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Old 03-10-2010, 03:38 PM   #25
k.pascoe
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Default Re: Forgettable Racing Stories

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Originally Posted by Jim Bailey View Post
Shreveport ,LA ....IHRA World Finals 2000. The last year I drove Doug Herbert's IHRA Snap on Tools Top Fueler. Saturday Night. Wayne Bailey and I shook hands before our final qualifying run. He said, "Jim, let's just go out and have some fun!" Three minutes later, his broken in half racecar went by me in the lights at 290mph, he was a least 50' in the air. $h** was on fire, and flying everywhere. And Wayne died. Something's aren't forgettable.
Jim you're right, I'll never forget that either.
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