There was a scary moment in the NHRA Torco Nationals semifinals when 13-time champion John Force exited his burning car and fell limp onto the racing surface. After a few tense moments, he rose to his feet with an obvious injury to his leg.

“I have the greatest firesuit in the world from Simpson…but my old stuff that I laundered was half the weight,” Force said. “My crew guy kept telling me that if I had a fire I was going to get burned. When you’re old…you think you’re Superman. The old heap lit on fire. I thought I had it covered with the fire bottles. It went up my leg. There was a scary moment in the NHRA Torco Nationals semifinals when 13-time champion John Force exited his burning car and fell limp onto the racing surface. After a few tense moments, he rose to his feet with an obvious injury to his leg.

“I have the greatest firesuit in the world from Simpson…but my old stuff that I laundered was half the weight,” Force said. “My crew guy kept telling me that if I had a fire I was going to get burned. When you’re old…you think you’re Superman. The old heap lit on fire. I thought I had it covered with the fire bottles. It went up my leg.

“The fire usually goes out when you hit the bottles. I jumped out of the car because it was burning me. My body is almost perfect at 57.”

Force began counting points with his leg still ailing.

“I messed it up against Capps,” Force continued. “You and Robert are still on my tail. Good ole Coil and I won a lot of championships on fire,” Force said. “I think God is giving us an omen how it is going to be down to the wire.”

Guess what race fans? Force will have a new firesuit in Las Vegas and he’s still a man.

“I’m going to have to get a new firesuit,” Force added. “They cut up the leg of my firesuit. They kept cutting. I thought they were going to cut my family jewels.” (Motel6 Vision/ESPN2)