PEAK Motorsports Update- June 23, 2025
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- June 23, 2025
A quick "PEAK" into our Motorsports involvement and the results of related races!
NHRA: American Rebel Light Virginia NHRA Nationals- North Dinwiddie, VA
Monday, June 23, 2025:
Austin Prock beat teammate Jack Beckman in an emotional all-JFR Funny Car final Sunday to win the 15th NHRA Virginia Nationals amidst a summer heat wave at Virginia Motorsports Park in Richmond, providing a measure of closure for John Force Racing’s namesake owner.
A four-time winner of the Virginia Nationals and a 16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion, Force was sent to the sidelines last year when a crash at VMP left him with a Traumatic Brain Injury for which he continues to receive treatment.
A product of Force’s Next Generation initiative that developed a host of young drivers including Eric Medlen, Robert Hight, Mike Neff and the Hall of Famer’s own daughters, Ashley, Brittany and Courtney, Prock’s Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS stopped the timers in 4.061 seconds at 318.02 mph in the final.
Driving the latest version of the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy SS in which Force won twice last year before his crash, Beckman trailed in 4.071 seconds at 305.42 mph. The margin of difference in the 56th all-JFR Funny Car final was a scant 0.015 of a second.
In winning for the third time this year and for the 11th time since sliding into the seat previously occupied by Hight, Prock extended his points lead. When qualifying begins Friday in Norwalk, Ohio, in advance of the 18th Summit Racing Equipment Nationals, he will lead Beckman by 60 points and Paul Lee by almost a hundred (99).
Like Prock, Beckman, the number one qualifier for the third time this year, was committed to winning Sunday’s race for the boss. Although he was the 2012 Funny Car World Champion and won 33 races while employed at Don Schumacher Racing, Beckman likely would never have found himself back behind the wheel of a Funny Car if not for Force’s accident. With Force on the sidelines, he was summoned out of retirement to finish the 2024 season.
He did so in spectacular fashion, winning a pair of Countdown races and securing a runner up finish for Force. That earned him a full-time shot this season in a car prepared by a PEAK Squad led by Daniel Hood, Chris Cunningham and Tim Fabrisi.
Two-time Top Fuel World Champion Brittany Force was unable to capitalize on a number one start, losing to point leader Tony Stewart in the opening round. Despite her disappointment, Brittany moves to sixth place in the points standings heading into the halfway point of the season next weekend.
The NHRA teams now head to the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Norwalk, Ohio, June 27-29th, which will be the midway point of the season.
IMSA: Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen- Wright Motorsports
After a month away from the racetrack for the GTD class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Wright Motorsports returned this past weekend at the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen. The normally green and yellow No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R sported a familiar blue wrap, returning to the look and design used at the 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona during filming of the upcoming F1 Movie (racing to theaters on June 27th!). Although the team's race results were not ideal, it was awesome to see PEAK flying down the track at another IMSA race!
