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Re: Mike Walker kiled at SGMP
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04/24/10 05:22 PM
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Re: Mike Walker killed at SGMP
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04/24/10 09:44 PM
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Long Beach, CA
Mike Swann
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The fact that the man was mortally injured and the bottle still launched 200+ feet into the air; something went terribly wrong. I wonder if it had one of the NX ball valves?
I am really sorry for the family and the team.
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Re: Mike Walker killed at SGMP
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04/24/10 11:33 PM
04/24/10 11:33 PM
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Amazing, I just watched a ton of nitrous mishap videos on Yellowbullit a few days ago, now this. I still remember when a bottle went off in Ort's trailer awhile back, messed that trailer up but nobody got hurt. I can't believe the stuff is even legal. Sorry to hear of the fatality.
I'm nervous when someone has nitrous in the pit next to me. I know alot of people run it successfully but so far I've seen a hundred things go wrong with it including stuck solenoids blowing hoods off on the return road.
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Re: Mike Walker killed at SGMP
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04/25/10 03:29 AM
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Sorry to hear that. we will pray for him and his family  I really would be interested in what failed. I worked a summer job once at a welding supply distrubitor pressure testing various cylinders. Most people do not know the aluminum cylinders are supposed to be tested / re-certified every 5-years. The carbon Fiber cylinders did not exist at the time I was doing this, so I do not know what the certification process is on those. On a quick search, there was a note that the fiber tanks used to require re-cert every 3-years, but was recently changed to every 5-years "due to a good track record"?
Last edited by 451Mopar; 04/25/10 03:34 AM.
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Re: Mike Walker killed at SGMP
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04/25/10 08:48 AM
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why they don't require them to be caged while filling and heating is beyond me.
It was my understanding that the bottle was in a bath type heater and when he reached over to ck the pressure something let go....could be a freak situation where if there had been a cage in place this could possibly have happened when opening the cage to remove transfer the bottle.....very sad, but sometimes even when you follow the rules and have all the safety in place freak accidents happen 
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Re: Mike Walker killed at SGMP
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04/25/10 09:10 AM
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It was a carbon bottle
Stuff happens.NO more on NOS than anything else.Ever seen a turbo or blower come apart.It is not pretty,same deal.If you guys are that scared of stuff stay the hell at home.
Sorry to be an jackass but with post like this it's hard not to be.Lenny
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while I can agree with that to some extent. and  with it the way Rick put it. a bottle flying 200 feet in the air after hitting somebody may put people at risk thats not involved with racing. at SGMP they sometimes have flea markets and other things going on where the bottle landed while drag racing on the other side.if something good as in some kind of safety rules after they figure out what really happened comes out of this that will be a good thing. I am sure Mike's family would have loved to have some kind of protection in place before this happened.
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Re: Mike Walker killed at SGMP
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04/25/10 11:01 AM
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Sad to hear.Almost reminds me of when my buddy had a nitro Harley.They went to start it in the garage.It stalled and they hit it with the starter again without clearing it.It went boom and a 12K motor was junk.There is still a big [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean] lodged in the wall.Luckily nobody got hurt.Rocky
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Re: Mike Walker killed at SGMP
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04/25/10 11:44 AM
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Yea I know Lenny, there's all kinds of stuff that can happen in racing such as the tire that flew into the pits and killed someone. But nitrous explosions and mishaps seem to happen on a daily basis all over the world, kinda overwhelming when you watch all the videos. Everytime I mention one bad thing about nitrous I get private messages and everything, cracks me up. 
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