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RICHMOND, Va. (July 9, 2024) – After spending
15 days in varying levels of intensive care at VCU Medical Center, drag
racing champion John Force was released Tuesday in time to board an AirMed
ambulance for a three-hour flight to a neurological rehab center at which treatment
for the Traumatic Brain Injury he suffered in a June 23 crash will
continue.
The
16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion’s departure from the facility to which he
was airlifted after crashing at more than 300 miles per hour was considered
by family members to be a major step forward in the recovery process.
However,
medical staff cautioned that the road ahead still is a difficult
one. Force is dealing with cognitive and behavioral symptoms
from the TBI and, while he has been able to converse with family and staff,
enjoy the company of grandsons Jacob and Noah Hood and celebrate a Monday
birthday with daughter Brittany, he still is prone to periods of confusion.
Family
members said that no timetable had been established for the length of
Force’s stay at the new facility which was selected because of its success
in treating other race car drivers with similar issues.
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