BREAKING: NHRA great John Force shares a heartfelt message to fans after been discharged from the hospital
NHRA drag racing is fantastic. John Force has been released from the hospital, where he was undergoing rehabilitation for a catastrophic brain injury.
NHRA drag racing legend John Force has been released from the hospital after receiving rehabilitation for a catastrophic brain injury received in a violent, 300-mph incident at the Virginia Nationals last month.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday by John Force Racing, the 75-year-old has been released from Barrow Neurological Institute.
“He finally gets to sleep in his own bed,” one of Force’s children, Ashley Hood, said in a statement.
The 16-time Funny Car champion sustained a severe brain injury as well as other ailments, including a shattered sternum, in a crash during the first round of eliminations in June.
Force’s car experienced a catastrophic engine failure near the finish line, sending the vehicle across the center line and smashing into the left concrete guard wall before careening back across into the right wall.
Force will collaborate with therapists who specialize in traumatic brain injuries on an outpatient basis in California.
Force, 58, was severely injured in a racing accident in Ennis, Texas, in 2007. He has continued to compete at the highest level, winning his second race of the season and the 157th NHRA triumph in New Hampshire.
Brittany, Force’s daughter, has won two world championships.
