Twice is nice for Brittany Force.

The veteran Top Fuel driver added her second Top Fuel world championship to her resume, thanks to advancing to the semifinals of the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif., on Nov. 13.

Force, who also won a world title in 2017, edged Antron Brown by 62 points for the coveted championship.

Force season included five race wins, 10 No. 1 qualifiers, and the fastest speed of all time.

“The season has been outstanding for us. I've said that. Actually, coming into the season, I said this is going to be one of the toughest seasons yet with the competition that's out there,” Force said. “All season long, we pretty much carried that No. 1 and then we lost it for a little while, we gained it back. And then going into the Countdown, finally going into the countdown, what we've been preparing for all season long, for the last few years, we just started to slip. We started to lose our step, lose our footing.

“And it was almost like this championship that I felt we were so close to; we were starting to lose. And we turned it around the last couple races, we did great in Vegas, got a win there, brought us up, and then gaining points in qualifying here this weekend really helped us out. And coming in this weekend, we got back in that lead only by seven points, but it was a great weekend for us. To come out here and I don't even know how many points we ended up gaining in qualifying, but it was enough to put us out ahead. So, when we won that first round, it was over.”

On Sunday, Force defeated Steve Chrisman and Clay Millican before falling to her teammate and eventual race winner Austin Prock in the semis.

“Sitting in that car for as long as I was in there was painful,” said Force about drivers smoking their tires and getting upset in first round. “You want to get in and you're pumped and you're ready to go and you're belted in, pull your belts down, you're staring down that track, and then there's just this long pause. And you're waiting, and you're amped up, and you're about shaking, you're ready to go and you got to calm yourself down, bring everything back down, and take a breath for a second. And then you got to amp it back up when they say, ‘It's time to go.’ So that's tough to do. It's a tough position to be in, but we figured it out. And once these cars (get) started... Well, (then we are) focusing on doing what we do every single weekend.

“Yeah, I saw them go out and yeah, there was that instant like, ‘Oh shoot.’ And I know (her crew chief David) Grubnic was... All of us were feeling that right there. First round is always the toughest one. There's something about first round that is just... I mean, it's tough to go up there, pull up there, because once you get in the mix, once you get going, you're pumped, you're ready, you're motivated, but something about first round is so tough. So, I was sick sitting up there, and then it just got delayed longer and longer, but we turned a win light on. So that was the most important thing.”

Championship contenders Justin Ashley, Mike Salinas and Steve Torrence, the reigning four-time world champ, all lost in the first round Sunday.

“Yeah, I stood at the top end and watched every single car go down,” Force said. “And I can't believe the way this whole thing unfolded, I thought it would be different, but it worked in our favor. We were still ahead enough that we had enough points coming in this weekend and even in qualifying, we were able to stay out ahead.”

Brittany Force won the 22nd world championship for John Force Racing. John, her father, has 16 nitro Funny Car world titles, Robert Hight has three Funny Car championships and Tony Pedregon one.

“I think I'm still in the excitement of it all. It doesn't feel real yet,” Brittany said. “When I walked up, when we were standing at the top end, and they said, ‘You're the Top Field Champion,’ and I went up on stage, it was a very surreal moment. But looking back on our last championship, it's funny, we came out of Vegas, we went to the finals, I lost in the final on a red light. So, this season around, we won on a hole shot. So, I came into this weekend feeling a little bit ahead of myself.”

Force ended the season with a 42-17 elimination-round record.\

“I'll tell you, Vegas, until Pomona, was the longest week of my life,” she said. “I just had a gut ache. I felt sick and it was like this weekend couldn't get here quick enough and it just drug on. And once I finally got out here and I got with my team and we warmed up the car, it was kind of just this calm feeling I had and suddenly those nerves I'd been carrying all week long, all season long, since this Countdown began, kind of just calmed down. I felt like, ‘Okay, look at our season. We've had a great season with this entire team, and I feel Ok going into race day, going into this weekend."

Force had a magical season, but she couldn’t pinpoint her most memorable moment because there were so many moments.

“I think it's just overall lumping our whole season together,” she said. “It was such a strong season, start to finish. Right out of the gate, we came out strong, five wins, 10 No. 1 qualifiers, the Vegas national mph record. Oh, I'm sorry. No, that was St. Louis, then we did it here in Pomona. I'm mixing it all up. But just the records we set, track records, national records, wins. Just an incredible season for us, comparing it to last season, way ahead of ourselves, and just came into this weekend feeling confident and feeling strong.”

Brittany acknowledged reaching the summit in NHRA’s Top Fuel class is no easy feat.

“The competition I feel gets tougher every single season,” she said. “Coming into this season, I knew it was going to be tough, and to be standing up on the stage this morning with all those drivers up there. And how close our points were, that was the biggest thing. We knew it was going to come down to Pomona. We weren't going to be able to lock it up early. Nobody was. We knew it was going to come down to not just two drivers, but there's a handful of us that could still win this thing. That just shows you how close everybody is. Anything could happen, anything could change coming into Pomona, and it could be anybody's win. Just to look down the line and look at all the tough competitors and how we battled it out all season long and now we are standing there. It was cool to be in the moment, in the hunt for it, all of us. And we were just lucky enough that we got there first.”

Force also was quick to praise her crew chief Grubnic, who is celebrating his first world title.

“It's pretty cool because looking at my entire team, I think only one has won a championship. Every single one of them, this was a first championship for them,” she said. “So, it's so cool to share that with them. Just outstanding. When I came back to the pits after we were crowned champion, I came back, we were screaming, hollering, jumping up and down, excited, and went in and had a conversation with Grubnic and Mac (Savage), and just surreal. Such a surreal moment. And Grubnic will tell you right here, speaks of his personality. I go in and I'm pumped-up screaming, ‘Can you believe we, did it?" Hugging him and just over the moon about winning.’

“And he's smiling, nodding, ‘Yeah, good job, good job.’ And then he goes, ‘Are you done yet? We got a race to win.’ And I'm like, ‘Are you kidding? Can you let me enjoy this right now?’ And then the guy said, they came out earlier when they were hollering and cheering, ‘Okay, go back to work. We got to win a race.’ And that's this team. That's David Grubnic. We're not done until it is over. And we still had a shot to go rounds and win this race. Luckily my teammate did it. So, we're very proud of him to share the winner's circle with him. But that just gives you a little insight about Grubnic.”