NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

With more than four decades of Funny Car racing beneath his safety belts and being “on fire from here to Australia,” few people are more qualified to provide a list of their favorite Funny Cars than John Force.

The 16-time NHRA Mello Yello Series champ, who began his career in a series of under-funded, unreliable entries in the mid-1970s, suffered the frustration of nine national event runner-ups before scoring his first win more than a decade later, yet went on to become the biggest name and biggest winner in class history, has seen it all, from match races across the country against local heroes to the high-stakes world of championship drag racing.

The vociferous 143-time victor, of course, could not restrict his list to just five cars, name-checking owners like Joe Pisano, Raymond Beadle and the Blue Max, the Condit brothers' L.A. Hooker, Don Prudhomme and Tom McEwen, the Chi-Town Hustler, Ed "the Ace" McCulloch, and “Jungle Jim” Liberman in his list.