Forgettable Racing Stories - Page 3

Todd Boyer · 03-10-2010, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bailey

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, I'm assuming you and Wayne weren't related...not that that makes the experience any easier...

Bret Kepner · 03-10-2010, 10:06 PM

No relation despite the uncanny resemblance.

Casper68 · 03-10-2010, 10:23 PM

Paris dragstrip around '95....car, truck and trailer torn up in a hail storm....along with my dads car and truck parked right next to mine. Lots of cars torn up that day.

03-10-2010, 10:06 PM	#2
Bret Kepner Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Posts: 418 Likes: 1 Liked 11 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Forgettable Racing Stories No relation despite the uncanny resemblance. __________________ Bret Kepner BRETKEPNER@Prodigy.net Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

03-10-2010, 10:23 PM	#3
Casper68 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 44 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Forgettable Racing Stories Paris dragstrip around '95....car, truck and trailer torn up in a hail storm....along with my dads car and truck parked right next to mine. Lots of cars torn up that day.