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goinbroke2 · 09-14-2011, 06:14 AM

After calming down.....I'll just say this. The reason I stopped racing on the street was because of a 68 pontiac with a 428 I was racing. He wanted to go double or nothing but before he could he needed a "just a second" to re-tie the binder twine around his tie rod end! I was door to door on a two lane road at 130mph beside this only moments before!!

That was my last street race. I race at a track because of the safety not because I'm worried about the law.
Having a non-serviceable ambulance or firetruck at a track is worse than not having one at all as you can't make an informed decision on whether to race or not.

This HAS to be addressed, as funding is not an excuse for lack of safety.

"well ma'am, he was fine after the accident, just his legs were pinned under the dash...then the fire broke out and he burnt to death" WTF???

Unexcusable!

09-14-2011, 06:14 AM	#7
goinbroke2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NS CANADA Posts: 899 Likes: 1,673 Liked 398 Times in 157 Posts	Re: Race car burnt at Motor Mile Dragway After calming down.....I'll just say this. The reason I stopped racing on the street was because of a 68 pontiac with a 428 I was racing. He wanted to go double or nothing but before he could he needed a "just a second" to re-tie the binder twine around his tie rod end! I was door to door on a two lane road at 130mph beside this only moments before!! That was my last street race. I race at a track because of the safety not because I'm worried about the law. Having a non-serviceable ambulance or firetruck at a track is worse than not having one at all as you can't make an informed decision on whether to race or not. This HAS to be addressed, as funding is not an excuse for lack of safety. "well ma'am, he was fine after the accident, just his legs were pinned under the dash...then the fire broke out and he burnt to death" WTF??? Unexcusable!