after 300-mph crash,The 75-year-old racing champion, is narrowly…

After coming dangerously close to death in a 300 mph crash last week, funny car driver John Force is now on the path to recovery.

The 75-year-old racing champion, whose family says he is recovering from a serious brain injury, opened his eyes prior to the start of the weekend. “16-time NHRA World Champion John Force has begun to show daily signs of improvement after five tense days during which he was heavily sedated while battling the effects of injuries suffered in the 300 mile-per-hour crash of his drag racing Funny Car,” a family member informed the John Force Racing team in an online update on Sunday.Following a catastrophic 300 mph crash last week that almost claimed his life, funny car driver John Force is now on the path to recovery.