Ford and NHRA team up on safety
December 14, 2007 by Robert
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(Thanks to NHRA.COM)
Accelerating safety development in the sport of drag racing, the NHRA and Ford Racing jointly announced today that all cars in the Funny Car and Top Fuel classes will be outfitted with the Ford Racing “Blue Box†crash sensors for the 2008 season.
“Ford, like the NHRA, is committed to continuously improving safety. [...]
NHRA: John Force Recovery Progresses (Speed TV)
The lengthy physical therapy sessions he is undergoing five days each week are beginning to pay big dividends for drag racing icon John Force as he tries to recover from injuries suffered in a Sept. 23 crash at the Texas Motorplex.
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NHRA mandates crash sensors for Funny Car, Top Fuel classes
December 14, 2007 by Robert
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Dec 12, 2007
By JOHN STURBIN
All vehicles competing in the NHRA's volatile Funny Car and Top Fuel classes next year will be equipped with Ford Racing "Blue Box" crash data boxes ...
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NHRA: John Force Recovery Progresses (Speed TV)
The lengthy physical therapy sessions he is undergoing five days each week are beginning to pay big dividends for drag racing icon John Force as he tries to recover from injuries suffered in a Sept. 23 crash at the Texas Motorplex.
Tags: crash, drag racing, Force, John Force, NHRA, racing‘Tragic’ crash for Bowdoin driver
November 30, 2007 by Robert
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Sitting on the empty drag strip at Moroso Motorsports Park in Jupiter, Fla., "Dyno" Dave Heitzman thought about the Jet Funny Car that racer Christopher Gould was driving when he was killed Sunday along this track.
Gould's Funny Car looked like a car but had a jet engine and ran on jet fuel. Heitzman's Top Alcohol dragster, a 36-foot elongated triangle sitting low to the ground, runs on methananol...
Read the full story by Dianna Cahn in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Crashes force safety to the forefront
November 7, 2007 by Robert
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AutoWeek - Nov 5, 2007 "I drive a nostalgia Funny Car every year. They have 2500 hp. Modern cars have 8000 hp and have the same chassis," Capps said. "These things are dinosaurs. ...
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John Force leaves Texas hospital, returns home to California to conitnue rehab (Lexington Herald-Leader)
October 25, 2007 by Robert
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After 27 days at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, 14-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force has returned to his home in Southern California to continue his rehabilitation. The 58-year-old crashed at more than 300 mph at Texas Motorplex on Sept. 23. He had a compound fracture of the left ankle, broken right foot, broken fingers on his right hand, ligament and tendon damage to the ...
Tags: crash, Force, Funny Car, John Force, NHRANHRA’s Force can go home today – Dallas Morning News
October 20, 2007 by Robert
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Dallas Morning News, TX - 22 hours ago
The 14-time NHRA Funny Car champion is scheduled to travel to his California home today to continue therapy and recovery from a violent crash at Ennis...
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