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dr flames
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It will never impress me when someone kicks somebody when they can’t defend themselves, you are a legend in your own mind, John force is the real deal, something you can only dream about and who are you to judge when any racer should step down, please explain that one
While it is really nice to have 9 pages of concerned Fans and Racers just on this site wishing the best for John, some of the Prognosticators (Soothsayers) who think and/or "know" & should decide the future, they really would do better to just give their concerns (and Prayers) and hope for the best outcome for him and his family. It seems obvious that we are on a "Need to Know" basis - NOT a "Want to Know Basis". The results of Speculation and Assumption are pretty much what happens when you break down the word ASSUME. The crass assumption that it's all about the Points - getting back to racing ASAP - end of career, etc. are about as insensitive as it gets. At this point I would be surprised if John's first thaughts wern't about the well being of all the employs - staff & families that JFR has first if things have to take a different direction.
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dr flames
Nitro Member
Thank you Roger, very well put, the John I know would be very much as you said, I hope the best for him and his family and a great recovery moving forward in his life
Can we hear AAAAMEND.
Roger you should have put in a lot of, should have, could have, would have, I would have, ETC, ETC,
Larry Sutton---
I knew all those guys pretty well, Guy with beard at starting line is Tom Koni (Johns right hand guy back then) the guy down track with black jacket and Levis is Pretty Paul, and the other guy on the starting line behind the car is Steve Pluger. Two are dead for sure not sure about Tom?Randy
You missed it. at the very start of the Lombardo video 0:03 that is me less my cowboy hat and bald head an all, Just getting out of the Hard Times top fuel car for some reason, I don't remember why. donning my cowboy hat and returning to the starting line.
PS; calling me a Redneck I will accept any day LOL
Larry Sutton---
yoda
Nitro Member
On fire, medevac'd out, yeah. But Don't forget- he also WON the round. That's John in a nutshell.
Slowpoke96z28
Nitro Member
TK
Nitro Member
John Force Moving Forward in Recovery Process | Drag Illustrated
After five tense days during which he was heavily sedated while battling the effects of injuries suffered in the 300 mile-per-hour crash of his drag racing Funny Car, 16-time NHRA World Champion John Force has begun to show daily signs of improvement, according to family members who have...
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Nick Rienstra
Nitro Member
No more body teathers and soft walls like I’ve been saying for years now. If the body came off the chutes would have been out the car would have been drivable. If the walls were soft we most likely would bet talking about head injuries. All of us here need to be demanding at least one of these solutions or begin the inevitable talk of either taking multi-thousands of horsepower away or race to the 330’ only. Something MUST CHANGE!
Chili
Nitro Member
While we don’t want our racers seriously injured, there are cause and effects in any rule change. If a body comes off and ends up in the stands and injures or kills spectators, you can forget about ever seeing nitro funny cars again. The insurance rates would go through the roof and maybe so expensive the tracks or NHRA could not afford them. Same deal with soft walls. I’m not familiar with exactly how they work. However I would think that it would be possible for them to be more hazardous to a car going 300 MPH. Could a header get stuck brushing the wall and cause a more significant incident? Also another possible expense that each national event track would need to purchase. Also would there be more significant downtime following an incident where the wall would need to be repaired? Very few are going to attend when they switch nitro cars to 330’ per your suggestion. Yeah it sucks when one of our racers get hurt or injured but every single one of them makes that choice to get behind the wheel of their racecar.
Custom Body Fan
Nitro Member
I agree with everything Chris says. And further, it could be that insurance companies won’t even insure tracks less there are tethers.
It seems soft walls should be explored. The problem is it would narrow the lanes, but I hope NHRA looks into whether they are feasible and beneficial.
John Force moving forward in recovery process
After five tense days during which he was heavily sedated while battling the effects of injuries suffered in the 300 mile-per-hour crash of his drag racing Funny Car, 16-time NHRA World Champion John Force has begun to show daily signs of improvement, according to family members who have...
Could the tethers be made longer, so the body could blow clear of the car?
NITRO JUNKIE
Nitro Member
I did a little bit of research this morning. Soft walls cost about $175 per foot. I went on Google maps, I measured from about the '330 to about half way through the shut off. Since you probably don't need them the entire track length. That is 2000 feet. If softwalls were installed at Pomona it would cost $350,000 for both lanes. I used Pomona for an example because it is the shortest track on tour.
Nick Rienstra
Nitro Member
Body teathers are dangerous. They don’t contain all the parts which can still go into the stands or the other lane. Now you have a broken body trying to make the car fly or nose parts in the steering/front tires, nobody can drive that. Force has had that circumstance happen multiple times now. Not to mention broken tubing bouncing around potentially stabbing the driver.
When was the last time a spectator was killed by any parts from a race car going down the track? When was the last time a body went into the stands and killed someone? Last spectator death from racing came from a tire that I remember.
Every ticket sold comes with a liability waver.
Soft walls are softer than concrete.
Bowing down to insurance companies is a bad idea for the continuation of freedom.
Maybe Top Fuel and Funny Car need to remove the blowers? Alcohol classes as the pros?
When was the last time a spectator was killed by any parts from a race car going down the track? When was the last time a body went into the stands and killed someone? Last spectator death from racing came from a tire that I remember.
Every ticket sold comes with a liability waver.
Soft walls are softer than concrete.
Bowing down to insurance companies is a bad idea for the continuation of freedom.
Maybe Top Fuel and Funny Car need to remove the blowers? Alcohol classes as the pros?
You still believe the illusion that we are free in this country?
I believe that was from Antron Browns car.
Chili
Nitro Member
I was there that day. Scary watching that tire bounce down the track. It barely missed the pitside grandstands into an open area by the nostalgia funny car teams. Unfortunately it was a relative of one of the team members that was hit and killed. Being that they were involved in racing I don’t think there was ever a lawsuit over the incident.
