From his website.

YORBA LINDA, Calif. – 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.

That was the assessment Wednesday of physical therapist Robert Ortmayer, who has been working with Force since the 14-time NHRA Funny Car Champion returned to his California home after 27 days in a Texas hospital.

The 58-year-old Force, whose goal is to be back in a Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Funny Car when pre-season testing begins in mid-January, was cleared Tuesday to commence light strength training with the left hand and left foot. He already had been involved in strength work on the less severely injured right foot and hand.

In the crash, the worst of his career, the 125-time tour winner suffered a compound fracture of the left ankle, a dislocation of the left wrist so bad that it required the insertion of pins and application of a hard cast, broken bones in the right foot and hand, a severe laceration of the right knee with ligament and tendon damage and mangled fingers and toes involving significant tissue loss.

Even the worst break, that to a left ankle, has healed enough to support 50 per cent of its normal load. Strength and stamina now are the primary issues for the 14-time Auto Racing All-America selection who is just eight round wins shy of becoming the first driver to win 1,000 competitive rounds on the NHRA tour.

“Attitude is everything in these types of recoveries,” Ortmayer said. “John is exceptional in that area. He has done everything we’ve asked. It’s been difficult, but he is one of the most motivated people with whom I have ever worked. Considering the severity of the accident and the injuries, his range of movement already is remarkable and he’s making more progress every day.”

Mangled fingers
Very glad to hear he is making a remarkable recovery. Sure can't wait to see him get his 1,000 round win!

Doc.

I'm glad to hear that he's making good progress........

Ditto

PLEASE:  is there a forum anyplace on the internet, and I've searched high and low, where we can discuss NHRA, the greatest form of racing on the planet.  the only discussions going on at racingone.com are the Napscar and Sprint Cars series.  The IRL, Champ Cars, F1, USAC, all of em are basically unused

Why doesn't the NHRA website have a forum.  I mean, how difficult could it be. 

reallllllly disappointed with this site. 

 

 

The NHRA site doesn't have a forum because they don't want to be so close to all the negative feedback.....mostly about the Countdown, but other topics as well. You might want to try Nitromater.com. As far as the IRL, Champ Car, F-1 and USAC are are concerned, there are several reasons they go unused. Limited interest among the masses, the IRL only racing 6 months out of the year, unknown drivers in Champ Car and people who just post to argue which is better CCWS or IRL when the truth is both are treading on thin ice. Other than the INDY 500, the next most national covereage was gotten by Helio on Dancing With The Stars. It says a lot when more people know Helio from that stupid show than from winning the INDY 500 twice.