The legendary drag racing driver for the NHRA, John Force, has been released from the hospital where he was receiving treatment for a traumatic brain injury he sustained in a fiery crash that occurred at 300 mph at the Virginia Nationals last month.
John Force Racing released a statement on Tuesday stating that the 75-year-old was discharged from the Barrow Neurological Institute.
“He at last will rest in his own bed,” Ashley Hood, one of Power’s little girls, said in the explanation. During the first round of eliminations for Funny Car in June, the 16-time champion was involved in a crash that resulted in a traumatic brain injury in addition to other injuries, including a fractured sternum.
At the finish line, Force’s car experienced a catastrophic engine failure, sending it across the center line and into the left concrete guard wall before slamming back into the right wall.
Force will collaborate with therapists in California who are trained to treat traumatic brain injuries in outpatient settings. Force, then 58, sustained serious injuries in a racing accident in Ennis, Texas, in 2007.
He has continued to race at the highest level, securing his 157th NHRA victory and his second victory of the season in New Hampshire. Brittany Force, Force’s daughter, has won the world title twice.
