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In case you didn’t know NHRA Funny Car driver, and 14-time Champion, John Force had a severe crash on Sunday. If you go to youtube I’m sure you can find video of it.

You know, the crash didn’t seem all that bad, granted it was a hard lick, but there have certainly been more spectacular Funny Car crashes with lesser injuries in the past. John’s crash was sort of like the fatal Dale Earnhardt crash at Daytona 6 years ago. It didn’t look that bad, yet Dale lost his life.

John’s injuries are quite substantial, yet not life threatening, and he is most certainly done for the rest of this NHRA season. No chance for that 15th Championship this year - maybe next year, but then again maybe not. Given what has just happened to him and fellow driver/employee/friend Eric Medlen, who lost his life earlier this season in a Funny Car while doing a practice run in Florida, I don’t know if John will get back in the car. Certainly if the desire is there he stands a very good chance of getting in the car again, but you never know.

John’s desire to win that 15th NHRA Championship might be as strong as Dale’s was to win that coveted 8th NASCAR Championship, I just hope the results aren’t the same as Dale’s. John has been given a warning, let’s what he’ll do with it. Either way I wish him the best of luck.

By the way, Darryl Waltrip gave John a call today to wish him a speedy recovery, as did Raymond Beadle, who was the car owner of Rusty Wallace’s #27 Kodiak Pontiac in 1989 when he won the Winston Cup in the final race of the season (Dale won that race BTW, but still finished 2nd in the standings that year). Go here for the latest info on John Force.

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