John Force Racing has announced a new philanthropic initiative in collaboration with The Graham and Courtney Rahal Foundation and Graham Rahal Performance. The partnership will last until the end of the 2025 NHRA season.
The initiative, branded Task Force Rahal, is set to support the Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters program, with the aim of helping active-duty military, families, and veterans who have been affected by traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress.
President of GRP and founder of GCRF, Graham Rahal, commented on the new partnership:
“We’re honored to be able to join forces with JFR to support the Center for BrainHealth for the rest of the NHRA season. Brain injuries change lives – I’ve seen it firsthand.
“I’m grateful we can use Task Force Rahal to help those on the same journey and ultimately give back to a community that has already given us so much.”
According to the press release, the new program will focus on “hiring veterans from diverse branches to enable broader in-person training and outreach.”
John Force, founder of John Force Racing, who is also the father-in-law of Rahal, said the following:
“I’ve watched Graham over the years, and he has always been one to try and help others. This whole concept that he’s involved in is to make things bigger and stronger. That’s the direction he’s headed, and we’ll be a part of that by promoting Task Force Rahal on our racecars. It is exciting that fans and sponsors can donate too!”
“Having trained more than 6,000 service members and veterans over the past 15 years, we know that the combination of holistic measurement and strategy-based training works,” said Jennifer Zientz, Director of Programs at Center for BrainHealth.
“We are deeply grateful for the funding that will enable us to continue scaling up this important work.”
Force suffered a TBI after a crash in Virginia last year. Although he is not back in the race seat just yet, he has made a return to trackside. Providing an update in December, Force explained, as previously reported by Newsweek Sports:
“I’m still going to therapy every week and working as hard as I can to get back out there with the sponsors and the fans in a sport I love and I miss. I’ve still got a lot of things I want to do, so I don’t want anybody thinking they’ve seen the last of John Force. We’ll have a lot more to talk about after the holidays.”
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