I was there last night and actually witnessed it. It was horrific, I have never seen anything go up that fast. The worst part was the fire department was down at the opposite end of the track and it took them over 3 minutes to get up there. By the time they arrived to the starting line Bob has fell out of the passenger side door and was laying in the fire, still on fire after being in the truck for over 2 minutes. Then the idiots with the fire department took their time getting out of the truck and slowly put on their fire suits and took their sweet time unrolling the fire hose, then sprayed the truck while Bob layed on the ground still on fire. The starting line official who has been with the track since they opened risked his own life and reached into the fire and pulled Bob out, receiving burns to his arms and hands. Bob was forced to take his own fire suit off which was still on fire and his helmet to get away from the fire, then the fire department made him get up and walk on his own to the ambulance parked in the staging lanes. My thoughts and prayers are with Bob and his family, he is still in critical condition at the Cabell Huntington burn center. I have never witnessed anything as bad as this fire, its hard to watch someone struggle the way he did to get out of that fire ball.
I'll keep him and his family in my thoughts and prayers.
