to get to where Im
right now in the top field cate.
The Generations, thank you so m.
I love that you and your father
are still racing together,
so best of luck to you this weekend then.
In the NHRA Northwest,
Nationals are this Friday throuh
Sunday at Pacific Raceways in K.
Every ticket is a pit pass where fans
have direct access to the teams.