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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[Randal]

I thought that the car's fire system

Check the video. He hit that wall hard and I don't think was conscious when he stopped. Can't hit the bottle like that!

I was talking to Rich, who knows Sears like the back of his hand, and Brad at lunch and everyone thought it just seems crazy that he'd be pushing the car on that corner (*) with cold tires.

If you listen to the video it sounded as if the tires spun, for a few seconds, before he lost traction and went off.

Rich wondered if the fuel was leaking on the tires before he went in to that corner….

My guess is that the accident was mechanical.

This wasn’t his first trip around Sears on cold tires with a big V8.




(*) anyone who drives lots of tracks will tell you that the S's at Sears are as technical as it gets.