Posted By: theraif
a bomb going off in your face - 02/10/14 08:48 AM
glad ron is ok, you can see he had ummmmmmmmmm ummmmmmmmm and at the end like a true racer he ask what did it run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftoiPpacpbM
Posted By: Crizila
Re: a bomb going off in your face - 02/10/14 04:48 PM
Guess he used the wrong can of NAPA "Know How". Scarry stuff!
Posted By: Mr.Yuck
Re: a bomb going off in your face - 02/10/14 04:58 PM
He has drop top now. That in-car was crazy. Must of sounded like a bomb went off in there.
Posted By: John_Kunkel
Re: a bomb going off in your face - 02/10/14 09:30 PM
On the TV coverage his crew chief Rahn Tobler showed the reason it blew; a valve spring keeper pulled loose and dropped a valve.
Two dollar part destroys a $60K body....all too typical.
Posted By: Duner
Re: a bomb going off in your face - 02/10/14 09:39 PM
It looks like it rung his bell pretty good!
He appeared to be about 95% knocked out.
His eyes were open but not much else was happening in the brain pan for a little bit.
Glad he's OK.
Posted By: viperblue72
Re: a bomb going off in your face - 02/12/14 06:22 AM
He was definitely fading in and out of conscioiusness there for a bit. Very very lucky.
Posted By: Duner
Re: a bomb going off in your face - 02/12/14 06:26 AM
He was doing his very best to figure out where he was and what he was supposed to be doing at that moment…. let alone what just happened? Oh yeah, where's the brake handle again?
Posted By: Crizila
Re: a bomb going off in your face - 02/12/14 04:45 PM
Some brave dudes to be doing that for a living, knowing that could happen at any time - and the more you do it the more likely one of those "mishaps" could be life ending. In the 60's, many of those "mishaps" were life ending. Mike Sorokin ( driver for the Surfers ) often comes to mind.