IHRA at Columbus.

[Carguy49]

That fire was scary to watch. I am so glad that the driver is still alive. I would say that God was watching out for him.

[tstickff]

I hate to say this, but I would suggest IHRA invest in some safety and Fire Extinguisher classes before next race, I saw a pic in FB with 3 or 4 semi trucks that said ?safety convoy? in my opinion as a previous firefighter and a racer what I saw in that video was unacceptable to that racer. No im not being an IHRA hater, I would also love to support them someday also, but they need to train their personnel on safety before they kill someone.

Tim Stickles

[CMcAllister]

Originally Posted by tstickff

I hate to say this, but I would suggest IHRA invest in some safety and Fire Extinguisher classes before next race, I saw a pic in FB with 3 or 4 semi trucks that said ?safety convoy? in my opinion as a previous firefighter and a racer what I saw in that video was unacceptable to that racer. No im not being an IHRA hater, I would also love to support them someday also, but they need to train their personnel on safety before they kill someone.

Tim Stickles

Some fire extinguishing agent on the driver earlier in that deal may have been helpful in reducing his injuries. Hard to get up close with the violence of that thing exploding. Don't know if I've ever seen one that ugly.

A legit fire truck, and crew, behind the starting line, in addition to what they have at the bottom of the track, would help with response times. Seems to take the trucks on the bottom end an agonizing amount of time to get to a car that has a crash and/or fire early in the run.

Watching this guy's wife/GF over the wall watching all of this was awful.

[jerry witzel]

Driver is a friend of mine. His wife posted on Facebook that he is in intensive care and his angels are watching over him.

[Carguy49]

Originally Posted by jerry witzel

Driver is a friend of mine. His wife posted on Facebook that he is in intensive care and his angels are watching over him.

Prayers for a full recovery for this young man. Please Lord, give the doctors all they need to make him well again. May God provide comfort for his wife during this very difficult situation.

[doglover44]

What I don't understand is why racer turnout was so low

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by doglover44

What I don't understand is why racer turnout was so low

Michael Beard and Tyler Bohannon was asking the same question with their Class series! LOL

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by tstickff

I hate to say this, but I would suggest IHRA invest in some safety and Fire Extinguisher classes before next race, I saw a pic in FB with 3 or 4 semi trucks that said ?safety convoy? in my opinion as a previous firefighter and a racer what I saw in that video was unacceptable to that racer. No im not being an IHRA hater, I would also love to support them someday also, but they need to train their personnel on safety before they kill someone.

Tim Stickles

Hard to not agree with that....There was two of the starting line people that got burned trying to immediately assist. One was a track regular worker; I was told the guy from mass traction also. I talked to the track worker, he burned his fingertips but continued to help all day.