earnhardt shunt, scary fire Options

[machina]

anyone see jr's crash this past weekend? Was in practice, driving one of the pratt and miller built C5's.

I imagine that these cars are built with no expense spared and by some of the best builders in the world (P&M).

The fuel cel either was punctured or burst, there was a major fire, the car came to a stop and after about 3 seconds it ignited.

Now I don't feel so good about my fuel cel in my admittedly low $$ racecar. Guess I am going to buy some new double layer nomex underwear and balaclava.

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[TimT]

The fuel cel either was punctured or burst, there was a major fire, the car came to a stop and after about 3 seconds it ignited.

I saw a corvette team manager say(on national TV) that the off occured right out of the pit on cold tires, the filler neck was filled to the quick release valve with fuel.

When the car backed into the wall it broke the filler neck off, and a few quarts of fuel were slung around

Ever notice the Corvettes have the fuel filler in an odd location? like halfway up the height of the car as opposed to top fueling like 99% of the other cars...I Heard that they did this for some reason for lemans.

Even so....this was a World Class car that went up in smoke...

so lets all triple check ours before we hit the track agin..