Nasty John Force Explosion/Crash

[Unholy707]

They haven’t come out and said what’s wrong, has the be blunt force and they’re making sure he doesn’t have brain issues and internal bleeding

 

[1971demon]

He was smiling being carried off, thought he was ok

his body was in shock..doubt he even remembers much of the ordeal

 

[1971demon]

They haven’t come out and said what’s wrong, has the be blunt force and they’re making sure he doesn’t have brain issues and internal bleeding

All likely possibilities...

 

[Bowlerguy92]

Really wish we'd get an update that's more substantive. The press releases they've released so far sound more like an advertisement for his career achievements than delivering any real news.

I saw him run just a few weeks ago in NH. If this had happened there, I would have had to stop attending live racing because I was also at the Ryan Newman 2020 Daytona 500 wreck. Will never forget that night.

My guess is John retires after this. He was so close to walking away on his own too

 

[MMissile]

Somebody posted somewhere, NHRA page announced his retirement.

 

[jroyk]

Somebody posted somewhere, NHRA page announced his retirement.

Glad and sad.

 

[MMissile]

Somebody posted somewhere, NHRA page announced his retirement.

Probably not officially issued....sorry.

 

[Boris]

Somebody posted somewhere, NHRA page announced his retirement.

He hasn't made an official announcement.

If he did, it would be everywhere.

 

[MMissile]

I was a force fan in the 80's..but haven't watched any NHRA for 10-15 years.

 

[Bowtie Guy]

He hasn't made an official announcement.

If he did, it would be everywhere.

I don t think he is talking too much based on this

I think he is done racing
He was talking about this year being the last year 2 weeks ago

 

[Keith Richards]

Force and John Medlen (crew chief and father of the late Eric Medlen) did a lot for safety for all of today's drivers after the unfortunate Eric Medlen death in 2007 which was a similar wall impact. That additional roll bar padding made to absorb harder hits and a tighter driver area had to help in this situatuion, I am wondering what went wrong as far as the chute never coming out with that explosion, was thinking that was a automatic thing now. Hope he makes a full and speedy recovery. The few years that I ran a national event in my super gas Challenger he was always personable and had time to shoot the breeze, great guy and ambassador to the sport and NHRA.