Graham Light Clears Team Force of Cheating Indy US. Nationals 2009.

[@timothybutler9859]

I REMEMBER THAT!! I LOVED WHEN JOHN TOLD TONY: " YOU'RE JUST MAD BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER KICKED YOUR ASS!! " 🤣🤣🤣

[@deeremeyer1749]

He said my kid. Not my daughter.

[@davidgeorge1294]

Dunn's making no friends for telling the truth! He's the best.

[@larryhurley2314]

Mike Dunn would have did exactly the same thing if he was in the same position as John Force.

[@whiskeybuilder6335]

Worry less about who is losing races and beat the car that stages next to you.

[@tonivants82]

I go to listen and watch. There's nothing like standing trackside and feeling the ground shake, your head rattle and your chest pound as two 11,000 hp nitro machines speed by you. Intensity at it's finest

[@MasterChief-sl9ro]

Wait what.. they said John cheated because he picked the right lane over the left. Yet she just beat Pedregon in the right lane? Make up your damn mind!

[@YoSuey]

Because he drove out of the groove.

[@Jay-jb2vr]

@@YoSuey how many times do cars drive out the groove??

[@YoSuey]

@@Jay-jb2vrcouple dozen times an event

[@mjcmustang]

@hill monica how can you say that for sure? Plus, even IF he did, what difference would it make?

[@daveharryman6390]

.209 rt he cheated , deal with it lol

[@kirthooper4625]

Tony should have tried winning.

[@jeffcanyafixiy]

Knowing someone cheated and being able to prove it conclusively,,, are two vastly different things.

[@brianadams429]

Schumacher team Beckman had lane choice , took the greasy left lane that no one with lane choice took because it sucked. Of coarse he smoked the tires.....big surprise so Hagan won the title. Dunn or Pedragon didnt open their pieholes. If your gonna call John out on it, you should callout everyone. Sounds like Mike and Tony were a little jellous of John to me.

[@larryhurley2314]

@@brianadams429 Exacy !!!

[@wdsr5]

Didnt graham light say that the next 2 cars did the same thing in the same lane after the john force run???

[@jesschambers6551]

Right and why ask? Why not take 30 seconds and rewatch

[@timskiff9422]

John shut off the traction control

[@larryhurley2314]

What's Mike Dunn's problem ? If he or his dad were in that same position they would have done the exact same thing !!!!

[@ELVISRN1]

2 best announcers NHRA will ever have .

[@larryhurley2314]

Paul Paige and Marty Reed

[@guysmalley]

What you think and what you can prove is a big difference

[@Crazyjoker4650]

Three men around 70 years old are manning the Tech Center? What could go wrong?

[@guysmalley]

Crazy Joker what does age have to do with it?

[@gp75motorsports]

@@guysmalley And most likely these people have been around the sport for decades on end. If that's the case, age would make you _more_ apt for the job, not less.

[@Vergoso_42]

guysmalley look at this presidential election, no matter who u support

[@Crazyjoker4650]

@@Vergoso_42 I'm pretty sure the Tech Center is in better hands right now.

[@jakethejeweler3092]

I had the same thought, but all those dudes were doing was telling whoever knew how to run the system what they wanted. This looks to be right at the beginning of tech in sports, even now the only thing the announcers are allowed to handle is a pen that makes scribbles

[@lightningfastrc]

Of course John did it on purpose, to help his team and at the same time screw over Tony Pedregon. He got what he wanted, and he used a good strategy to do so. A cruel but good strategy to do so. He did what he had to to get the championship and his sponsor money.

[@redneckhippiefreak]

@Fire&Ice909 Pedregon is just mad cause he didn't win this round, Force handed Pedregon a championship 5 years earlier with the same Strategy. He wasn't bitching then, Was he? XD

[@aakar88]

John would have wanted Ashley to win the championship , if he raced and beat Robert, she would eventually have won the championship, lost by a few points thanks to John's blunder @ Indy.

[@daveharryman6390]

Graham LIght must not have seen the steering wheel data lol

[@johnnym1320]

Mike Dunn was one hell of a racer, he grew up around racing with his dad Jim Dunn, I think he qualifies

[@janedunlap2714]

yeah he was going to gain alot of insight from that computer screen. Force steered it right out of the groove

[@granttheobald4681]

Funny thing is we can’t see if he turned the wheel straight right

[@insulman100]

I believe Force threw the race but he did it within the rules and unlike Michael Waltrip racing team Force was smart enough to keep their mouths shut

[@Ultimate23Dragon]

Not only did you guys blow it here, but you blew it in 2017 too at the Vegas Countdown race when John & Robert did THE EXACT SAME THING!!!!!

[@NickyD]

they have blown it hell of a alot more then that

[@NightWolfmofo07]

Tony did the same thing before and no one said shit.

[@maddog9659]

When you look at the overhead view it's terribly obvious that right out of the gate he drove it out of the groove..

[@woodywoodlstein9519]

His reaction time is the dead giveaway

[@jimwoodard927]

I love the Forces BUT John Threw this Race . He HATES CRUISER .... That's RACIN ! and Life ...

[@ZWeinstein15]

@motox2202005 Why? because he called it like he saw it?

[@metou3072]

He said the race could be reversed...im assuming he meant both sides would get their runs tossed and there would be a bye next round

[@Stevonoles1]

Of course Mike Dunn and family have never had a questionable outcome in a race.

[@michaelrichter8973]

He had lane choice period!

[@ripwtc91101]

mike dunn a half-assed racer? are you serious? roland leong doesnt hire half-asses darrel gwynn doesnt hire half-asses joe pisano doesnt hire half-asses his dad is big jim dunn a veteran of over 50 years in the sport mike has those old-school racing values in his blood so yeah it does carry a lot of weight when he calls john out like that i love force but right is right and mike was spot on in this case

[@ScooterLee-ei1ep]

No he wasn't. Mike isnt is a has been. There are other vudeos that show John talking about his side that they didn't show. The left was faster but john was slower than the bunch that day. So he chose the right over the left as he had more data on that lane.

[@kathrynw3]

If you look at his past performances on the tree and when the car goes into tire shake exactly how many times do you see these cars head for the wall the usually break loose and the drivers shut them down and they roll through the lane

[@BSoBadd87]

I think john DID cheat but it can't be proven. I also think john knew beforehand that nobody would be able to prove it. That's why the race went down the way it did. No doubt graham light's gonna be keeping a closer eye on team force races from now on.

[@christopherrisden4057]

Stop multiple teams and stop this crap

[@Mike-vt6nc]

What happened to Mike Dunn ? Don’t see him anymore

[@tonypedregonfan1]

Ok guy below this first off you even know what sand bagging means cause how you used it in that sentence made no sense. And Mike Dunn is exactly right about what he said about John Force. FORCE CHEATS!!!!!

[@jayhickey5012]

He totally sandbagged it.

[@blackpowderfirearmenthusia3194]

You have to break the rules to cheat, and I didn't see any cheating just smart choices

[@rickyabney7650]

Exactly guess the ones that know how to play the game the best wins!

[@borismcfinnigan3430]

@@oldgoat50 11 months apart in age yet light years apart in terms of success....You are just bitter that he has been successful and you have not.

[@jamiewoods9222]

Looked awfull fishy to me too. JF is good but its not above him to throw a race. You take the right lane, when most are breaking loose and the left is favorite. Come on now thats a no brainer. He's been doing this along time, to know better.

[@vmaxes]

How did he cheat? Not understanding this

[@psycho42069]

A year later but oh well lol... He was racing against his teammate (and employee) and by losing (on purpose or not) Robert Hight gets a round win and knocks Cruz Pedrigon out of the top 10 in points contention and by virtue, the championship. Basically he lost on purpose to keep another driver out of the top 10 and guarantee his team's drivers all stay in.

[@michaelchalk6191]

So Force cheated by intentionally losing? Weird!

[@trailerparkcryptoking5213]

michael chalk YES!!! Did you here Graham Light state, “ multi car teams are not allowed to manipulate the outcome of the race!” Good ol John staged his car crooked (pointed at the wall) so when he hit the throttle and it shot towards the wall, he would have to lift and let his son-in-law clinch the number ten spot in the count down. It’s obvious to anyone who is not ‘star struck’ blind!!!! Manipulated outcome is classified as cheating by the NHRA!!! Yes JF is a cheater! Karma got his cheating azz when he went on a multi year losing streak and lost his major sponsors! Funny how that works! Every dog has his day!

[@Jay-jb2vr]

@@trailerparkcryptoking5213 Austin Coil and the Castrol team

[@ManFa_Q]

@@trailerparkcryptoking5213 Well, According to Graham Light, They looked at all that as well after all the drummers played that tune and found nothing but "consistent inconclusiveness". Appears that Karma got Karma'ed...John's still racing and winning today and enjoying life at 72...Another reason for Haters to hate and I'm not even a fan of John Force... ...All my [Drag Racing] heroes are either retired or deceased.

[@trailerparkcryptoking5213]

@@ManFa_Q oh he very much got his karma!!! He was the KING of drag racing up to that time period! When the money got tight and he fu*ked over Austin Coil and Coil told him to get screwed, the dominating KING lost his crown and has never regained it!!! I was personally around JF from 1980-1985 and have heard hundreds of stories straight out of his mouth! Force was a zero without Coil and never ever won an NHRA national even until a year or so after he hired Coil. When he hired Coil, circa 1985, I told Force myself, “so I guess you just got serious about winning!”!!! I knew Coil’s history as part owner and crew chief of the Chi Town Hustler and two time world champion Frank Hawley. Force was flat broke after a few races with Coil and called his psycho dad to wire him diesel money to get his 18 wheeler home from the east coast because he was quitting drag racing! Coil told Force that he would take $50k out of his personal savings to fund two more races because he thought they were getting close to a win. Well, they won which led Force to the all time winner of World Championships!!! If Coil would not have dug that $50k out of his wallet, you or anybody else wouldn’t even know who the phuk John Force was!!! Have you noticed Force’s dominance disappeared after Coil was gone? Sure he still gets a win here and there, just like any other racer, absolutely no dominance!!! Force is very happy, but only when he wins! It his wife and daughters that were at a loss because they had no husband/father to be their for them when life threw them curve balls! Lorie had to raise the girls by herself!!! Sure they had money, but money doesn’t erase emotional needs and other daily stresses in life! Lori was going to leave his narcissistic ass so that’s why he pulled all the girls into drag racing, to force her to stay!!! JF only cares about JF! Learn your history before you run your head!!! As far as cheating, if Force won that round against his son in law at Indy 2009, then Robert would not have made the top 10 countdown and like Force stated, he will do anything for his sponsors!!! He is one of the best stagers in history and pulled up to the lights and staged his car crooked, it’s on video and I watched it when he did it! You can no longer find the camera footage of the particular angle that showed him stage crooked, but it exists somewhere! At the hit of the throttle Force had to lift or hit the wall! Now, is there solid evidence of cheating? Of course not because you have to know the operations of his mind which is impossible!!! Did he stage his car perfectly straight thousands of times prior to this round when he staged crooked, why yes, yes he did!!! He knows he’s a cheater and karma snatched that crown off his big head after cheating!!! Force is a textbook narcissist if you know anything about narcissism!!! He doesn’t retire because his narcissism wont allow it! He needs what they call narcissistic “supply” which is constant attention, which racing “supplies” him with!

[@ManFa_Q]

@@trailerparkcryptoking5213 Ok, Ok, Ok, Dude...You're a hater, We get it...Dam!!! When you get through talkin, He was CLEARED of cheating regardless. He still got a team and enjoying life...Get over it! I'm not trying to read someone's crybaby novel...Get a book deal dude!

[@Over_The_Top-1320]

#1 Tell John Force was guilty of manipulation that day…. His SEVERELY DRAMATIC (physical & verbal) OVERREACTION to the accusation! Period !! End of discussion. Truly his (John’s) guilt and shame over having done it this day and many others prior (& after) then multiplied by the fact the person making it public on this day was non other than a guy who participated in the very same acts having benefited and forfeited when he was riding the Castrol GTX Gravy Train with Biscuit Wheels Man! They were in cahoots too MAN! So, in reality what your witnessing here would be a Whinny Hypocrite who just missed out on the “Championship Countdown” calling out the Manipulative Egotistic Legend of Funny Car Drag Racing who benefited on this day! :’) But rumor has it, Tony did win some cheese to go with his whine later that evening!

[@theonlysquirrelybird]

In the super slo mo clip at the very end, you can see him make 2 quick jerks of the front wheels to the right after the nose comes back down lol

[@iwanttobelievenascar241]

The day I stopped watching NHRA coverage. Funny car was my favorite category and Cruz was my favorite driver. Loved how John Force had to explain himself the next day on Sportcenter.

[@unclesquirrel6951]

Personally I blame squirrels

[@CaptainKeithMark]

Ashley is a smoke show.

[@Sub_93]

A far cry from Abu Dhabi 2021, FiA Formula 1 Championship.

[@melmiller9507]

What the hell is this all about?? Please explain

[@kevinbushracing58]

No.

[@johndieterich1605]

John Force made sure he lost against hus teammate so his teammate could get enough points to get the last spot into tge championship countdown. It's pretty obvious he threw the race given that he never has that bad of a reaction time and there is no reason why his car should have shot over to the right given no tire shake or loss of traction until after he pulled his car out of the groove.

[@Iwillnotbepushed]

John Force a cheater? Never!Does he know how to work the system and compete? Absolutely!

[@vincebella3328]

Mr.forse why did you do that. Shame on you.

[@GapedCeiling]

are we ignoring what the fuck was on the monitors of the media room? those graphics looked like a bad sci fi movie lmfao

[@sherrigaskin5656]

After further review, the ruling on the field stands. First down.

[@AustinG29152]

Mike dunn is cool

[@donpruett9194]

I'm a John Force fan from the beginning but I don't agree with what he did. That's a problem when you have multiple teams and sponsors pressure

[@johnnym1320]

Mike is totaly right, force drove the car out of the groove, end of story.

[@ScooterLee-ei1ep]

😂😂😂 John didnt grow up around it. He did make his own way and wasnt hamded the world.

[@ScooterLee-ei1ep]

Mike Dunn has had a probelm with every since he quit racing. Mike isnt even a has been. He is a never was.

[@shortywarn]

@pfriverrat i bet mike dunn has more runs down a drag strip than you,,,,,,,,,,, you do realize the motive he had to do it as well

[@josephbiddle8314]

Does it help the man checking the video has on a GTX racing shirt?? I mean come on!!!!

[@inspector29]

That was Bernie Federly, John Force's crew chief showing the computer results to the NHRA official

[@michaelwynne4346]

If you ant cheating you ant winning, back in those days it was rampant in all the classes till they made changes and they all did it.

[@homelessvetadventures7475]

Your right that guy that has his hands all over John should be fined ...on the streets he would be hurting ...

[@sidewinder712]

Ok go to 612 go frame by frame. the car is lined up slightly to the right....no tread and you can see its sudden....drive it out of the groove slowly john. he lined up out of the groove and turned right too soon Lol

[@joesmith306]

WahWahWah where's my milk and cookies

[@Engrphotog21]

Im a huge John Force fan, but he definitely drove it out of the groove.

[@AaYy0o]

Genuinely asking... why are they adamant that he should have chosen the left lane? They don't say it like it was just his preferred lane, but like it was a given the right lane was inferior in some way (like a track condition) and no driver in their right mind wold have picked it. If the lanes don't offer an equal chance of winning, it doesn't seem like it would be a fair race to start with. If they do, it would follow that he can choose whatever lane he wants for whatever reason he wants.

[@jsmith034086]

Ayo MazRotti the thing is that ashley won in the right lane lol

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Winner of the rounds always gets *lane choice* in the next round. Its always been like that.

[@xx1590]

Ashley is definitely her mom's daughter, thoughtful, calm and focused always.

[@dishrod3516]

I’ve not cared about NHRA racing since. Used to watch every event and went to several. Was a huge force fan before this also.

[@darwindwelle5267]

Follow the money!!!

[@davestinson5691]

Who cares, it's ALL about money. Most people would do same thing.

[@4HBirtcher]

When John Force ran his race he just hit slick spot on the track to smoke his tires!!

[@ryanmac8283]

And people wonder why street outlaws have such hi ratings.lol

[@wymple09]

If Tony just beats the car in the other lane what's the problem? Oh, right, he couldn't beat a girl so his ego is hurt.

[@garyhenschke7330]

Hang in there Bob Tasca lll 👆It isn’t over till it’s over 👆You and your team can do this 👆

[@mikewezyk4910]

As a team owner you do what you have to do to to win a championship. If John was cheating than so be it. Yea he drove out the groove, of course. I would sacrifice for my team so we can take a championship. Point is... Prove it. Cause if you can't than you might as well shut the hell up. John played this one smart and I respect him even MORE now. ;)

[@AB-80X]

That's one seriously idiotic statement. John Force has done nothing but cause fans to leave NHRA in the later years. He's an asshole and a cheat. You win or lose, not by cheating, but by racing. John did not play anything, he was just being his usual scumbag self. If what he did was legal, it would be in the rules, and throwing down a race being ilegal, would not be.

[@ScooterLee-ei1ep]

@@AB-80X he the biggest draw in funny car! You'll see more force shirts and hats than others. The fans love him.

[@oldgoat50]

@@AB-80X You ever see Tim Wilkerson or Jim Head's drivers or others I cant think of pull that shit? Its not the first time JF has, He has no integrity.

[@geneva760]

BIG FUCKING DEAL about shirts and hats you FUCKTARD.

[@johnfletcher1655]

Graham light decimated the nhra before he left.

[@davidgeorge000]

Dunn is right. Tony is right. In the end there's nothing you can do about it.

[@micheller8014]

This is exactly why there should be no teams. Owners with multiple cars should ruled out also. 1 man...1 machine...giving his all at every race or he will soon be out of racing. Teams/owners have ruined every Motorsport out here. Not caring which car wins as long as it's theirs. There would be much less controversy ...accusations..and make racing better all the way around.

[@recman1207]

CUBIC $$$.

[@kellienicolebrooksschettin6598]

I don't understand the drivers foot moved and he lifted or was late how do u look at a teams telemetry and say oh they cheated sound out right ridiculous....what's amazing is these cars are going 1000 feet spinning the tires almost the whole way with some thing like 10000horse power,if a driver reacts it takes a 200 feet of effect how are u gonna say,in less than four seconds,a one hundredth if a second reaction was illegal,in not a fan of either driver,I'm a fan of honest racing but its a apart of drag racing since bragging came into play u got a guy cover u try not to let him know...so what are u looking for in the telemetry,and honestly I it seems like you out of line looking at private team data....just sounds off.

[@agentk8263]

Real simple here John's average reaction times were much better every round prior to, and miraculously, he had a extremely terrible light which is very rare for him, and the car drove right out of the sticky part of the track into the marbles which caused him to spend the tires, it's painfully obvious whether you are a force fan or not, he threw the race that goes without saying you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that,

[@samhayes3785]

That’s why Dunn’s big mouth ain’t there no more

[@TmcIIIvideo]

“We’re watching three Fossils attempt to operate a dinosaur computing device....nothing to see here!

[@jkw427]

Dunn is full of it. John was in tire shake right off the line, shown on slow mo.

[@poolman8201]

Nah, he threw that one man.. I like force but he threw that one.

[@chadsmith66]

Force is not a cheater, he's a pioneer

[@mustangecoboosthpp3869]

John Force cheated and he knows it. Zero respect for John Force.

[@keithcoulbourne350]

Mike dunn is 100 percent right

[@augustattruia2067]

And besides, a lot of the teams do it

[@banger-fn6du]

out smarted by bad driving..wow you got robbed..wake up..cruise you lost ,get your shit together

[@keaganhandy9753]

John force is the best in drag racing nobody can ever top his racing team....stay mad boomers

[@Radionut]

yeah I was there that day for seriously cheated back pedal the car and obviously go to the right hand side of the line. It wasn't even a good thing it was a cheat

[@nomadictraveller8580]

Well some one does not appreciate. The be s t Nhra driver

[@Mike-vt6nc]

I was there to and the second after the run Everybody kinda looked at each other like do what? Did he just throw that race?

[@giangirardi1250]

Force já queimou o cérebro de tanto respirar nitrometano!!

[@Theroadrunner4261]

Force ? Cheater !!!!

[@augustattruia2067]

Mike dun never has anything good to say about john anyway, never liked him

[@augustattruia2067]

@@oldjim1078 mike Dunn for years always had very little good to say about john, sorry but that's how I always heard it

[@augustattruia2067]

@@oldjim1078 I get all that, but I personally think he never really cared for john, just my opinion,

[@marioortiz5740]

A win is a win peppergron, fix it!!! Don’t be a cry baby.

[@deantait8326]

Big whoop! That's what team cars are for...🤔 ironic Tony, now in Dunn's job...😁 oh.my Dim Light speaks. Fun, fun

[@monte61]

He still can do what he wants. No championship ever should count on one run. Dunn is wrong and never even one won championship !! Tony is a perpetual loser since he quit driving for Force.

[@markkanen3906]

thats true

[@feeshtacos]

Hmm is that why the pedregon have two championships ... Get your facts right ...

[@Reece634]

pedgregon is the biggest sore loser whining crybaby in the nhra. followed by ron capps.

[@AB-80X]

Reece634 Really? I think they have a right to be upset. Everyone else in NHRA are fed up with Force and his shit. He has his lips so far up the NHRA asshole,

[@UncleKennysPlace]

How ignorant. NHRA with the Force team is like golf without Tiger Woods: it just ain't the same.

[@CaptainKeithMark]

Smash

[@billhancock5698]

Im curious how much money may have changed hands to get that result. it was obvious that Force cheated

[@scotttipps8155]

How did John cheat?

[@cheesehead228]

Looks pretty obvious he threw the face

[@ryanducharme7505]

The Face?!?!

[@soldierski1669]

This is why nobody watches this. Take a dive to stack the deck.

[@robertrichardson9953]

He didn't take a dive

[@ManFa_Q]

Just here to see how many are gonna say Graham Light cheated!

[@stevea5985]

anybody can accuse of cheating , nobody was in the drivers seat , nobody felt and heard what he heard right ?

[@treyivey5431]

She just left him that’s all

[@havingfun1968]

John doesn't need to cheat. He's just won too much so he must be cheating. Same goes for Brady right??? They are both winners and I'm a diehard Steelers fan, but Brady is a winner and has the rings to prove it. Same goes for John... He's the Richard Petty of NHRA.

[@billylittleton3395]

Tony try buying a win