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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/15/09 11:54 AM
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moparguy7074
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Pretty brave photographer 
Brave? More like crazy!  I would be running for the hills! 
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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/15/09 03:08 PM
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About as "out of the groove" as you can get. Broken Axle?
Yeah, it's got a smallblock.
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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/15/09 03:14 PM
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Chassisman
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About as "out of the groove" as you can get. Broken Axle?
notice the shiney look to the rear tires....looks like OIL !
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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/15/09 03:50 PM
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B Dartman
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Suggest watchting tonight...from the NHRA site it appears ESPN caught it all in "super slow motion".
From NHRA Site:
(W) Mickey Ferro (Ryco Hydraulics Monte Carlo) 0.069 5.593 257.92
(L) Steve Gasparrelli (Gasparrelli Racing Musta 0.064 DQ-Centerline
This turned ugly at the green, something apparently breaking on Gasparrelli's car. The car made an immediate, hard right turn, with what appeared to be fluid under the right rear tire. The car barely missed the Christmas tree, then rolled on its side and rolled into the opposite wall, facing the starting line. The car hit the wall with the underside of the chassis and the car's momentum almost flipped it over the wall. The impact unlatched the body and the throttle hung wide open as the car bounced along the top of the wall. The car then fell back on the track and spun back to the centerline about 200 foot from the starting line before coming to a stop, the engine screaming for a few seconds after that.
After some anxious moments, Gasparrelli came out of the car and was walked over to the ambulance for a checkout.
The ESPN cameras captured the entire sequence in super-slow-motion, so you will probably see it several times on the TV shows this weekend.
Fortunately, Gasparrelli's wild ride took place in relatively slow motion and Ferro was way down the track before Gasparrelli's car crossed into his lane. He will have lane choice against Ray in round two.
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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/15/09 05:03 PM
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Notice the spray of "BABY" poop on the starting line that tracks his car....alky/oil...maybe a breather line kicked off because it broke a ring on the burnout...when he brought it up on revs it puked it out on the tire. 
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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/15/09 07:00 PM
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Ron, good eye. That opposite tire gripped and right turn. Woody, I stole this post and put it on the other favorite place.. Sorry:)
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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/15/09 07:51 PM
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Ron, good eye. That opposite tire gripped and right turn.
...We had a BAE Hemi do that on our drag boat....driver never knew he was trailing a 25ft flamethrower behind him....
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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/15/09 08:04 PM
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The older gentleman with the camera has some stones to stand there and click off some pictures with that car almost on top of him,,,,wow,,, 
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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/15/09 08:06 PM
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moparguy7074
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The older gentleman with the camera has some stones to stand there and click off some pictures with that car almost on top of him,,,,wow,,,
He must get paid per picture! 
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Re: Steve Gasperrelli , gets it OUT OF THE GROOVE !
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11/23/09 12:29 AM
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NHRA sportsman from Pomona is supposed to come on right now
10:30 central on the 22nd
See the video if it does , maybe ?
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Note the number on the photographer's vest...21 "BLACK JACK"...his lucky day!! 
...it took me a minute to figure out the body ends upright on the car when the car is actually laying upside down. 
Some great photo's.