QWhat about the pressure of the U.S. Nationals?  Does this win help kind of alleviate some of that?  Does it get a little more relaxed into the biggest race of the year, a little bit of the edge off of it?

CFYeah, a little bit, but I know I'm putting a little bit of pressure on myself because now that I've gotten a win, now I'm just going to push to try to get another one. Being that it's Indy, there's pressure knowing that my sisters won there back to back, two years in a row, so I'm a competitive person, so I want to get out there, I want to do the best I can. But I mean, being that it's the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, it's the biggest race of the season, and I want to do well.  I want to go out there, and I want to … I just want to look good out there.  I mean, I want to get this Traxxas Mustang into the finals if we can and hopefully have another trophy. But it definitely makes me feel a little bit more comfortable as a driver knowing that we have one win under my belt, and we'll just go into it the best we can and try to stay focused. The main goal is to really get into that Traxxas Shootout, as well as getting into the Countdown For the Championship.

QCourtney, how was it after the race, after the cameras were gone, and you had some time to spend alone with your dad?  Was he as animated in the coach as he was on TV?
               
CFI think his adrenaline might have dwindled a little bit.  I think he was so in shock and so excited that when we got back, I think his sentimental side started to kick in because he was just sitting there just staring at me. I'm like, "What?" He's like:  I can't believe you just did that.  It took me years to achieve that."  It was a very gratifying feeling, seeing how proud he was of me.  I mean, obviously he's still jumping up and down.  He keeps calling me like it just happened two minutes ago.  He's definitely excited.  It's great hearing him jump up and down like that.  It was a good day for us.

QErica Enders got her second Pro Stock win at Seattle. Courtney, talk about when you made that turn off and saw Erica there, what was going through your mind?

CFI think the first initial shock was seeing that win light. When I came around the corner, Erica was the first person I saw and, she was clapping and giving me a thumbs up.  It was such a cool feeling.  That was when I kind of realized, dang, I really did get the win; that really did just happen. It was really cool to watch her win the round right ahead of me.  I was hoping I could stand in that winner's circle with her and make history with her.  It's really cool to have both our names on the board for that. But man, coming around the corner and see that Wally there, it was a really cool experience.  But knowing that Erica had done it, too, it was awesome.

QTalk about the importance of having women in the sport and competing as they do with not only you and Erica but Alexis DeJoria and Karen Stouffer and some of the other racers in there and what it means to have a strong contingency of women racers in the sport. 

COURTNEY FORCE:  Sure.  It's definitely huge.  I mean, obviously more and more women are coming into the sport.  Ashley, my sister was in Funny Car, Melanie Troxel, having me and Alexis in the category at the same time is definitely a lot of fun, and having Erica in Pro Stock and females in Pro Stock, like it really shows that there's females in every category, and I think it's only growing, only more and more females will start coming into the categories and start competing and start beating up on the boys a little bit. It's definitely been fun for me and Erica so far.  I hope more females come in, and I don't see any reason why they wouldn't.