Street Outlaws - What happened to Goliath?

I watched the show, but all they said was it was wrecked while racing at some track and showed it rolling over several times.
What track?
What kind of race event?
Why? (mechanical failure, spun tires, etc.)

It was like they didn't want to say anything but quickly made one comment (which I didn't completely hear) and went back to another part of the show. I almost missed the entire thing it came out of nowhere very quickly.

They said he crashed at the No Prep race at Amarillo Dragway in Amarillo, TX.

Thanks.
I started searching and found this on TMZ

The video is horrific ... a drag race comes to a quick, violent end when Daddy Dave from "Street Outlaws" loses control of his vehicle and it slams into a wall and barrel rolls.

It happened at the Amarillo Dragway in Texas Saturday night at a no-prep race. Dave was driving a nitrous-fed Chevy II and struck the wall seconds after the race started.

Looks like the car went right and got out of what little "groove" they had and then took a hard left.

Yep. Biggest crowd I have ever seen at Amarillo Dragway. So big that the Sheriff's office closed the gates. We didn't even get in. Never made it off the highway about a mile away. It was nuts.

Daddy dave was racing birdman from Houston on that pass. If you can find the video you will see that birdman also ran into the laft lane farther down the track. You can see lighting in the back ground also. No prep possible rain apetite for destruction. Glad he is okay.

it was on facebook a while back and he had lost some memory and was in hospital for a lil while

He made a comment on last nights show about the flying NOS bottle hitting his helmet in the car hard enough so he now has no memory of any of the wreck He's lucky to be upright and functioning well Somebody was looking after him

Thanks for the info.

This makes me think... it must be hard to drive these high power cars,
especially under the conditions they choose (no prep, streets, etc.) Even with their electronic power management, etc.

Reminds me of what I tell up and coming racers. Start with a slower car and work your way to quicker cars in time. You can learn to drive a fast car fairly quickly when everything goes right, but when something goes wrong I recommend having the experience (years) to react appropriately so that things don't get out of hand. And they can get bad really quickly.

As soon as the front wheels touched down, the car veered out of the groove and got loose.

this was back in sept eBay Find: The Remains Of ‘Daddy Dave’s’http://www.dragzine.com/news/ebay-find-the-remains-of-daddy-daves-destroyed-chevy-ii/

His new car is back from paint.



Ray

I don't have cable but try to keep up via youtube. Has Birdman's Camaro ever been on the show prior to last night's episode?

Birdman has not been on street outlaws. They will not race him for some reason. They say he is not a real street racer, although he has run Houston for a long time. Birdman's car is extremely fast. He won a race in louisana with a cracked intake manifold, ratchet strapped it back together and went to Oklahoma to race the next day. I don't think there were any takers even with a cracked manifold. Supposed to be a big race in Mississippi with the outlaw guys and birdman, and I heard possibly stevie fast. That is a rumor floating around south texas. If I can verify I will let you know.

It's gotten ridiculous; A $200K+ Pro Mod will soon be the new barrier to entry.

I guess there's a ton of money in t-shirt sales.

So, it's not "on the street", it's not "run what you brung", it's not "street legal", then what is it?

It's HOLLYWOOD!
Like everything else.

watch the dang show,it's the fastest street raced cars on the planet.

Yeah, right

These guys pull to a event with a modest truck and open trailer but a expensive car, while others go to a bracket race with a "budget" car, really nice enclosed trailer, and a Diesel pusher motorhome.

Nothing illegal about selling T Shirts, and how they spend that money is their decision.

Truth!

I talked to a guy at the last Thanksgiving race at Bowling Green I went to. Pusher home, stacker trailer, 2 4 second pipe racks. He saidthey had to win $6K just to break even for the weekend. There weren't a couple hundred people wanting to buy t-shirts from him either.

.......hmmm, I believe it's called DRAG RACING. And who says it's not run what you brung. I seem to recall them lining up Chucks Mustang beside a blown and injected Pro-Mod. Chuck hadn't "brung enough" that night.

yep...

Lotsa $$$ invested.

Goliath 2.0

what are you trying to say? you got something faster? i am sure something can be set up for you.

Chuck didn't bring enough against the Reaper Camaro either.


Tim

Did everybody notice the name on the Reapers intake manifold. I think it said Monte Smith Performance.....

Big tire car now

Chucks car is big tire now?

Next year they'll probably have a top fuel car on the street.

Yes, and the Cutty.

Thanks. His Camaro is no joke, I've seen video of it on the street and at a bunch of no prep races. Hopefully he at least gets to appear on the spinoff show filmed in Louisiana, or gets invited to one of the cash days races.

It's like we're watching the rebirth of 60's match racing, except with a bunch of outlaw cars instead of people that race in the NHRA.

Wish they'd have a 10.5 list.....

I caught that! So, Reaper is running Monte's nitrous system, and since Monza was seen wearing Monte's tee shirt, can we assume then that Monte did his nitrous system as well? How about Doc's and Daddy Dave's nitrous systems? I think it's time for Monte to make a cameo appearance on S.O.!

Monte does Monza's nitrous, helps a little on daddy Daves. I am not sure if he does Dominators but I think he does.

Todd Moyers old car

I found this video of Birdman racing a Pro Mod, looks like he has a serious piece. What's up with the fat chic between the lanes with the mic flapping her soup coolers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSa0Hz5SzQ0

Monte also helped Doc with the Nitrous. Doc has Monte's decal on the 1/4 window of the car. I think Doc's new engine came plumbed when he bought it.

I wish some of this started back in the 90's when I was part of the UDRA's safety staff. Our Pro-Mod guys were only allowed to run nitrous. It would have been interesting to see some of them get the exposure these guys are getting now... Because honestly the guys on Street Outlaws are running cars similar to what they were running back then. I'd love to see Animal Jim, Arnie Beswick, and the rest of our guys out there running on TV...

Animal Jim would be a hoot for sure.

Chuck's new treads....

Nice, I heard on the podcast that he was going big tire, guess its sooner then later. BTW the person who suggested the podcast, thank you I really enjoy it and I hate you because it's probably an addiction now.

Is that Mickey's shop? Surprised it's not a round tube back half.

Nice Mac Fab bead locks.

short wheelbase will be his next downfall....

Frist time I seen this That birdman's no joke.

There's an explanation on the bullet buried in the street outlaws thread in TOBT - basically, square tubes put in, then more upgrades (new cage IIRC) ordered, round tubes considered then but decided it wasn't worth the cost and effort to make the switch.

She's one of the N/T grudge racing promoters...

Her name is Lisa Shotwell, she announces at most of the grudge races in and around Houston. That woman came yell like that all night at the track. It irritates some others not. Her husband Vernon Shotwell has a tube chassis barracuda that he previously ran around Houston at most tracks. Have not seen it in years. Last time I saw it was at hmp and somebody ran into the wheelie bars, wadding them up haven't seen the car since. Lisa is there to stir the crowd up. And yes Birdman is a bad man.

It irritates some ? I had to turn off the sound on the video. Wow can you imagine living with her?

I had wondered if he would step up since he kept blowing the tires off after he went turbo (that or go back on the bottle).


Tim

Hummm...... wondering if this going to be a following? Will Booted gt(the big tire slayer ) be going big tire? Wondering minds would like to know

Boosted Gt's chick Kayla was racing her pro mod at SCSN.

I do the nitrous for Doc, Monza, Reaper, Dominator........tuned Derricks EFI nitrous deal, have helped Dave and just redid the intake for Jackie, the owner of the Sonoma. When Chief was nitrous, I did his and Shawn has one of my kits on his 55 Chevy. I have Doc's new EFI intake right now and will have it on display at PRI. I was helping these guys way before this show started.

I have been out there before. Nobody wants to see me on TV and I try and stay out of the shots

Chucks Mustang is being done by Mike Duffy Race cars and there is a reason it is the way it is. Mike would NOT work on Chuck's current car and said he would just build a new one and Duffy does indeed have a new, ultra trick, SMALL tire, x275 car in the works for Chuck. Then Mike got soft hearted I guess and agreed to do a "quickie" back half on Chucks old car, to get big tires on it and that is the picture posted.

Chucks Mustang is being done by Mike Duffy Race cars and there is a reason it is the way it is. Mike would NOT work on Chuck's current car and said he would just build a new one and Duffy does indeed have a new, ultra trick, SMALL tire, x275 car in the works for Chuck. Then Mike got soft hearted I guess and agreed to do a "quickie" back half on Chucks old car, to get big tires on it and that is the picture posted.


This are to get interesting, chuck just may move up the list now.

Is this show over with now? Any more taping for future shows?

New Season Oct. 31st

Goliath II is also getting a procharger, but not in this next season. He made the announcement on his facebook page last week.

oh...ok Thaxs never herd any talk/or any previews on this, can't wait anything but this gas monkey garage crap.

they need to give David "bird" Jones and "Disco" Dean Kerns their own show. they had me lmao a couple weeks ago when then grudge raced down in Kentucky.

Maybe he'll rethink that. I used a Procharger when they were giving them to me but ultimately found they weren't competitive in the big leagues.

Judging by the giant banner on the wall in his shop, I suspect he might be in that free stuff category, or cheaper then normal.

He is adamant about never wanting to go with turbo's, and was tired of blowing up the nitrous engine. I don't know what's next when he gets tired of the procharger....maybe a big PSI screw blower?

Dave likes nitrous and was looking for a 5.0 bore space motor for a while. With all the other cars having big motors, he was having to lean on the 632 HARD to keep up. For what THEY do, the Pro-Charger motor will be fine. I am sure most if not all of the parts for this new build are donated, where as he was looking to buy a nitrous motor. So give it a shot. I suspect he is STILL looking to buy a bigger nitrous motor though and that will likely be back in the rails

A 632 nitrous motor in a car that weight, a low 4.40 or high 4.30 is a great pass using a LOT of nitrous. A 5.0 motor in that same car will run those numbers with a fairly small nitrous load.

Agreed. The Procharger combo was easy to run and it left hard. Just ran out of power about 500'.

David Bird Jones is hilarious, I admit to following him on facebook. He definitely needs additional airtime on both the regular and New Orleans shows.

The guy that runs the Black Bird vega with the dummy as passanger was at Quaker the other night.The son wanted to go so we did.Only troubke was he fired it up made it to the line and it died.Back to pits.Needed a cap and rotor.After like 2 hours fired up again.Did the water box and blew something.Oil on the track.Told my son maybe he needs to get a Mopar.