The man is 73 years old and he can turn a 0.065 light and walk away from a massive explosion. I'm 12 years younger and consider it a win to simply make it through the day...

John Force Racing is responsible for many of the reasons that this sport is as safe as it is today. It's no accident that he walked away from this explosion. He is a national treasure.

Incredible that anyone can go thru that, keep composure, then get up and walk away. So glad he is okay.

So much force from the detonation that it lifted the front tires slightly off the track. Glad he’s ok. 🏁🇺🇸💪🏼

The last second of this video is amazing!! Parts flying off of the engine get sucked into the intake during explosion. Everything happens instantly. Slow motion cameras make this sport so fun.

The tenacity of that man just an absolute Superstar. Hope you're okay buddy.

John Force is the man 16 time world champion no one will ever pass that.John Force is the art of drag racing.💯👌🏾

Kudos to the safety innovations in NHRA over the years to allow a driver to walk away from something like this and the fans to also be safe...BRAVO NHRA!!

John Force is definitely the king of drag racing.🇺🇸👍

I am so glad John is ok and didn't suffer any injuries after an explosion like that.

That slow motion made my jaw drop. Just seeing the chassis under that much pressure is intense. Glad John is ok. Also glad John has helped make this sport safer over the years.

When he said he’s been on fire from here to Australia...it’s there and back again !! Thank God to see your still on your feet 💯, pray everything else is all okay 🙏🏽❣️

I remember when me and family lived in Hollywood Fl. My dad use to work pits for Don Garlits, and as a 4 year old in the late 80's use to love watching them do tuning runs. One of my oldest memories was watching one of the top fuel cars blow up in what seem a million pieces, the driver was ejected from the force. Now in 2020's I watch similar accidents, and so much safer for the drivers, and even the spectators. I know Force has had hand in making a lot of industry changes, that makes me happy to know.

Excellent skills in keeping the car straight after an explosion like that! Glad he’s okay!

Glad to see,John walked away. Detroit Loves you guys!! G

Good thing he has AAA. Seriously, glad he's okay and could walk away from that. Great control by Mr. Force.

I cant believe John is still racing after this many years and lord knows how many explosions 😲😲😲

I love the safety aspect that when the body came off it deployed the chutes as well......awesome job by the NHRA

Wow as long as he’s ok he will be back 73 year old ledgen

Praise God for the absolute safety that goes into these cars!🙏💪👊

Got to be a proud papa today...even though his day ended this way. Glad he's ok.

Hooray to safety , The Goat will ride again , nice job Cruz

I felt the concussion from the stands, glad he's okay!

Awesome slow motion video…..

John Force, the KING of FIREBALLS and always walks away. Love John Force!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Testament to the engineering that the man survived and that the chutes still deployed.

I worked for The Force Family ever so briefly. That video reminds me of what happened to myself my last day as a federally contracted firefighter in Indonesia. One second I am hoseing a cars engine down that was on fire. The next few moments were terrorifying. Everything under the hood blew up in my face!

Glad John's ok. And he still had a better reaction time. :)

Man sometimes it seems more like nitroglycerin instead of nitromethane! 💥💨 I'm glad John is okay!

That engine blew up super big time. If it didn't have the tie downs - pieces would still be traveling outward. What a explosion & glad he walks away. Amazing.

Glad your safe Mr. Force. Peace, Wheelchair John in Idaho.

John Force is a FORCE in drag racing world

Wow!! Even though he has had numerous explosions over the years, it has still just got to be dang near heart stopping to be in the middle of a fireball like that. John. You are my age boy. We both survived polio! We are too old for this sh!t!!

Glad He’s Ok. , Thanks To GOD. !

Keeping 11,000 horsepower contained in an engine is like keeping TNT contained in an hand-grenade. Once you pull the pin, all bets are off. Force is the real deal... certainly a force to be reckoned with.

Love The Force Family. , GOD. Bless Them. !

Wow!!! He's ok... that's fine! Tanks God to save our legend 😇

Pulls the shoots and keeps it straight what a legend

I had a Snapper two-cycle snow blower do that one quiet, snowy Sunday morning. Shrapnel flew everywhere and the neighborhood dogs all started barking.

The Man is a BADASS! Much Respect!

Full throttle and kaboom. What a fright Spectacular way to finish the run and thankfully John's OK.

The thing I like the most about drag racing is that it's based on two absolute truths, Time and Distance, .. the thing I love the most about drag racing is things like this, .. wow that sucker went bang big-time, .. just another, by no means a last, (magnificent) sacrifice to the God of Speed.

Just another day at the office for John, your the man!!!

I remember Geri g his autograph in the 80’s when my dad took me to the gator nationals. He’d just sit there in his dirty fire suit all day and sign autographs. Fast forward to the inaugural race in charlotte and there he is signing autographs. This time I was with my 8yr old. Such an amazing driver to this day.

John didn't win, but he walked away from a catastrophic explosion. Testament to the safety features built into that rocket

I am sure that many years ago John Force was instrumental in developing the mechanism to blow the body off of the funny car so the driver isn’t caught in the fireball under the body. The body is supposed to blow off just the way it did.

The flex to the car after the detonation is incredible

I was right next to the fence when it blew off, the shockwave was crazy!

Very cool slow motion shots.

Holy crap ! That was insane. I'm glad he's alright.

Everybody goin kablooey this weekend.glad they're all ok 👍

John going with his hair on fire, literally. The guy is something special.

I love the time slip you shown wish they would do that on t.v.people realize how fast they are but when you see the 60 ft time really puts a exclamation point on it.a dead stop to 60 ft in .8 crazy

Amazing he was not burned, they must have a great onboard fire suppression system ! He is unbelieveable !

Not a John Force fan, but respect to him for immediate pulling over as close to the wall as he could to keep the lane clean.

Betcha he felt a sudden breeze once the body was gone haha (glad he's alright)

GOD I PRAY HE'S OKAY 🙏🙌🙏I know he was standing under his own power, I wish they would have let him speak if he able after having fire and smoke surrounding him whole front... LORD only knows how much smoke went into his lungs!!! PLEASE GIVE AN UPDATE ON JOHN BECAUSE HE IS NHRA ROYALTY AND A LEGEND 💞🤗💞🌟🌟🌟🙏🙏🙏

I remember back in the 80's when John Force exploding into flames was a fairly regular occurrence. It was never "if" John Force would explode into flames, it was "when".

Looks like she’s runnin’ a little rich.

Thankful John Force was OK. It was scary to see such a fiery force to blow the body off the car. Thankful for all the safety measures NHRA requires.

He's always so animated when he survives situations and that's what makes him a constant winner. He just doesn't let stuff get to him. Good man

I use a 6 foot torch to cut steel scrap to go into the furnace to melt and pour into molds. I understand a bit about safety equipment. These people have some of the best there is, thankfully 😇

After watching the replay zoomed in and in slow motion, it looked like a cylinder was out on the left bank (at 2:41) and immediately before the explosion, another cylinder went out on the right bank (at 2:43). The engine was definitely not happy. So glad the "Champ" is OK.

WOW!!!! JOHN FORCE, 73 year's Young. Amazing ✌️🙏

Great slowmo footage.

w0w.....now THAT was a BLOW UP!!! Very happy that nobody was seriously injured, other than Johns long johns, that is!!

Thanks to the safety features of these cars he survived and is ok and ready to race another day.

I met John force in 2010 in the pits in Phoenix. He just a cool regular guy.

"Have a hard day dear?" "Nah - just another day at the office."

Good weekend John? My fu**in' car blew up again. Man, if I had a nickel for every time I've heard you say that.

.06 reaction time. Still on top of it

WOW what an explosion. Just as long "brute goat" is okay. He'll be back in 2023. Go JFR!

When I was young they were racing to 1320, and maybe hitting the 330s. Crazy they do it 300+ ft sooner now.

Force is my hero !!!! No one better in my book !!!!!

The Champ KABOOMS it BIG TIME..JEEESCH

Kablooey! John has been on fire more than anyone. Glad to see he is OK. 👍

Go big or go boom! 💥Can't say he didn't use it all. Glad he's OK.

Just goes to show how good the safety equipment is, that's one hell of a force and he still gets out. Thanks for sharing, great footage.

There will never be another one like him

Thank goodness for the people who invent their safety suits. That was a big explosion and it was probably over before he knew it.

I dragrace personally and not like them but its still dangerous, anyways seeing the body fly off in one pice untill it hit the track makes it a whole lot easy to clean up. John Force is one of the more famous racers in this sport with so may years in exprice with it. It just it awsome how this is one of the leaders in this sport show that it can happen at any moment.

Blew the body off just another day for John Force .

He is such a goat his daughter sets records as well!! great racing family!

Oh my goodness impressive safety equipment at work saving another life.

The greatest. This crazy senior citizen can run competitively until mid 80s😂😂👍👏👏🍻

1:28 ... the stats are pretty amazing in modern day drag racing. Just looking at Cruz' numbers, It takes less time to go from the 660ft mark to the 1000ft mark compared to the first 60 feet. I don't think I can blink that fast :)

This thing blows up in his face, flames and parts everywhere and all and he has the presence of mind to KEEP DRIVING the car.

That was absolutely mind-boggling, at 73 years old that he can walk away from that was incredible he is definitely the 🐐 GOAT

The camera work is fantastic

Terrible time Glad you are OK God Bless

I used to draw right triangle cars in 1st grade and thought they were the future of aerodynamics: It's crazy but true, they're even slab sided.

He didn’t even have to pull the chutes, it looked like the body pulled them out for him! Talk about maximum pucker factor!

When your engine blowing up is less violent than when it’s running 😂. It’s a 3 second explosion every time they go down the track.

the body shell survived remarkably intact save for the fall damage…

Fire in the lights Force, just like the old days. Making more horsepower without increasing the size of the blower burst panel.

Saw many winternational finals at the fairgrounds out there in Pomona in the 70’s

I was sad most of the day when I heard this happen with you John Force and I know that you’re a mod multitime winner and champion 16 or 17 time champion but I wanted you to know I was shaking in my bones anything that you do I’m glad that you are OK today and well I’m I’m glad because I didn’t want to see the repeat in Dallas the one you had with Kenny Like the one you had at 10 with Kenny Bernstein how about 10 years ago how I am I want to stay strong but I’m glad that you’re OK and you can fight another day and go forward and I hope you have five more years out of your racing and I hope you become a teen time champion nobody will ever be that guy except for you you’re mostly awesome diehard person always

As long as he is OK. There's always the next race. Scary as hell to watch.

Force's will always go out with a bang just not the one he wanted, but its John, he's good :) Does it mean that $75,000 body, well it was $50,000 for the shell in 2012 I don't know what it cost now lol, Shelby just that, everything else is put in welded and all that stuff at their shop, I'm digressing but point is other than the work/ heartache, they'll be okay. Those are great guys over there

That is great camera shots.