Ashley Force Hood is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on November 29, 1982 in Yorba Linda, California, United States. The first woman to earn a win in Top Fuel Funny car racing; defeated her father in the final round at the NHRA Summit Southern Nationals.
Her father is 15-time NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car national champion John Force.
Force attended Esperanza High School in Anaheim, CA, where she was a cheerleader. In 2003, Force graduated from California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) with a B.A. in communications with an emphasis in television and video. In 2007, she was voted as the Hottest Athlete by an AOL Sports Poll, beating out favorites Tom Brady and Danica Patrick.
As a Top Alcohol Dragster rookie in 2004, she won three of the season’s final five races, including the 50th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis, and the season-ending Automobile Club of Southern California event at Pomona, where she shared the winners’ circle with her father—NHRA’s first ever father-daughter winners. She finished the year fourth in national driver points.
Her son Jacob was born in August 2011.
