*** You heard it here first ****

[66Fury3]

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Wow

Force has become quite a Force in business! Pretty cool that he can buy out a respected competitor.

Holy cow - imagine being born into a family like that!?

Imagine marring one of his girls..... :o

[Brian Lohnes]

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She'd be faster than you. :D

[Brian Lohnes]

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She'd be faster than you. :D

Prudhomme's PR dude, is claiming the info is bunk.

We'll keep poking around.

Brian

[68camino]

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keep on top of it.

[Barry Donovan]

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I am into the history of this stuff...

found an rticle showing that they won $100 savings bonds and free parts in the beginning...in the 60s

the nickname "snake" came from ed "the mole" donovan, he made aluminum racing engines (and still do)

the rivalry to wind things up had the first in history to be sponsored by other than car related business... a toy company, from there on out, it is of course big money... media got stronger etc. Must have been an awesome ride...it is only 40-50 years after all. nothing to infamy..

[BBR]

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Written by CompetitionPlus Friday, 16 April 2010 16:38



Recently there has been an internet rumor making the rounds suggesting 14-time Funny Car world champion John Force has purchased Don Prudhomme Racing?s entire operation.

?Just not true,? said Skip Alum, DPR General Manager. ?He?s [John Force] had some of his employees come over and look at one of our trailers. Force hasn?t bought anything.?

Force made statements last weekend in Houston alluding to youngest daughter Courtney Force making her way into Top Fuel racing. These statements have likely led to the speculation.

Alum confirmed the team owner who has purchased the most of the DPR inventory has been Kenny Bernstein Racing, and those purchases have been engine parts and tools. Former DPR employees Donnie Bender and Todd Smith are now with KBR.

Prudhomme announced his retirement from drag racing team ownership prior to the 2010 season and last month began liquidating racing assets.

?No one has bought any of the dragsters or a single tractor trailer,? he added. ?None of the big ticket items have been sold.?

Alum isn?t ruling out the possibility of a Force purchase in the future but for now, the conversations between the parties have been limited.

?Force hasn?t bought anything yet, that?s not to say that he won?t. We haven?t had any conversations with him [Force] other than the one trailer.?