The NHRA great, who suffered a brain injury in a crash last month in Virginia, is still suffering from cognitive and behavioral symptoms, his team said
NHRA Funny Car legend John Force, seen celebrating with fans after winning his 157th career national event June 2, 2024, during the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping, New Hampshire, is recovering from a traumatic brain injury suffered June 23 in Virginia. John Force has left a Virginia hospital to move to a rehabilitation center closer to his home in Yorba Linda and the NHRA great celebrated the news by taking his daughter for ice cream on her birthday.
Force’s car had a catastrophic engine failure at the finish line and his dragster slammed driver-side into the left concrete guard wall and then careened back into the right wall. John Force Racing said in a statement that the 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion is still suffering from cognitive and behavioral symptoms from the TBI, but has been able to converse with family and staff. He’s still prone to periods of confusion, but enjoyed Monday’s birthday celebration with Brittany.Graham Rahal, the IndyCar driver who is married to Force’s daughter, Courtney, said Tuesday he was watching the Virginia Nationals on television as he prepared for his own race in Monterey.
“There were just so many questions to be asked, what was his condition? And it wasn’t until really a day-and-a-half later that we started to get some clarity,” Rahal said. “But you know, this is racing, and as much as I hate to be tone deaf to it — because I am not — these things happen.”
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