I was wondering how long the Video would take to get all over the net.
Yes....as Toddd explained...it was the funny car crewman that gave the driver the burnout signal...NOT a track guy.
And...the FC crew packed up and did exactly that...F'd off and basically told the Mustang guy to pound sand.
Our track guys are experienced....obviously someone on the FC team was NOT. The incident resulted in one heck of a mess of oil, fuel, fibreglass, and VHT. When the nose exploded on the FC, all the fibreglass embedded in the VHT and the only way to get it off the track was to "wash" down that whole area. There were "shards" of fibreglass everywhere. Took an hour to clean up the mess but hat's off to the track crew 'cause the track bit even harder after that!!!
Alberni Drag Race guys and volunteers ROCK!! Too bad we got rained on for eliminations the next day.

And we really don't try to do it this way up here in Canada.....that was a bit of a below-the-belt blow. I certainly personally wouldn't say that if it had happened 200 miles south at Seattle....