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Eric John Medlen (August 13, 1973 – March 23, 2007) was an NHRA Fuel Funny Car driver. Medlen drove for John Force Racing in 2004, 2005, and 2006, campaigning in the Castrol Syntec Ford Mustang Fuel Funny Car, and in 2007, campaigning in the Auto Club/Pleasant Holiday Ford Mustang Fuel Funny Car.
Mar 22, 2007 · John Force Racing NHRA Funny Car driver Eric Medlen, 33, died Friday (March 23) afternoon following four days of treatment for severe head injuries suffered in a testing accident on March 19 in...
Mar 25, 2017 · GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) John Medlen remembers his son’s final seconds like they were his first steps. Eric Medlen inched his dragster to the starting line and waited for the signal. John, also his son’s crew chief, made a couple of routine checks, looked in Eric’s eyes, gave him a thumbs-up and pounded on the hood twice.
Mar 25, 2007 · It is with sad news that the world of racing has learned that Eric Medlen passed away in Shands at the University of Florida medical center from the closed head injury he sustained in a testing...
Mar 24, 2007 · Professional drag racer Eric Medlen, who drove 300-mph funny cars, died Friday of head injuries he suffered in a crash during practice this week in Gainesville, Fla., his team said. He was 33.
Mar 15, 2017 · On this day, Eric Medlen, one of drag racing's shining stars and Coil's close friend, a racer many years his junior, was critically injured when a tire failed forcing his Funny Car into such severe tire shake that he sustained irreparable brain damage. He died four days later from his injuries.
Eric Medlen was a dedicated, talented and charismatic young driver seemingly destined for drag racing greatness when, at age 33, his life was cut tragically short by fatal injuries suffered while testing his Funny Car the morning after the 2007 NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Florida.
Mar 24, 2007 · "Eric Medlen was the son I never had," Force said. "This loss is a huge blow not only to the Medlen family, but to drag racing and to John Force Racing." GORDON WINS POLE: Jeff Gordon won the ...
Oct 20, 2022 · It’s a room dedicated to the memory of Eric Medlen, the spirited and skilled young Funny Car driver and popular teammate to John Force who passed away 15 years ago after suffering a closed-head injury during a testing accident at Florida’s Gainesville Raceway.
It’s been ten-and-a-half years since a freak accident during what should have been a routine test session took the life of rising Funny Car star Eric Medlen and put into motion a father’s...
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