John Force Incident

[robkal56]

First guy to qualify upside down!

[spectre1209]

Love the Nomad driving by early in the video.

[surefoot4x4x4]

How many crashes has he survived all these years? Good grief. What great courage to keep on keepin on after all he and his family have been through. Keep the shiny side up

[catdoc541]

0:58 for the action

[13bpprx3]

4 1/2 stars lol

[sardosfish]

about 1992 NHRA World Finals seems excessive ......it's only American sport

[motored911]

..man ...i can remember this like it was yesterday. he actually got an e.t. out of it!!! even though he was disq. for crossing center line!!!

[twistedvette13]

I was at that race, Force needed to set at least one national record (I think both ET & speed) win the event and have Cruz go out 1st round in order to win the championship. He was going for broke on every run. If I remember correctly that was a qualifying run.

[jamespic]

Richard Petty Retires In NASCAR Back Then & Jeff Gordon Starts Racing In NASCAR Back Then As Well!!!!!

[petrolheadkiwi92]

did he end up qualifying for the event?

[TheoneGodfather]

Cool to see home video footage,you dont have all the YAK YAK YAK from the commentators.I have several from the Texas motorplex,prolly to old to play now though.

[NismoFinder]

LOL he still ran quicker in the quarter than my old Nissan Pathfinder....spinning on his roof in a heap of wreckage...Mid 16 lol Not bad.

[iwojima654]

Awesome love his old funny cars!!

[oneday555889]

u no i bet john just laughs at this crash now

[BBoyd27]

the cause of force's car going upside down was a stuck throtle.

[fvilledutchman]

So many non-race fans posting with opinions that make no sense. No what your talking about before putting your mouth in gear.

[quickman55]

How did his car do that? Was there oil under the tires or something?

[SnottyAust]

Force takes off straight, Rams car is drifting towards Force, Force alterers his course moves to the right of his lane and with all that grunt breaks out and spins out. Ive also seen people do it in the wet in average cars whilst overtaking at speed.

One contaminated tyre usually flips them straight away.

He did say he was going to have to go all out.

In car footage ... would be awsome !

[briar7]

well that wasnt 2 gud. =0

[48craz]

Screw you all except for the maker of this video

[mikegotta400ex]

I suppose you think electricity and indoor plumbing were just invented last week also?

Thats a great idea, why dont you go ahead and suggest we fry chicken, maybe sell loafs of bread that are already sliced.

[mikegotta400ex]

you idiot, look at the date.. it was fuckin 1992..they didnt even cell phones that werent the size of a fuckin suitcase then

[nolanbowling]

Thus the camera phones where the size of a small car? :P

[MEDES22]

hes not dead, and was that filmed with a camera phone?

[davewgeorge]

yeh camera phones were the rage in 92...

[migi98]

lol

[supashoopa]

R.I.P John Force.

[Hickler90]

He isnt dead

[BLK96ZX7R]

Yeah, okay but he still isn't dead.

Sheesh.

[trqmnstr]

Wow you my friend are retarded.

[MuskratandRatman]

I remember talking to John Force in Bristol back in 2000. I told him if he wins that event, I would drag race Jr Dragsters when I was old enough he promised me he would win. He kept his word and I kept mine.

[dredstone23]

John Force is a legend!

[jimbosox14]

I hate Force now. Why cheer a driver with 14 Championships and 120 wins? RETIRE! RETIRE! I was at Brainerd for his 1990 fire and win. That is my #1 Force moment I guess.

[nigawhat12345]

ive seen john race at least 8 times.. and ive seen daughters races once<3 there amazing.. i my dad and i race to and those 6 sec down the like are intense and focus

[IamTheShermanator]

did he qualify though?

[rdean500]

Yes. He came back the next round and qualified on a last shot run but was taken out the next day in eliminations.

[yoyoyonameisjoe]

c1rca911.. do you mean race city in calgary? my dad races there...

[gooch777]

That was close. I still remember the time you rode the wheelie bar for  500ft. front end 4ft up in the purple Nitro Bandit. 94/96 I think. That was a mean looking car.

[radke701fc]

That was a fun one, I was pulling on the brake hoping it would set down. If I'd pulled that one off it would have been hard to beat.

Thanks for remembering.

[jtdrye]

Well, it was Halloween...

[radke701fc]

Yup it was me. If we hadn't done some clutch and fuel system work and improved our 60 foot time he would have center punched me.

[gooch777]

Wyatt Radke a west coast regular in the 90's.

[mdskewes]

who was force racing here? i was there but I was across the street on that little grass hill w/ a case of beer and a cheeseburger. ah the good old days.

[gooch777]

I think its so awesome this video surfaced. I witnessed this live at my 3rd NHRA race when I was 15 yrs old. I was seated within 100 ft or so of the person who shot this clip. I still have the pictures of the car being towed back to the pits with the roof all scuffed up. If you have any more videos from this event or other Pomona stuff i'd like to check em out.

[raidfibre]

At least he's the only one that can say they got a 17.5 .. upside down

[MrMcKane]

John had already lost the championship at the previous round so it wasn't that much of a problem.

[rdean500]

This was qualifying on Saturday and John needed to qualify to stay in the running. He lost the Championship the following day during eliminations.

[baldandold]

he has a way of doings does john