Yahoo Autos Update: NHRA Great John Force Leaves Rehab Facility
John Force, the winningest driver in NHRA Drag Racing history has taken another step in his recovery from a traumatic brain injury suffered in a car explosion and crash into two concrete walls June 23 at Virginia Motorsports Park.
According to a late Tuesday afternoon press release from John Force Racing, the 75-year-old Funny Car legend has been released from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona where he was undergoing rehabilitation.
Here's the skinny, straight from JFR:
According to family members, while the 16-time Funny Car Champion will continue to work with therapists specializing in such injuries, it now will be on an outpatient basis in California.
“He finally gets to sleep in his own bed,” said daughter Ashley Hood who, with sisters Brittany, Courtney and Adria and mother, Laurie, maintained a constant presence through the Hall of Fame driver and car owner’s hospitalizations in Virginia and Arizona.
The next phase in the recovery process will be outpatient speech, as well as OTPT (Occupational and Physical Therapy) to address lingering short-term memory and cognitive issues.
