
Photo Contest
On New Year’s Day, we asked our supporters to submit their favorite photo from 2022’s racing season, and we received dozens of shots showing exciting action and family fun from last year’s racing & rodding events! Here are some of the images people submitted.
Winner!
Submitted by Seth Forrey
“Taken at the 2022 NHRA Pep Boys Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway [in Mohnton, PA], I caught the exact moment Brittany Force’s engine blew up in a fireball during Round 2 eliminations against Antron Brown. My dad, brother, daughter, and I all attended the event and participated in the Sunday morning worship service with RFC in the pits before the race.”

Honorable Mention
Submitted by Chaplain Jonathan Small
Praying with Shane Westerfield; it was the first run of the morning. The weather was beautiful at Lake Ming [in Bakersfield, CA].

Honorable Mention
Submitted by Valerie Roemer
“My husband and I at Pacific Raceways in Washington on July 9th for NHRA [Northwest Nationals]. If you zoom in, you can see the reflection of the track in our sunglasses!”

Honorable Mention
Submitted by Aaron Jongbloedt
I proposed to my now-wife at SCCA-LOL’s race at Brainerd International Raceway. I arranged for all the Spec Miatas to hold up on the pit lane after coming in from our qualifying session and told my then-fiance to meet me there to “take tire temperatures.” I had hidden her ring in the race car and proposed in front of the stands. (RFC stickers on the b-pillar on each side of the race car.)
Other Great Submissions!
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Submitted by David Thomas
I know this may not look like a track pic, but [my wife] Karen took the Citizens Fire Academy training to better understand what our local Safety Safari goes through. We have always included the track prep and fire & first responders in our ministry. Scripturally, coming out of the fire becomes very real when you have a very small taste of what these servants experience on a daily basis. Most local tracks use volunteer firefighters who are off-shift.
Submitted by Mark Ervin
Me with Top Fuel driver Brittany Force; she was engaging with the public at a gas station adjacent to Brainerd International Raceway where she was racing in the Lucas Oil Nationals last August.
Submitted by Chaplain Craig Ritschel
Multi-time NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car Champion Sean Bellemeur and his “Killer B’s” crew putt for par at Mountain Meadows Golf Course (Pomona, CA) during the 2022 RFC Golf Tournament in November. The Auto Club Raceway is seen in the background.
Submitted by William Abrams
Photo taken at Wild Horse Motorsports Park, Chandler, AZ. Photo by Jace Maynard Photography. https://www.jmphotography.media/ and https://www.facebook.com/jacemaynardphotography/
Submitted by Rick Chavez
Two of the trophies given at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, CA, last February
Submitted by Terry Krentz
My son Garrison Krentz and my grandson Carson (aka “Checkerman”). We race big block northeast dirt modifieds.