Race car crashes and bursts into flames at 300 mph — and its legendary driver somehow survives (video)

[Carla_Sinclair]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/06/24/race-car-crashes-and-bursts-into-flames-at-300-mph-and-its-legendary-driver-somehow-survives-video.html

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[euansmith]

Bruce Wayne has entered the race!

[bashful]

@Carla_Sinclair

its legendary driver, 75-year-old John Force, somehow survived

Potential shorter headlines:

• A Force to be reckoned with
• His life Force is legendary
• The Force is strong in this one

[timd]

Or slightly longer
I’m One With The Force and The Force is With Me

Also

Guy Martin survived.

[leicester]

His three daughters Ashley, Brittany, and Courtney are also Forces to be reckoned with…

[Bonivus_elderheart]

I haven’t been paying attention to NHRA for many years, but I do remember John Force, and that he’s still driving funny cars is insane. Glad to see that he made it out of that one.

[NukeML]

@Carla_Sinclair

John Force has suffered one of the most significant crashes of his entire legendary career

The moment of the Force

@leicester

His three daughters Ashley, Brittany, and Courtney are also Forces

The product of the force

@Carla_Sinclair

had crossed the finish line during his first round of Funny Car eliminations when his engine exploded, according to ESPN. His car then skidded and crashed into the barrier

The distance between the point of application of the force and the fulcrum

(They cant all be good jokes)

[ficuswhisperer]

I remember watching him when I was a kid. Here’s a photo I took of his car at Sears Point in 1998:

It’s wild he’s still racing funny cars and that he can continue to maintain the kind of reaction times needed for drag racing even in his 70s.