SERVICES FOR DRAG RACER ERIC
MEDLEN TO BE CONDUCTED IN INDIANA
BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Funeral services for professional race car driver
Eric Medlen, 33, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday (March 28) at
Connection Pointe Christian Church, 1800 N. Green Street, Brownsburg. In
addition to Wednesday’s services, there will be a viewing from 6-8 p.m.
Tuesday at the same church.
Medlen succumbed to complications from a closed head injury four days
after his drag racing Funny Car crashed during routine testing at
Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway.
A six-time winner on the NHRA drag racing tour, Medlen maintained his
residence in Brownsburg near the site of the midwest shop facility that
housed his race car and those of John Force Racing teammates John Force,
Ashley Force and Robert Hight.
According to JFR sources, flowers can be arranged through Queen Anne’s
Lace in Brownsburg. The phone number is 317-858-8170.
Medlen, one of the most popular young drivers in the NHRA POWERade
Series, is survived by his father, John; his mother, Mary “Mimi” Medlen;
his stepmother, Martha Medlen; and a sister, Eryn Gonzales. |