Four months after his Funny Car slammed into a concrete wall at over 300 miles per hour, racing legend John Force is back in the headlines.
Thankfully it's a welcomed update.
In a video he posted this week, Force revealed he's recovering well following a traumatic brain injury suffered in the accident. In fact he's doing so well that the 16-time Funny Car champion will be at Nevada Nationals next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
"Boy am I glad to be here after that crash I had in Richmond. But at the end of the day, I'm gonna recover. I'm getting better already, I was in the hospital for four months," he said in a video posted to YouTube. "I'm still working every day to get my body back in shape but I gotta get my mind back in shape. I took a pretty big hit in that crash at Richmond. So, I've been in the hospital there in Richmond, I've been in Phoenix, Arizona going through rehab. And I'm out here now and I'm working on it every day."
"This is about what I love the most and it's racing, it's NHRA, I love my sponsors and I love all the fans," he continued. "And I love your letters and all the things you've written and all your support. You've really been good to me in a hard time. I've had four, five months that I've been laying in hospitals, going through rehab, and I'm going to get better. I'm under doctor's orders. They tell me where I can go. I think they're going to tell me this week that I can go to the Las Vegas race."
Force revealed he received hundreds of cards and letters from fans during his time in recovery and wanted to make sure they heard from him that he's doing well enough to make a public appearance at this weekend's race.
It's good to see he's doing well after what could have been a tragic accident.
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