Vegas mishap
 

Just wondering if anyone seen this accident happen at the Las Vegas strip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjyIN...ature=youtu.be

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Pretty wild !!!!! Took a while for the safty guys to get there ?

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How would you have gotten there thru the SMOKE CLOUD ?

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:confused: After watching several times, I think the throttle stuck and when the tires were gone, Eric managed to pull the throttle back little at a time. I'm not sure as to why ignition and fuel shut off wasn't applied. Very strange incident over all!! Mike Lewis:rolleyes:

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They have Video Poker Machines in the tower--whats more important-:rolleyes:

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Throttle stuck wide open off the line. He was trying to pull it back when he was knocked out after hitting the first wall. There are a few videos on you tube with a different view. the safety crew got there as fast as they could.

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Yeah, it's crazy. It took them a whole 3 seconds from the initial impact to flip on their lights and start rolling. And that's just what we can see on the video, they were probably rolling a few seconds sooner. That's what you call a long time?

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TOOOO much power for 9" tires and that hood scoop! WHAT!!! just how mach can they handle?????????

I hope there was something under the tire besides asphalt for his case, just say'in!

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wheres the safety safari from the starting line? everything comes from the top end.

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I was at this race and it was the worst race I have ever been too . The track was not in good shape at anytime . There were several other wreck as well as this one and the Garret turbo car went over the wall . Glad the driver is ok but very poor management at PSCA.

There was a rumor going around the track that the promoter ran out of funds for track prep and clean up . The more days the race went on the worst it got . I did not finish my last time run and left saturday afternoon .

No qualifying sheets , nobody new what was going on . I heard from several people working the event that this was their last

We should be thank full for what NHRA does for us , if you dont believe it just go to one of these races . At one point it took 4 hr's to run 54 car's

Bo Kenney
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I was there racing and yes, Saturday it took 3 hours to run pro street and 10.5 class. Everybody was on the ragged edge and some stuff got blowed up and a little got bent. It happens at every race. The track personnel did as good a job as they could. The weather didn't co-operate, it was cold, we had a little sprinkle but all in all it was a good wekend and the race got in. You gotta remember those guys are the pros in their organization and they blow up just like the pros in nhra. Stuff happens.

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That goes GREAT with small tires and BIG HORSEPOWER !!!
Makes for good pictures and video......... !

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The pro street guys were not on small tires.

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I hate to say this as vegas Is My favorite track to race at ,,but, but it seems that the last three years or so the decision makers have over looked the condition of the track and wait until a car crashes to either re prepp the track or cancel the races until the next day . :mad:

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Maybe the track does it on purpose trying to draw in the we are here to see a wreck crowd.

Originally Posted by Floyd Staggs
I was there racing and yes, Saturday it took 3 hours to run pro street and 10.5 class. Everybody was on the ragged edge and some stuff got blowed up and a little got bent. It happens at every race.

In my opinion if this is happening at every race some one is doing some thing wrong.

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Track prep looked pretty good on this pass. (10.5W class)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW8jlFgfTok

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I meant at every drag race in every organization. How much stuff gets blowed up at a national event? In a lot of classes. Sunday's finals showed who was prepared and who wasn't. You either go big or you go home.

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I haven't raced PSCA in Las Vegas for a few hours and I can't remember who does tech,,,,,,the track or PSCA. Regardless it was said the Firebird did not have any padding in his cage.

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All I can say is that the NHRA tech guy had no help and the race director had his hands tied . I saw the local tech guy pass a car with no padding on roll cage .

When I raced the NHRA national and divisional race the conditions where the same as the PSCA race . NHRA had the track in great condition and ran more cars in a shorter time period .

All car were supposed to have diapiers on them , I bought 2 from Jegs to put on my cars . Just my opinion but a lot of cars would not have passed NHRA tech or PSCA tech if they had more NHRA tech people.

On the bright side meet a lot of new racers and seen a lot of new cars . Got to talk with John Calvert and that was worth the trip

My personal opinion is the PSCA is a great Ideal they just need to run it better and tighten up on the tech side .

There entry fee's were low and it showed in track prep and propper personal . They did have a great announcer from NHRA think it was Bob Frye

Bo Kenney

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