crazy crash at Vegas Speedway

[camcojb]

got this off the Chevelle board. Never seen this happen before to this extent.

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[Track Junky]

Damn.........wonder what made the throttle stick

[Autokraft]

Yeah I saw that on another board. That was crazy!

[jimbo]

Wonder why he couldnt kill the power?

[Van B]

My bet is he was unconscious.

[aany001]

whoa that was scary! anyone find out more info?

[Sieg]

My bet is he was unconscious.

+1 That was a hard hit on the wall.

[camcojb]

what was holding the car still if he wasn't holding the brakes?

[NOPANTS68]

From what I hear on the Norcal board, he was knocked out and a front wheel was bent or broken causing the jamb. There were kill switches both inside and outside the car but obviously approaching a car that violent isn't going to happen. Very sad, but at least he's alive.

[Vegas69]

If that front wheel didn't lock it could've been a real bad deal. Imagine if it headed for the starting line!

[Spiffav8]

He wins the burn out contest hands down!

Figgin crazy!!

[CarlC]

Humm. Makes one think about how to incorporate inertia swiches in the fuel and ignition systems.

[GregWeld]

So, so, lucky nobody was seriously hurt in that!

[intocarss]

ANOTHER ANGLE

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[bigtime]

here is a copy and paste from Eric:

"Thanks to all for the thoughts and prayers, I am OK VERY sore and bruised, if I move to fast i get real dizzy but its getting better...
I got home OK and downloaded the data from the pass and what i learned was that 2.2 seconds into the pass it started to shake the tire, it shows i try ed to lift (tps) and pull on the toe hook, but it was stuck. It went to around 5800 rpm then I hit the wall at 3.0... I thought i had turned off the ign and went for the chutes before it hit the wall. Once it hit the wall I was knocked out and I pinned it to the floor, then when i hit the wall the second time it knocked my foot off the throttle and it went back to the stuck position till it ran out of fuel..I learned a lot from this and my new car will have some changes because of it. I was very lucky my safety gear did its job. Things could have been way worse and looking back on it I am very glad it happened the way it did..

I went to the track the next day and thanked all involved. Most people don't know this but one of the fire rescue workers has hit by a piece of the tire or wheel and had to go to the hospital also, he will be OK.. They all did a great job and I would like all to know I am very great full that they put there lives on the line to save me!!!!! "
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[Track Junky]

Thanks for sharing Bob, glad he's OK

[Sieg]

Glad to hear it, humbly said as well. :thumbsup:

[elitecustombody]

That's just crazy. That just shows that anything can happen at the track. Glad he's OK. Sucks for the car,looks just like my Firebird without wheelie bars and hood.

[DBasher]

Glad to see he's ok and already thinking about a new car. Earlier in the day he ripped off a 7.77 at 182mph, damn impressive for skinny drag radials! Eric knows how to make big power for sure, I can't wait to see his next ride.
Watching it live on bangshift, I just about puked...kudos to the safety crew!

[BBC69Camaro]

Glad he is okay, I'm with CarlC - inertial kill switches :thumbsup:

[SLO_Z28]

I heard about this from another racer that was there. I was glad to hear he was OK and back at the track the next day.

[Bakaruda]

I grew up drag racing and it sounds to me like the throttle hung when he launched. But man that could have been much worst, glad is his okay.