Re: Dart on fire and no one to put it out
[Re: cold85]
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09/13/11 12:34 PM
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That's scary stuff. Anyone know if it was a total loss? Can he save any of it?
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Re: Dart on fire and no one to put it out
[Re: Hot 340]
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09/13/11 07:40 PM
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Sad sad sad all across the board, this makes 3 cars ive seen burn down due to lack of.....
Yes.....without that you may just as well race on the street.
So Im a street racer, with an onboard fire system, 1.5 years ago I found myself stuck wot on spray on the streets, got the fire out and I tnt within 1000ft of a real fire station.
The lack of real fire people and the proper eq. in the vids ive seen from the track of these cars burning down is senseless, as mentioned why go if its not safe???
One thing ive noticed in some of the recent vids is it looks like pumps are still running providing raw fuel to burn....not saying thats the case here.... but where is the master "master switch in the car".
Yes when things go wrong things happen very quickly but it is also easy to get complaicent in a good running smooth car, I did and got bit....Now every run I go through a "what if" checklist.
Again, glad to see the driver walk away and sad to see a nice well known car jacked...I think it was easy to see the drivers frustration with his car burning and no one doing dick about it.
Now dog me all people wish for street racing, but I can say my street ride is safer then most track cars in almost everyway.
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Re: Dart on fire and no one to put it out
[Re: DemonDust]
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09/13/11 08:19 PM
09/13/11 08:19 PM
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Neither of those cars racing had a fire extinguisher in them?? I have one mounted right next to my shifter in my car... I thought you were required to have one???
Very sad that this happened. Glad everyone is ok
I didnt watch the vid but I carry a fire ext in my car and one on my cart plus one in the truck and in the trailer for the "just in case"... I worked in the fuel lab for YEARS and we had to go to fire training EVERY YEAR plus I had to train for a week straight the first time(not that it makes me a fire fighter but at least I know what to do)
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Re: Dart on fire and no one to put it out
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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09/13/11 08:38 PM
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I have to agree with Competion Wedge and CudaDoug, good luck getting anybody to pay for that but, it is a sad testament to the safety of some tracks. Can you still buy key on insurance for a race car?
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Re: Dart on fire and no one to put it out
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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09/13/11 08:50 PM
09/13/11 08:50 PM
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In addition to this car, I watched a really nice Camaro (I know) on youtube burn to the ground because the only extinguishers that track had were filled with....... WATER!! I've never had an extinguisher in my car, so shame on me, I've been lucky and probably got away with something. However.... If not properly mounted (and even if they are) extinguishers can become lethal projectiles inside a car during a crash or rollover. In Roger Burgess's pro mod crash, BOTH his fire bottles went shooting down the track and in the grass upon the cars impact, obviously not helping at that point. Point is, even if it's a good idea to have fire bottles in the car, it's inexcusable for a track to not be prepared for such a common occurance. And parking an unmanned, inoperable "safety" truck at the top end for appearence is just low rent.
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Re: Dart on fire and no one to put it out
[Re: quick77rt ]
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09/13/11 09:11 PM
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One thing ive noticed in some of the recent vids is it looks like pumps are still running providing raw fuel to burn....not saying thats the case here.... but where is the master "master switch in the car".
Master switches are fine and dandy, but, the fuel pump should be wired through an oil pressure switch.
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Re: Dart on fire and no one to put it out
[Re: Hot 340]
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09/13/11 09:20 PM
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Master switches are fine and dandy, but, the fuel pump should be wired through an oil pressure switch.
Interesting, although when I was stuck at wot on spray with no place to go the master on my panal is what shut everything down, currently the only thing not through my master is the arm switch for the prog controller, and the under hood fire system is on a pull switch hooked to a hood pin lanyard coming out of my dash with a loop, just pull and pray.
But overall thats not a bad idea, maybe a good thing as a redundent? system, but I think everyone argees you just cant be too safe.
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