I Was A Quarter-Mile Mother

“The ‘mothering side’ of me took a back seat to the ‘racing side’ of me.”

As you’ve probably heard, NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force has taken a leave of absence from her dad’s drag racing team, and speculation is that she and her husband, IndyCar driver Graham Rahal, may be planning on starting a family. Courtney’s older sister, Ashley, retired from the driver’s seat in her Funny Car in 2011 shortly before her first child was born, and the third Force daughter, Brittany, the 2017 NHRA Top Fuel champion, may at some point follow in the footsteps of her two sisters.

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