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Wow! That was a close one. Glad Thomas and Pete are ok. But this whole "when is NHRA gonna stop this", and "when will this style of racing be stopped" is crazy. You've gotta put yourself in Thomas's shoes. Yes he hit the brakes too hard, I think about 75% of us competitive racers on this site can say they have done the same thing at least once. He was racing one of the best, and his dad is arguably the best sportsman racer we have. He knew he wasn't gonna get there or knew he had to dump hard to kill what he was holding and anyone trying to make a name is Drag racing wants to beat the best at any cost. Mistakes happen, I know Thomas learned from this mistake and it's never anybody's intention to lock me up or put a car into the wall. Unfortunately this is part of racing and there are several "great" racers who have done the same thing, just didn't get as lucky. Trying to patrol this style of racing would be about as effective as America's war on immigration.