QCourtney, this is your rookie season.  Does this make it a success if the season were to end today?  Is it successful or are you looking for more?

CFI mean, yeah, it's definitely been a huge accomplishment for us.  I honestly didn't see my rookie season going this well, this early on.  I'm excited.  I'm very proud of my team.  I have a great group of guys and a great crew chief in Ron Douglas and Dan Hood, and I'm excited.  It's definitely been going well.  To be sixth in points and three finals and to get that first win in my 15th race, I'm very excited. I'm starting to feel a little bit more comfortable in the car, but I'm still learning.  I'm a new driver, still making mistakes, and still learning from them.  So it's only a matter of time. But I mean, I'm happy if it ended today, but I have so many more goals set for myself that I know it's only going to get better from here.

QCourtney, in NHRA you have females that have been winning and in NASCAR they don't yet, and obviously they want one over there really bad, but when do you think there will be a female counterpart to racing over at NASCAR who will win?  And do you ever get tired of the gender questions?
               
CFNo, I don't get tired of it.  I guess, I mean, obviously I'm the one that went into a male dominated sport, so I've got to expect it.  But over in NASCAR, I think it's only a matter of time.  Obviously Danica Patrick is running over there. I'm sure she'll get it soon.  She seems like a very competitive person, and I think it'll come close.  It's definitely cool that NHRA drag racing is a little bit more woman, a little bit different categories, and females are in so many different categories. But it's amazing to kind of be a part of history with two females winning in a pro class, especially    next to Erica Enders getting her second win and my first, and being next to those two other women that have won it in Funny Car, my sister, Ashley, and Melanie Troxel. It's definitely an honor, and I really think that more and more women are going to be coming into the sport and not just out there to race.  We're out here to win.

QCourtney, after watching your dad fight and scrap for so long before he got his first win, does it make it just that much sweeter to be able to do it so quick in your first season?
               
CFYeah, definitely.  My dad was giving me a hard time.  Right after that win, he goes,  "You know how long it took me to get my first win?" He was giving me a hard time. But I watched my dad.  I grew up in drag racing, so I watched him struggle.  I saw him at the lowest of lows and the highest of highs.  I know what my dad went through and how he fought for it.  And he really created an amazing team, and I'm lucky enough and fortunate enough to be able to work with those amazing crew chiefs and crew guys and fellow drivers. Yeah, I mean, it's really an amazing thing that I was able to get it so soon.  It really is due to my crew guys and my team and really everyone at John Force Racing.

QHow much more confidence does it give you going into the rest of the season?
               
CFIt definitely helps.  I mean, I definitely have a little bit more boost of confidence in myself as a driver, knowing that I am capable of getting that win.  Gosh, it sounds so weird to say. But yeah, it's definitely an amazing feeling.  I mean, you look at it from afar and you just think you want to get there one day, and just this past weekend holding that trophy over my head, it really shows that we can be a competitive team.  Our Traxxas Ford Mustang has been running good, and we'll be back out there.  I think we're just going to have to keep going after more and more wins.