June 27 (UPI) – Drag racer John Force is still receiving medical treatment after crashing at more than 300 mph during a National Hot Rod Association event in Virginia last weekend, according to his family’s social media posts on Thursday.
Force has been transferred from the trauma intensive care unit to the neuro intensive care unit, “where the medical team can focus on his head injury, which is their primary concern,” according to a family statement posted on Thursday.
Brittany, his daughter, has declared that she will not race in the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Ohio this weekend, preferring to stay with her family at her father’s hospital bedside.
Force, 75, was driving his funny car (a drag racing class) in the first round of eliminations on Sunday when the engine blew just after he crossed the finish line, according to John Force Racing.
The car, which was in flames, crossed the centerline and hit both guard walls before stopping.
His team reported that Force was alert when examined by a medical team onsite before he was transferred to a local hospital.
Force won a record 157th NHRA race three weeks ago in New Hampshire, and is in second place in the driver’s championship behind teammate Austin Prock.
