In partnership with Graham Rahal Performance and The Graham and Courtney Rahal Foundation, John Force Racing has revealed a new charitable endeavor.
The collaboration will continue until the 2025 NHRA season concludes. To assist active-duty soldiers, their families, and veterans who have experienced traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder, the project, known as Task Force Rahal, will support the Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters program. Graham Rahal, the creator of GCRF and president of GRP, offered the following remarks regarding the new collaboration:
“We’re thrilled to be able to join forces with JFR to assist the Center for BrainHealth for the rest of the NHRA season. Brain injuries transform lives — I’ve seen it myself. “I am grateful that we can use Task Force Rahal to assist others on the same road, ultimately giving back to a community that has already given us so much.” According to the news release, the new initiative will prioritize “hiring veterans from other branches to provide broader in-person training and outreach.”
John Force, founder of John Force Racing, who is also the father-in-law of Rahal, said the following: “I’ve watched Graham over the years, and he has always been one to try and help others. This whole concept that he’s involved in is to make things bigger and stronger. That’s the direction he’s headed, and we’ll be a part of that by promoting Task Force Rahal on our racecars. It is exciting that fans and sponsors can donate too!” “Having trained more than 6,000 service members and veterans over the past 15 years, we know that the combination of holistic measurement and strategy-based training works,” said Jennifer Zientz, Director of Programs at Center for BrainHealth. “We are deeply grateful for the funding that will enable us to continue scaling up this important work.” Force suffered a TBI after a crash in Virginia last year. Although he is not back in the race seat just yet, he has made a return to trackside. Providing an update in December, Force explained, as previously reported by Newsweek Sports: “I’m still going to therapy every week and working as hard as I can to get back out there with the sponsors and the fans in a sport I love and I miss. I’ve still got a lot of things I want to do, so I don’t want anybody thinking they’ve seen the last of John Force. We’ll have a lot more to talk about after the holidays.”
