Another Racer Killed at E-Town
 

I understand that during alcohol funny car qualifying, just before noon, another race was killed running off the top end. As I understand it NJ police have stopped the racing today.

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Driver Killed In Crash At N.J. Raceway
Track Hosting NHRA SuperNationals

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. - A drag racing driver ran through a net at the end of a track and died of head injuries in a crash during a qualifying round at the NHRA SuperNationals at a New Jersey raceway Friday, state police said.

The driver, whose name has not been released, died of head injuries at Raceway Park in Old Bridge, N.J., Sgt. Stephen Jones said.

According to the organizer's website, Sportsman qualifying was under way at the time of the accident.

Very Sad
 

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Left Lane: John Headley Runs 6.666/158.00, Now #3
Right Lane: Neal Parker Runs 5.732/249.90, Now #2

Headley spun the tires coming off the starting line and it sounded as if he never shifted. Parker ran his career best ET and speed but then never opened his chutes. The car went off the track into the sand. We'll be down here for a while.

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According to DragRace central, Neal Parker's chutes never opened and went to the sand?

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Sorry to hear that. I'm assuming the automatic system on T/F and F/C that deploys the chutes past the finish line if they don't open don't apply to TAFC.

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Apparently, they're still running Pros??

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That is just awful....another sad day at Raceway Park...Prayers for Families and all involved. WJ

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I wonder if he was still on the throttle?? Had to enter the sand with great momentum. Very sad. Our prayers go out to his family and friends.

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Got this off another thread, the news had video of the scene @ top end

http://www.wlfi.com/dpps/news/nation...10-jgr_3413629

This is a video from last years race @ Etown when Alex DeJoria hit the nets when her chutes came off the car!

http://www.competitionplus.com/index...astating-crash

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Sorry to say but from watching the video from 2009 crash and seeing in person the 2008 crash , the sand pit is way too short for the speeds of T/F F/C T/AD T/AFC. A runaway car just skims across the sand into the nets. This could be a real problem due to the road crossing behind the end of track and safety devices . There is just no room to elongate the sand pit.