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NITRO JUNKIE
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Yes, I did that on purpose. I was trying to make it as affordable as possible, while still trying to make the walls safer. I started at 330' because very few accidents happen before that, and there wouldn't be as much energy hitting the wall as there would be past the 330'. I stopped the safer walls half way through the shut off because if someone got the wall way down there they would most likely have been able to scrape off a decent amount of speed, and there wouldn't be as much energy. Like I said above about the 330', not many accidents happen way down there, unless someone is going in the sand.
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Sounds kinda final for John Forces racing future!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/nhra/2024/06/30/john-force-update-nhra-crash/74261097007/ What a horrible way to end a legendary career, Not saying it’s his last hurrah but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was
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Interesting lol. Unless he's in contention for the championship again or Prock is in the other lane.
Sounds kinda final for John Forces racing future!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/nhra/2024/06/30/john-force-update-nhra-crash/74261097007/ What a horrible way to end a legendary career, Not saying it’s his last hurrah but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was
Interesting lol. Unless he's in contention for the championship again or Prock is in the other lane.
I've been wondering if Force and Coil still talk any. Didn't they bury the hatchet a few years ago?
Also, I wonder if Force might develop vision problems from this. Wasn't that one reason Garlits stepped away for awhile? And he didn't even had a wreck like this one.
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I believe Garlits stepped away due to a detached retina.
I had read that he was using two parachutes during some test runs, and the negative G-forces caused the eye problem.
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Didn't Joe Amato step away for the same reason?
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Yeah that and I`ve seen 80s-90s national events (on YouTube) where Joe could barely get in and out of the car due to back pain.
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Larry Sutton has a story about back pain & driving a T/F car.....
I remember years ago my old man said he wondered how Connie K ever got in and out of one.
Speaking of which, was Connie at Norwalk? We never saw him, at least at the starting line area.
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Any news health wise?
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The Force family has said John has a long road ahead for his recovery. No one knows what the long term result of his tramatic head injury will be and he also has numerous other injuries so his return to driving I think are very questionable. It's also questionable whether a doctor would sign off on his physical for his license with his age at that time and his previous injuries. I hope he has a full recovery but the TBI is a real major problem. If you remember his last real bad crash his rehab took almost a year and he is much older now.
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Old picture.
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Tbi is something all over the place. As an OEF/OIF veteran having dealt with it and knowing people dealing with it, I’ve seen them all over the spectrum, from 100% functional to barely more cognitive ability than a 3rd grade kid. We can’t just hear TBI and let out minds start jumping to conclusions.
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Info on John's health will be released when the Force family determines they want too. NHRA has nothing to do with that. NHRA rarely or never publishes information about a crash. If they find something that failed they usually make that available to the teams but never published for the public. 99.5% of the "NEVER HAD A RACECAR" person who just wants to know wouldn't even know what they are talking about anyway
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The in information would be available. They won’t broadcast it, but it will be available. That way teams and chassis builders can start developing fixes. Why would they only allow one team to have that?
As fas as the health news, HIPAA makes it illegal for anyone on his medical team to share anything John does not clear to be shared. If I had to guess, JFR as an organization probably isn’t asking him constantly what to share outside of that. As he recoups, maybe they will will ask him. Now anyone not part of any entity providing medical care to him can say whatever. Let’s say Adria’s mom or Laurie want something private, but Brittany gets interviewed, she can say whatever she wants. The NHRA can also release whatever info they have, with or without the family’s blessing. They are not his employer so they are not bound by anything in HIPAA.
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To be at this point after a couple of weeks is freaking insane!!! This guy is Superman.
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