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.

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 ...

Eric Medlen had Funny Car wins at BIR in 2004 and 2005 So Force said he apologized to his team, God and Eric and ended up winning the final at Bristol. He said the reason for his win wasn't due to ...

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 ...

NHRA Funny Car driver Eric Medlen died Friday, four days after he suffered a severe head injury in a test session crash at Gainesville, Fla. He was 33. Medlen's family elected to have him taken ...

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 ...

Truth be told there was a driver on his team with whom he viewed as the son he never had. Eric Medlen filled the void of not having a son in the drag racing icon's life, even though Force knew the ...

In the immortal words of Ricky Ricardo, Force had "some 'splainin' to do." Rookie Eric Medlen's fast first pass in John Force's Funny Car delighted the fans at the rain-delayed season opener in ...

On Friday, Eric Medlen, 33, died, four days after he suffered a severe closed head injury when he crashed while testing in Gainesville, Fla. That gave us one more tragic reminder of just how ...

NHRA Funny Car driver Eric Medlen remained in critical condition Tuesday after he was seriously injured in a testing accident at Gainesville, Fla., on Monday. Doctors placed Medlen in a medically ...

Eric Medlen’s main concern before making his drag racing debut in one of John Force’s Castrol Ford funny cars Thursday was to make sure he didn’t disappoint the sponsors who’d OK’d him ...

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 GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) John Medlen ...