Adria Force Hight, the only child from John Force's first marriage and one of the first employees of John Force Racing, died April 28, 2026, at age 56. She was a central figure in the team her family built, helping turn a family operation into one of the most successful in motorsports.
Born June 4, 1969, in Huntington Park, California, and raised in Huntington Beach, Hight became the team's chief financial officer and a foundational pillar inside the organization. She also was the fun big sister to Ashley, Brittany and Courtney, the three younger sisters who went on to become NHRA drivers in their own right.
Her life crossed racing, business and music. Hight sang and played tambourine in Mad Man Billy, recorded CDs, and played car shows and local restaurants. She also founded Civil Defense Music, adding another line to a career that never fit neatly inside one role.
Hight shared a daughter, Autumn, with her former husband Robert Hight, and she traveled to race weekends with her to watch and cheer for their teams in the NHRA series. She later moved to Indiana with her fiancé Jimmy in part to be closer to Autumn, even buying a motor home so she could travel with her to Super Comp races.
The loss lands hard because Hight was more than a family name in the pits. John Force once said, 'I failed as a father, miserably. But drag racing, NHRA, brought them all home to me.' In Hight's case, that bond helped define the team itself, and her daughter now carries the same racing pull she did.
What comes next is a family and a team forced to carry on without one of the people who helped make both possible. For John Force Racing, Hight's death removes an architect, not just a relative.
