An accident does not retire legend

One acceleration on a straight and you get the victory. Nothing more Yankee than the ‘Funny Car’ race of NHRA (National Hot Rod Association): A type of carbon fiber or fiberglass drag racing vehicle with V8 engines and no more than 8,193cc, two valves per cylinder, with the engine in front of the rider (as opposed to ‘dragsters’ ‘ that it is located at the back) and that can burn 57 liters of fuel in a gas hit of more than 500 km/h.

a shocking accident

Although one of the visible safety systems, among others, is the twin parachutes that help stabilize and slow down the vehicle after crossing the finish line, on April 2, the peak chevrolet camaro of John Force (5/4/1949, Bell Gardens, Cal., United States) did not respond as it should and was about to cause embarrassment in the qualifying rounds of winternationals in Pomona, California. In a frenzy of acceleration, he crossed the gap between the two rails, attacking his opponent’s lane, JR Todd (2018 champion) with a toyota suprahe stood behind her at first, then next to her by the left wall, he ended up advancing on her, his parachute deployed, blocking the view of Todd, to finish against the right wall with a spectacular frontal wreck. Fortunately, both drivers got out of their cars under their own power and no one was injured.

NHRA is studying the case.

when the NHRA (1951), force I was two years old and in all this time nine pilots died. Todd regretted not taking his foot off the accelerator when he saw how force The lane attacked him but he knew he could lose in the qualifying round. The NHRA the vehicle was impounded force for some time, where John He said: “We can’t even get the data quickly. They kept the computers and they have all our data. We returned it the next day. We will really fix it.” The group of force He’s working on beefing up the shocks to “slow down the steering. Help the driver. So we’re addressing the issue.”

pressure to stop

force he kept repeating to anyone who asked that age had nothing to do with the accident. Why are you still driving at 70? they often told him. And he answered: “Because I love to drive them. I don’t do it for the money. I had enough money and I could retire. I love one on one match. I love the camaraderie of the pit. I want to hear people scream. I’m sure there are people who don’t want to see me hurt and care about my age. I know that if you break something, it’s different than being 30 years old,” he said with conviction. “Is my age a factor? I don’t think so,” he replied. “I want to drive at the limit. Some things have changed and they are not the same. Sometimes things are not the same. And this is what is really going through my mind, and I don’t want to blame anything, because we don’t have a conclusion yet about what happened to the car. We loaded it on the trailer and got another one the next day.”

But he said with certainty that although his driving style played a role in the accident, age was not a factor and indicated that he had no plans to retire now. In addition, he denied a rumor that some pilots had suggested that he quit driving.

JOHN FORCE

“I love the one-on-one battle. I love the camaraderie in the pit. I love hearing the roar from the crowd.”

Motor world line

And after 155 victories and 16 titles (10 in a row), he says he is ready to continue fighting for the 17th championship: “This is what I know how to do.” And he instilled it in his 4 daughters: Courteney in ‘Funny Cars’, Ashley (withdrawn) and Brittany competed in ‘Top Fuel’, Adriana is the team’s financial director John Force Racing and so was his son-in-law robert hight (former driver and champion in 2009) is his team leader. Active since 1978, it can also boast the existence of a cryptocurrency: in 2022 the ‘NHRA Coin John Force Edition NFT’ becomes available