“Austin Coil always keeps me in check.”
That was the answer 14-time Funny Car champion John Force provided when
asked whether his longtime tuner has a more calming effect on him than
the prescribed medicine he takes.
This weekend Force is reunited with his admitted “voice of reason” in
Coil. Just prior to the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis two weeks
ago, Coil was admitted to the hospital suffering from internal
bleeding. He was released over the the weekend, but only after signing
a document for the hospital promising that he wouldn’t attend the race.
Had Coil defied the doctor’s orders and been at the track, the throw
down in the shutdown, the highly publicized war of words with Tony
Pedregon in the O’Reilly Raceway Park shutdown, might not have
escalated to such a high crescendo. At least that’s how Force sees it.