There are many things at this point in his life, 67-year old 16-time Funny Car champion John Force never figured he'd have to do. 

One of those things became apparent on Father's Day when Tommy Johnson Jr. scored the Thunder Valley Nationals title and secured the final guaranteed spot in the $100,000-to-win Traxxas Funny Car Shootout, a race within a race during the Chevrolet Performance NHRA U.S. Nationals. 

Force did get back-to-back wins, but all they did was pad his wallet and point standings, and not get him into the high stakes race-within-a-race.

The ironic part of the scenario, Force was instrumental in bringing the program to the NHRA, and now he depends on his legion of fans to assist him in getting a chance to participate. 

Force is one of four Funny Car drivers eligible for the fan vote lottery. 

 “I have a great race car, and it just took us a while to get a win," Force admitted. "We are No. 7 in the points, and we got wins in Denver and Sonoma which were two tough races. I have raced in a lot of All-Star races, and I definitely want to race this year in this PEAK Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car.

“The competition has never been tougher, and I love being in my race car. These young kids led by my crew chief Jon Schaffer are working hard at every race, and I want to keep them busy at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals.”

Top Fuel and Funny Car drivers will rely on fan votes and random lottery drawings to claim the final spot in the NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout in their respective categories. The final position in each category of the all-star event will be determined in the next week and announced at the Fan Fest previewing the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals on Wednesday, Aug. 31.

For all of his political candor, often involving Barrack Obama and Donald Trump, throughout his fast-talking, often-comedic schtick, Force finds himself also pandering votes to gain extra ping-pong balls in the lottery drawing August 30, 2016. 

Force might not require a lot of pandering when you consider he's signed more autographs and posed for more photos than he can count. In addition to the race victories, round wins and record-setting No. 1 qualifiers Force has participated in 28 All-Star bonus races over his legendary career.  Force has won the Traxxas Shootout twice picking up wins at the inaugural event contested at the Texas Motorplex in 2012 and then two years later in 2014 he picked up his 8th Shootout win over teammate Robert Hight.  

Force has won specialty races eight times (1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2014). He has earned over 1.25 million dollars in All-Star specialty race prize money.

To keep the magic flowing, Force has even stepped outside of his comfort zone, which includes social media, to get the job done.

“I am learning Twitter and the internet, but I still have a lot to figure out," Force admitted. "Fans can vote for me on the NHRA’s Facebook page until the Tuesday before Indy. I wanted to make a funny video showing me messing around with my team, Courtney, Brittany, and my grandkids but that also showed what I am good at which is driving this PEAK Chevy Funny Car and winning races."

Force definitely has a better chance at driving a race car than he has of condensing a message to fit within Twitter's 140-word character limit.