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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: 10secGTX]
#1021755
06/28/11 03:02 AM
06/28/11 03:02 AM
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Canton, Ohio
Sport440
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Those are the crashes that can keep you awake at night.
Any idea on how the drivers doing ?
I hope he's okay. But the vid backs up why I dont like to build in a big and long wheel stand into a combo. While its more impressive, its just not as safe. But no doubt, big and long wheel stands are cool and awesume.
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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: B1KILLER]
#1021757
06/28/11 06:57 AM
06/28/11 06:57 AM
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Long Island, NY
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That steel guard rail didn't help either.
I'll take the cement guard rail over getting air that way. I hope that guy walked away.
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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: Dragula]
#1021759
06/28/11 08:17 AM
06/28/11 08:17 AM
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In The Hills
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Ouch....
is that in reference to the crash, or the Michael Jackson music in the video??
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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: Blucuda413]
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06/28/11 12:32 PM
06/28/11 12:32 PM
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Almost Heaven
B_Body_Bob
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All that's missing is a freeze frame with Waylon's voice asking how the boys are going to get out of this one ...
Everybody makes fun of a hillbilly until they need something fixed
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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: B1KILLER]
#1021763
06/28/11 04:32 PM
06/28/11 04:32 PM
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New Mexico
Adobedude
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What's with all the people in the staging lanes...? Selling crack or what?
2001 Dodge Dakota
408 All Motor
11.27 @ 117.83 mph
2017 NM Mopar Challenge Series Champion.
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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: sasquatch]
#1021764
06/28/11 04:41 PM
06/28/11 04:41 PM
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Southern Maryland
preddy
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Was anybody at Capital Raceway over the weekend. A beautiful 57 Chevy blower car hit the wall and had a small fire. By the time the track crew got there WITHOUT fire extinguishers the car was a total loss. The other racers were bringning in their fire bottles but it was to late. The driver was ok thank goodness. As racers we often assume the track has things in hand but mayby it is time to start asking more questions.
Todd 
I was there... The you can see videos of that crash here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc2D2rDYJ6g&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdkPMewT3Zk&NR=1
They had fire extinguishers in the videos. I don't know why they didn't use the truck tank. There's various rumors floating around why that didn't happen.
I wonder, and this is just me speculating, if that 57 Chevy's electric fuel pump just kept on pumping after the crash and that fed the fire. In the videos, you can see a track employee go behind the car and possibly hit the master cut off but the flames picked up.
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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: fishy340]
#1021766
06/28/11 04:52 PM
06/28/11 04:52 PM
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the wheelstand reminded me of brownsugar's cuda @ atco..hope the guys ok..those are the rail like they have at island in nj 
That's why when some1 here asked about Island, I said Hell
no, I feel safer racing the Hutchison River Pkwy, call me crazy. 
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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: TC@HP2]
#1021769
06/28/11 05:41 PM
06/28/11 05:41 PM
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Todd
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Unless you're a Pro in a championship race with millions of dollars on the line, why don't guys just back off on a bad pass?
Much better to loose a race and save the car, or even a life, than to push a bad position and think you can hero your way outta it. Especially when the only thing on the line is a plastic trophy and a few hundred bucks.
Couldn't agree with you more. All the time it took to build a car like that and its gone because of a bad decision.
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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: sasquatch]
#1021771
06/28/11 06:07 PM
06/28/11 06:07 PM
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Southern Maryland
preddy
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Yeah I guess I phrased that wrong. I meant to say without ENOUGH fire bottles.
I think there's merit in your original point. They never used the tank in the track's fire truck. That might have saved the car... They only used the hand held extinguishers and those didn't really dent the fire. I'm guessing a fuel line might have been severed and/or the electric fuel pump may have continued to feed the fire.
I have to give the responders some credit for getting so close to a dangerous situation and getting the driver out. You can hear the spectators screaming at them to get away from the burning car. That takes a certain amount of courage to approach a burning car that could explode at any second. They didn't appear to be wearing any kind of flame retardant clothes themselves.
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Re: another horrific crash
[Re: TC@HP2]
#1021772
06/28/11 06:44 PM
06/28/11 06:44 PM
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Indy
joshking440
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Unless you're a Pro in a championship race with millions of dollars on the line, why don't guys just back off on a bad pass?
Much better to loose a race and save the car, or even a life, than to push a bad position and think you can hero your way outta it. Especially when the only thing on the line is a plastic trophy and a few hundred bucks.
although, i would have lifted...that there is grudge racing guys....big money betting usually on the line for races like that.... no trophy or sportsman type purse. a lot of those races are 5k and more
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