Phoenix (AP) — NHRA drag racing legend John Force has been released from the hospital after receiving rehabilitation for a catastrophic brain injury received in a violent, 300-mph incident at the Virginia Nationals last month.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday by John Force Racing, the 75-year-old has been released from Barrow Neurological Institute.
“He finally gets to sleep in his own bed,” one of Force’s children, Ashley Hood, said in a statement.
The 16-time Funny Car champion had a severe brain injury as well as other ailments, including a shattered sternum, in an accident during the first round of eliminations in June.Force’s car experienced a catastrophic engine failure near the finish line, sending the vehicle past the centre line and smashing into the left concrete guard wall before careening back across into the right wall.
Force will collaborate with therapists who specialise in traumatic brain injuries on an outpatient basis in California.
Force, 58, was severely injured in a racing accident in Ennis, Texas, in 2007. He has continued to compete at the top level, winning his second race of the season and the 157th NHRA triumph in New Hampshire.
Force’s daughter, Brittany, is a two-time world champion.
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