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John Force Severely Injured!

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Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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He's not had a very good year this year.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/...egoryId=2378529

How is it that a fully certified NHRA 300mph plus funny car broke completely it half in a glancing collision with the wall? Seems a little odd to me. I know it was hauling butt but something in the design went tragically wrong. I can understand a weld breaking but it broke cleanly in half!

 

I wish John Force and his family well. He's a pretty tough bird. He'll be back.

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it may be a stress fracture that caused the accident to begin with ... i have seen several funny cars and dragsters break clean in half .. just from lifting their nose off the ground ... mostly it was on older chassis's that should have been retired and replaced after as many runs as they had on it.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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it may be a stress fracture that caused the accident to begin with ... i have seen several funny cars and dragsters break clean in half .. just from lifting their nose off the ground ... mostly it was on older chassis's that should have been retired and replaced after as many runs as they had on it.

The car broke in half before it hit the wall. I know a 300mph+ slick blowout is violent but it shouldn't have broken in half from that. I agree with you that something wasn't completely alright with the chassis.

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i think it was just an older one, that already had some stress on it .. and that was enough to cause it to break when it did ...

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Is John Force the guy that had a pilot on the Speed Chanel called "Blow It Up"?

 

 

dont guess i ever heard of that show...

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

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Darn I'm sorry to see that, John Force is the man. Some guy at work told me Force broke both of his legs...what a jackass.

 

 

In your Co-worker's defense, When ESPN first spread word about it that's what they said, that he broke both his legs... And they also tried to downplay it a little bit. ...Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Schmids5.3l Senior Enthusiast

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Darn I'm sorry to see that, John Force is the man. Some guy at work told me Force broke both of his legs...what a jackass.

 

 

In your Co-worker's defense, When ESPN first spread word about it that's what they said, that he broke both his legs... And they also tried to downplay it a little bit. ...Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

 

 

 

He exaggerates everything, infact Monday he said the day time temp. was going to drop 40-50 degrees on Tuesday after it rained over night. :banghead:

BigJayDogg3 Senior Enthusiast

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Is John Force the guy that had a pilot on the Speed Chanel called "Blow It Up"?

 

 

dont guess i ever heard of that show...

 

 

 

Ehh. . .it was the pilot shows or whatever you want to call them. It is just them using the shotgun tecnique for new shows. It is on their launch hour block of shows.

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