NHRA legend John Force's hopes to clinch another championship rest on substitute driver Jack Beckman as Beckman takes the wheel during Force's recovery.
For the legend John Force, his dreams of clinching another championship hinge on substitute driver Jack Beckman after the racing icon recovers from a brain injury. At the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota, Beckman seized the wheel of Force's PEAK Antifreeze Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car for the first of an eight-race tenure following Force's severe accident near Richmond, Virginia in June.
The performance at Brainerd, however, was a promising start to what could be a vital series of races for Force's championship aspirations.'It's still John's car. Nobody's replacing John Force,' Beckman stated via Autoweek, honoring the legacy of the car's usual driver. 'I get to shoe this thing for now. We had a great hot rod. It still blew a spark plug out, but that's the best I've run in four years. That's a good feeling.
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