In the days leading up to the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season-opening NHRA Gatornationals, Brittany Force and her Monster Energy Top Fuel team made waves with an eye-popping test run down the historic Gainesville Raceway surface.
[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #193, the Interview Issue, in March / April of 2025.]
The two-time Top Fuel world champion posted a 3.644-second pass at 334.40 mph on the scoreboard, but it was Force’s eighth-mile time that went viral when her incrementals were posted online. Though it’s not an official record since it happened during testing, Force’s 302.69 mph was the fastest eighth-mile pass in drag racing history. The performance was a preview of what’s to come this season, and it earned Force and her team this issue’s PEAK Performer title.
This story was originally published on May 9, 2025. 
