Hate it for Donald he is a very nice guy

That's scary stuff. Anyone know if it was a total loss? Can he save any of it?

that hurt just to see.seriously there should be a #¤¤-*/& safetycrew at the top of the track there is no ifs,buts or whys about it.without that you may just as well race on the street. have had three underhoodfires so far in my life and have fortunaly been able to put them out on my own,at the track there should be people at the topend that can help out.

That is horrible!! Made me sick just watching it. I am glad the driver is ok...And yes...where was the safety crew?

Atleast Donald is OK.. That's the most important thing...

Did this happen at Motor Mile Dragway??

Glad he's okay, the car can be fixed. Shame on that track for not having the support equpiment to respond to that. But, on the other hand...

Anyone who has that much money in that fast of a car and DOESN'T have on board fire suppresion gets some (if not most) of the blame. Sorry but it had to be said. You cannot depend 100% on the track for YOUR OWN safety, period.

You know those waivers we all sign entering a track that mitigates their responsibility? Here's why. The track won't do anything for this poor guy...he signed that away in order to compete that day.

It is really a damn shame that this had to happen. Hopefully HE and those reading will take a lesson and protect YOURSELF.

Rant over...

I wanna cry, and it aint my car,
Freaking idiots

Damm i've always like that car,glad he OK hope the car can be repaired.

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

Its comforting to see some driving their carts 2mph just to check it out. In the way and not even in a hurry enough to jump out and RUN up to be of some kind of assistance.

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.

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?

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.

Hope you guys can rebuild it. Hated watching that!

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.

over on the bullit i think someone is setting up a pay pal acc. if anyone wants to throw a little cash that way so they can fix the car. brad

This is why im adding a fire system to the fish(2 nozzles under hood and one for driver)and a lokar in car power cut off switch...Mike and Donald,so sorry for your lose and if there's anything i can do let me know.....