There’s no NHRA nitro Funny Car driver who compares to the legendary John Force.

Force has won 16 world championships and 153 national events, both NHRA records.

Force addressed with Competition Plus a recent $10,000 fine he received from NHRA.

“They have rules, and you have to stay within the rules, and I guess we went a little bit outside,” Force said. “We call it a ticket and fix it. It was no big deal. I’m not going to get into the debate. They make the rules and we read the rules wrong or whatever we did. They didn’t like it and we changed it and it didn’t affect us.”

On July 9, 2021, NHRA issued the following statement, The NHRA Tech Department has fined John Force Racing $10,000 for making unauthorized modifications to an approved part. It was discovered that injector hats had been altered from their original state.  The fine must be paid in full before being allowed to participate at any future NHRA events.

Force was quick to admit he didn't go into Denver looking for any kind of redemption.

“I want to win always, not just because somebody says something,” Force said. “A lot of things go on out here and we feel like we weren’t wrong, but they said we were wrong, so that’s the rule. So, I guess we were wrong, so we fixed it and we will move on.”