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NHRA legend John Force, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a harrowing crash at Virginia Motorsports Park in June, has been cleared to attend a race. The 16-time Funny Car champion ...
Force was hospitalized last week when an engine explosion caused his car to slam into a concrete wall during the NHRA Virginia Nationals. John Force Racing said the impact came at a speed of over ...
Last weekend at an NHRA race in Virginia, while racing at 300 mph, John Force's Funny Car burst into flames, crossed the track and crashed. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Kalitta was born in Michigan, grew up in Mount Clemens, and was a 1957 graduate of Mount Clemens High School.. He raced from the 1950s through the 1990s. He was the first driver of a Top Fuel dragster to hit 200 mph (320 km/h) in a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) sanctioned event – the 1964 NHRA U.S. Nationals.
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a governing body which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada.With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsport sanctioning body in the world.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — NHRA legend John Force, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a harrowing crash at Virginia Motorsports Park in June, has been cleared to attend a race. The 16-time Funny Car champion announced Thursday that he will travel with his wife, Laurie, to the Nevada Nationals next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
He began announcing national events in 1966 and a year later he went to work full time as editor of National DRAGSTER, and later as public relations director for NHRA. Evans worked on NHRA's syndicated TV shows for more than two decades and covered NHRA drag racing on TNN , ABC , and NBC .
Preliminary details regarding the crash, which occurred around 11:10 a.m. Sunday during the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, could be released later in the day, the Orange County Register reported Monday.