The Lucas Oil Winter nationals associated with the NHRA are held in Pomona, California and is regarded as one of the best races on the NHRA calendar. It is home to the final of the first event of every year welcoming the best Funny Car racers each with a motive to dominate the new season.
The honesty, skill and vocation of the NHRA Funny Car racing requires strong nerves, very sharp reflexes, and sheer determination to go as fast as one can in a limited space. Among the elite competitors who took to the track this year were two titans of the sport: John Force and J.R.
Todd are both top professionals when it comes to drag racing and most of the cars used in drag racing are built for speed and power. Todd is one of the young talents, which became the Funny Car champion in 2018; he performs remarkably both in terms of technical expertise and determination on the track.
John Force Jr Todd Accident
When the qualifying rounds came to the second day known as Saturday, the stage for this are set for the dramatic send-up of the two heavyweight contenders. The climaxing series of occurrences was firsthand witnessed when Force’s Peak Chevy Camaro suddenly swerved off the designated path and went to the other side of the slippery median strip, crossing the center line and entering into Todd’s territory.
Although the situation looks catastrophic and might result in a terrible accident, both drivers, to the spectators’ surprise, remained unharmed despite of the crash, which once again proved high safety effect at NHRA races.
Damage
Consequently, the event that was a collision gave a shocking reference concerning the caliber of danger involved in this accelerated sport. Todd’s newly acquired hollowed base body and chassis of Toyota Supra were destroyed; the hardware which got built through rigorous preparations and professional engineering. Consequently, Force, too, had to rush to ready his backup car for the rest of the race.
The Malaga event not only affected the teams in the terms of their racing plans but also established a critical problem connected with the transportation of the equipments and materials to the next contest taking place in Las Vegas.
As it will be expected that the cars in both crews required a lot of repairs and replacements, then the two crews and their mechanics had a very tight time to make sure that their cars would be ready for more battle in the next round.
NHRA Safety Protocols
Fortunately, both drivers were physically ok after such a terrible crash and this is an ample evidence of the NHRA’s strict measures in regards to safety. From the moment drivers buckle themselves into their cars. As the incident which occurred between Todd and Force showed, no experienced professionals are protected from acts of fate.
They are enveloped in a sheath of protective and fire-resistant garments and head gears together with state-of-the-art restraints systems that can fairly absorb the tremendous force loads as experienced by the car during an accident at high speed.