Expensive day at the track

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We went to our local 1/8 mile track for a Nostalgia Day last Saturday. Some good friends, Joe Hendricks and Randy Bridges were there for some exibition runs against Dave Miller in his Nostalgia T/F car. Things were near perfect with a newly paved track and temps in the high 60s. Good air for making power. First pass, Randy blew the tires at the start (very uncommon for these guys) so they did their normal maintenance and headed back to the line for the second pass. The car hooked good and made a strong, straight pass , ......... until it hit the traps. Then HE!! broke loose. Randy said it was like staring into the sun, only hotter!
He hit the fire bottles and the chutes, then rode the brakes hard, hoping he was still on the track. Everything worked just like it should and he unbuckled and stepped out. He has some second degree burns on his hands but overall is fine. The wallets however, ........

Just before the Green



And when it came back to the pits.



Not pretty.







Can't ever pay too much for a good fire suit! Boots were burnt too. They're already tossed aside.



This is what's left of a good fireproof jacket.




Note the GoPro mounted on the cage in the first photo. That should be some interesting video!!! Youtube clip here