Adria Force Hight, Key Figure in John Force Racing, Dies at 56
Adria Force Hight, the oldest daughter of 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force, has died. She was 56.
John Force Racing introduced his passing by way of social media.
Adria joined the household drag racing enterprise, turning into one of many first staff of John Force Racing after graduating from Huntington Beach (California) High School. She performed an instrumental function in constructing the group from the bottom up, dealing with all the pieces from answering telephones and promoting T-shirts out of the race trailer, to ultimately serving as CFO of one of many winningest groups in motorsports historical past.
Adria is survived by her daughter Autumn Hight (Nathan Prose), mom Lana Starks, father John (Laurie Force), fiancé Jimmy Collins, siblings Ashley (Daniel Hood), Brittany (Bobby Lyons) and Courtney (Graham Rahal), and nieces and nephews. Also surviving are a number of aunts, uncles, cousins, and prolonged household and pals. Adria was preceded in loss of life by her grandparents Gracey and CN Bonee and Betty and Bill Force. In honoring (*56*) needs, personal providers might be held. Her burial will observe in Roselawn Memorial Park in Terre Haute, Indiana. There might be a celebration of her life later in the yr in California.
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