[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by buzzinhalfdozen

Alan, I agree 100%, Though not as fast S/SS cars are potentially just as dangerous. Seems like not too long ago someone went long in a car and went in a lake or pond of some sorts can't remember if it was a Stock or SS car. As with any thing there is always a danger of something going wrong, I'm just wondering if some of these teams are really up to the task of properly fielding these cars. I hate to hear of anyone getting hurt or killed as it puts our sport in a bad lite. My thoughts are with their friends and family. Joe

Joe, the person you speak of was Woodro Josey at Gainesville. The entire safety setup at the end of the track failed. The sand pit was nothing but hard clay, the safety catch net was old and brittle and had been sitting out in the weather for God knows how long, not to mention the superior mentality of putting a lake at the end of a drag strip with a dirt "ramp" to make sure the car was catapulted 30 feet in the air and land upside down in 6 feet of water! The only thing that saved Woodro's life was God and Woodro! A twelve year old knows you have to till the sand pit before every race, and you cant leave a catch net out in the weather for years and expect it to stop a golf cart let alone a speeding race car! I'm sorry but priority one must be common sense, not bottom line dollars! Until the NHRA re embraces the original concept of the Safety Safari and stops acting like a traveling carnival, we will see more unnecessary deaths.