Super Comp Crash in Gainesville

voltdr · 03-19-2018, 05:56 PM

Anyone have any info about George Caheely's crash in SC R1? Is he OK? Did he break something? I haven't seen a dragster turn right that quickly w/o a wiggle?
Dan
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BKSG1198 · 03-19-2018, 06:12 PM

He was back for round 1 of Super Gas later on. His son went down right before him and got really, really loose. I believe he stopped at the end of the track and told someone that there was something on the track, so they sent the guys over the wall to look and found nothing then sent George and he crashed. From some Facebook posts of Don Higgins & John Anderson it seems like running high MPH SC Cars wasn't a good idea at G-Ville so early in the morning. Just hate to see that in any class, and unfortunately there was a lot of carnage after G-Ville.

RACER1530 · 03-19-2018, 11:19 PM

Tyler made a unbelievable save with his car,never saw a car get like that after the finish line. Real shame for George.

voltdr · 03-20-2018, 12:54 PM

I saw Tyler's run right before. Good save there. After that they drug the track, On George's run, because the surface was fresh, you could see skid marks just before the stripe. I noticed he killed 22mph, not sure when most of that was scrubbed off. NHRA spent quite a bit of time re-prepping the track after that. A real shame.... This is why I try not to be first out during the early runs.
Dan

BKSG1198 · 03-20-2018, 01:18 PM

Tyler posted on Facebook this morning that he did everything he could to save the car on his run, he said when it came off the stop it shook the tires, he said he stopped at the end of the track and told the flag guy "we shouldn't be running and it's not safe" the guy told him to get his car off the track with a smirk...he then said his dad was in the water, was 65 and has never crashed with 1,000 of runs under his belt, the guy again told him to get off the track and he said they argued for a little hoping it burned enough time up to have them look at the track but, all for nothing. Just a real shame to see this happen and cars get wrecked. This happened a few years back with Kara Stine & Another girl in Top Dragster at G-Ville running early in the morning.

SG3001 · 03-21-2018, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BKSG1198

Tyler posted on Facebook this morning that he did everything he could to save the car on his run, he said when it came off the stop it shook the tires, he said he stopped at the end of the track and told the flag guy "we shouldn't be running and it's not safe" the guy told him to get his car off the track with a smirk...he then said his dad was in the water, was 65 and has never crashed with 1,000 of runs under his belt, the guy again told him to get off the track and he said they argued for a little hoping it burned enough time up to have them look at the track but, all for nothing. Just a real shame to see this happen and cars get wrecked. This happened a few years back with Kara Stine & Another girl in Top Dragster at G-Ville running early in the morning.

Rob, this post should be required reading for race officials. I sometimes feel they don't know how much we have invested in our equipment, not to mention we don't want to die.
Mike

03-19-2018, 05:56 PM	#1
voltdr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 700 Likes: 77 Liked 87 Times in 47 Posts	Super Comp Crash in Gainesville Anyone have any info about George Caheely's crash in SC R1? Is he OK? Did he break something? I haven't seen a dragster turn right that quickly w/o a wiggle? Dan SC4698 __________________ Dan Foley SC 4698

03-19-2018, 06:12 PM	#2
BKSG1198 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Back in Vineland, NJ Posts: 2,461 Likes: 81 Liked 983 Times in 299 Posts	Re: Super Comp Crash in Gainesville He was back for round 1 of Super Gas later on. His son went down right before him and got really, really loose. I believe he stopped at the end of the track and told someone that there was something on the track, so they sent the guys over the wall to look and found nothing then sent George and he crashed. From some Facebook posts of Don Higgins & John Anderson it seems like running high MPH SC Cars wasn't a good idea at G-Ville so early in the morning. Just hate to see that in any class, and unfortunately there was a lot of carnage after G-Ville. Last edited by BKSG1198; 03-19-2018 at 06:15 PM.

03-19-2018, 11:19 PM	#3
RACER1530 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Jersey Posts: 161 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Super Comp Crash in Gainesville Tyler made a unbelievable save with his car,never saw a car get like that after the finish line. Real shame for George. __________________ Fordyce Motorsports SC 1538 / SC 153R

03-20-2018, 12:54 PM	#4
voltdr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 700 Likes: 77 Liked 87 Times in 47 Posts	Re: Super Comp Crash in Gainesville I saw Tyler's run right before. Good save there. After that they drug the track, On George's run, because the surface was fresh, you could see skid marks just before the stripe. I noticed he killed 22mph, not sure when most of that was scrubbed off. NHRA spent quite a bit of time re-prepping the track after that. A real shame.... This is why I try not to be first out during the early runs. Dan __________________ Dan Foley SC 4698

03-20-2018, 01:18 PM	#5
BKSG1198 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Back in Vineland, NJ Posts: 2,461 Likes: 81 Liked 983 Times in 299 Posts	Re: Super Comp Crash in Gainesville Tyler posted on Facebook this morning that he did everything he could to save the car on his run, he said when it came off the stop it shook the tires, he said he stopped at the end of the track and told the flag guy "we shouldn't be running and it's not safe" the guy told him to get his car off the track with a smirk...he then said his dad was in the water, was 65 and has never crashed with 1,000 of runs under his belt, the guy again told him to get off the track and he said they argued for a little hoping it burned enough time up to have them look at the track but, all for nothing. Just a real shame to see this happen and cars get wrecked. This happened a few years back with Kara Stine & Another girl in Top Dragster at G-Ville running early in the morning.