Courtney Force’s first love was an NHRA Full Throttle Series Funny Car -- the one her dad John Force drove when she was a kid. Barely old enough to walk, Courtney was hooked. She decided one day she’d be a driver just like him.

 

Now her moment is here. Instead of drawing pictures of her dream car in a child’s hand, she’ll drive it.

 

NHRA Full Throttle Series Drag Racing is contagious. Once one member of a family gets hooked on the sound and speed of it, others are sure to follow. Just like John Force and his three daughters Ashley, Brittany and Courtney -- all drag racers. Just like Bob Tasca III followed his grandfather Bob Sr. into the sport -- and now his son Bob IV is in a junior dragster, too. The story is the same for Tim Wilkerson,…