Imagine this, what if the No. 2 career home run hitter, iconic Hank Aaron, claimed he could outhit the No. 1 home run hitter Barry Bonds, when he was in the twilight years of his career.

As one can imagine, Bonds might be inclined to call out Aaron. 

Now imagine a drag racing scenario involving longtime retired Funny Car icon Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and 16-time NHRA champion John Force. 

Prudhomme, reportedly while shooting a commercial for the Texas Motorplex, made mention he could get his own car and outrun the "old man."

Well, the old man did not take the tongue-in-cheek comment softly. Last Thursday evening at the tenth annual Eric Medlen Nitro Night Charity Dinner in Sonoma, Ca, Force had a "call out" moment of his own. 

Force, while on stage answered the challenge, "Hey Snake I'll put up some money, your business partner can put up $25K, and I'll put up $25K, and we will donate the money to Bruton's Speedway Children's Charities.  I told him that I'd love to race him again."

Force is dead serious.

"If he wants to race then we'll get it done and see where it goes from here," Force said. "He started it, and all I did was respond.  He really does believe he can whip me. Maybe he can."

The match could go a long way for Force to add to his record against the four-time NHRA champion Prudhomme. 

Force, often the punching bag for the drag racing legends early in his career, actually holds an 8-6 advantage over Prudhomme in head-to-head races up until 1990. 

Their battle could be a semi-final match to see who races a driver who never took rejection well during his career. 

Always the opportunist, Ed McCulloch, who was NHRA's Funny Car Legend for the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals, said he would love to race the winner. 

McCulloch, who retired from driving in 1994 and tuning at the end of 2010, is better known for his ability to land a right hook than winning the NHRA U.S. Nationals six times during his illustrious career. 

"When they are done, tell them I am waiting to run the winner," McCulloch said. "If they can do it, I can do it."

All of this talk is for naught unless Prudhomme answers the challenge. 

“He’d better get more than $25,000, if he wants to race me,” Prudhomme said with a smile.