Heartbreaking lose: NHRA legend suffered traumatic brain injury and other injuries….

NHRA legend John Force released from hospital one month after fiery crash

 

NHRA drag racing great John Force was discharged from the hospital where he was undergoing rehabilitation for a traumatic brain injury sustained in a fiery, 300-mph crash at the Virginia Nationals last month.

The 75-year-old was released from Barrow Neurological Institute, according to a statement from John Force Racing on Tuesday.

“He finally gets to sleep in his own bed,” Ashley Hood, one of Force’s daughters, said in the statement

The 16-time Funny Car champion suffered traumatic brain injury and other injuries, including a fractured sternum, in the crash during the first round of Funny Car eliminations in June.

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