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it was January and I thought I needed to broaden
my horizons a little bit and kind of reevaluate
what it is I want to do. So I started applying for
job descriptions rather than the actual job. I no
longer looked at the location, I no longer looked
at what sport it was, whether it was for a school
or not.”
One day in January of 2016, she put together
11 applications, with NHRA being the first she
filled out. She got a call back the next day and was
hired three weeks later. While the poli-sci major
didn’t have any motorsports experience—other
than watching PINKS with her dad—a combina-
tion of leadership skills and experience gave her
the edge, providing her with a gig in the fastest
motorsport in the world.
After two years in Glendora, however, Slaugh-
ter moved on. Not out of a loss of love for the sport
or the job itself. NHRA gave her the realization of
what she wanted professionally, and John Force
Racing gave her what she wanted personally: to
be in a position to run PR for one of the biggest
racing operations in the world.
“I loved my job at NHRA,” she clarifies. “I loved
what I did, I loved a lot of the people I worked with.
After two years at NHRA, I figured out PR is what
I want to be doing. So far, it’s been a great step for
me. At NHRA, I was just involved in the media
side. Over here at John Force Racing, I get to be
involved with sponsors and I get to be involved in
all the social media and kind of have my hand in
a lot more different aspects (of the company). It’s
been unexpected, but it’s definitely welcome.”
While she will also work for John Force and
Robert Hight, Slaughter’s primary mission is the
promotion of Courtney Force and the defending
NHRA Top Fuel champion, Brittany Force. From
having never been to a race slightly more than two
years ago to being the publicist of one of the most
famous names in American sports, it’s a privilege