The 75-year-old, 16-time Funny Car king will continue outpatient treatment of traumatic brain injury at home.
John Force, the winningest driver in NHRA Drag Racing history has taken another step in his recovery from a traumatic brain injury suffered in a car explosion and crash into two concrete walls June 23 at Virginia Motorsports Park.
According to a late Tuesday afternoon press release from John Force Racing, the 75-year-old Funny Car legend has been released from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona where he was undergoing rehabilitation.
Mike Pryson covered auto racing for the Jackson (Mich.) Citizen Patriot and MLive Media Group from 1991 until joining Autoweek in 2011. He won several Michigan Associated Press and national Associated Press Sports Editors awards for auto racing coverage and was named the 2000 Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club’s Michigan Motorsports Writer of the Year. A Michigan native, Mike spent three
Sending prayers I know first hand how difficult this will be for everyone. My husband suffered a TBI after having a vehicle accident not anywhere the speed of John and I know what we endured. Patience and compassion will go a long way.
