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| | No. 2: John Force |
 | | In 1992, he hired Bernie Fedderly to work with Coil; in 1996, John Medlen was brought in to oversee a second team headed by talented driver Tony Pedregon; and this season, Jimmy Prock was selected as crew chief for a third car driven by Gary Densham. |
 | | Nevertheless, Force attributes all his success, which includes 113 victories as car owner, to his late uncle, Gene Beaver, who encouraged him to hire Coil, a decision that Force briefly questioned when Coil initially failed to end a series of final-round frustrations that extended to nine events. |
 | | "One way to measure John's importance to racing in today's automotive sports industry is by listening to some of the NASCAR stars during interviews, quoting a few of John's spontaneous, off-the-wall, genuinely philosophical, comedic remarks." -- John Raffa |
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