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Main reason I didn't post about it is the flames you usually get for even mentioning drag racing.Engine grenaded at the finish line, blowing the body off. The chutes are designed to deploy when this happens, but they never fully blossomed. This particular racetrack is an older track with less run-off than other tracks and not much of a sand pit at the end. So with no chutes and the possibility he may have been unconscious (not that he could have done much anyways. The brakes are not much help at 300MPH+), the higher speed impact with the end of the track ruptured the fuel cell (located in the front of the car) and it ignited from the engine fire that hadn't gone out yet.There's an engine fire like this almost every race, head gaskets giving way, supercharger pops, etc. and very rarely is it anything more than a financial and time consuming inconvenience. This was a freak accident, but just like Eric Medlen's death last year and Darrell Russell's back in 2004, the sport will end up being safer because of it. There have been some horrific crashes in this sport over the years with drivers walking away unscathed. This was just one of those deals where things went just wrong enough in several areas to not be a survivable crash.
Main reason I didn't post about it is the flames you usually get for even mentioning drag racing.
Engine grenaded at the finish line, blowing the body off. The chutes are designed to deploy when this happens, but they never fully blossomed. This particular racetrack is an older track with less run-off than other tracks and not much of a sand pit at the end. So with no chutes and the possibility he may have been unconscious (not that he could have done much anyways. The brakes are not much help at 300MPH+), the higher speed impact with the end of the track ruptured the fuel cell (located in the front of the car) and it ignited from the engine fire that hadn't gone out yet.
There's an engine fire like this almost every race, head gaskets giving way, supercharger pops, etc. and very rarely is it anything more than a financial and time consuming inconvenience. This was a freak accident, but just like Eric Medlen's death last year and Darrell Russell's back in 2004, the sport will end up being safer because of it. There have been some horrific crashes in this sport over the years with drivers walking away unscathed. This was just one of those deals where things went just wrong enough in several areas to not be a survivable crash.
