Good Luck IHRA! (1 Viewer)

[none]

I mean that. No annomosity here, I wish them well. I think there is room for another sanction, and I hope they can make it work.

Alan

 

[ironpony]

We will see some this weekend at Darana Raceway...............National Trail

 

[sfw1960]

AR~
You know better than anybody the racers will go on green FOR green - sanctioning bodies aside, I'm looking forward to this too.

 

[vegasnitro]

I think I am going to drive up to Columbus on Saturday to check it out.

 

[luxexpress]

That was not a good start to the weekend. Praying for the driver.

 

[none]

That was not a good start to the weekend. Praying for the driver.

The link doesn't work. What happened?

Alan

 

[luxexpress]

The link doesn't work. What happened?

Alan

Looked like a TS car had a nitrous backfire after the burnout and the entire car went up in flames. Not sure I've ever seen one burn like that. Hard to tell but looked like the driver was in the car for a long time. Praying.

 

[justafan]

That was horrible! Prayers for the driver and his wife/gf who was about to back him up.

 

[andujar]

 

[andujar]

 

[andujar]

Watch Live! | IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series - Pro Am Time Trials and Qualifying - Race 1 | National Trail Raceway | July 9th, 2025

Pro Am Classes compete for Round 1 of the 2025 IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series glory. Hot Rod, Stock Quick Rod, Super Stock Super rod, Top Sportsman, and Top Dragster are scheduled. From Darana Raceway - formerly National Trails Raceway, in Hebron, OH.

speedsport.tv

 

[yoda]

 

[Just Paul]

Man that was a tough one to watch. Not just him, but his wife/gf/sister/BUG having to stand right there and watch it all. She's lucky she wasn't any closer to the car when it exploded.

My thoughts are with them all.

 

[Chili]

I can’t recall seeing anything like that before. It’s easy to watch and point fingers on what could have been done differently or better than the way it was handled. I would have thought there would be an employee that distance out with a fire extinguisher ready to jump into action. It seemed like it took forever for them to reach the car but it was probably only 15 seconds. I pray the driver had the best fire safety equipment available and not just the minimum required.

 

[ironpony]

not a good day. I was in the shop and heard them racing then it all went quiet. I thought that was weird and it stayed quiet all afternoon.

 

[yoda]

Been watching a lot of other forms of racing lately; the moment an incident occurs, the swarm of raceday personnel is immediate. INDYCAR, F1, NASCAR, even the endurance races- everyone on those safety squads seem to be there paying the utmost attention to hot cars on the track, and are on it immediately when something occurs.

This was hard to watch. I hope the big heads at IHRA have one hell of a sit down with their people about how to handle emergencies such as this.

 

[jgrigz]

I can’t recall seeing anything like that before. It’s easy to watch and point fingers on what could have been done differently or better than the way it was handled. I would have thought there would be an employee that distance out with a fire extinguisher ready to jump into action. It seemed like it took forever for them to reach the car but it was probably only 15 seconds. I pray the driver had the best fire safety equipment available and not just the minimum required.

In their announcements leading up to the race they said that this was going to be a time of taking notes making improvements in the future. This was a major one. I hope this is their top priority.

 

[Nitro Fiend]

Found this on the Drag Coverage page on FB. Don’t know too much about the source so I can’t confirm the accuracy:

Update from Marvin Blaney’s Family. “His Angels Were Watching Over Him”

Blaney’s family posted “Thank you for all of the prayers as they are desperately needed right now. Marvin is in intensive care from the 2 horrific explosions that destroyed his race car and almost took his life. His angels were watching over him! Please keep the prayers coming...”

During the second round of Top Sportsman qualifying at the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series on Wednesday at National Trail Raceway, Marvin Blaney’s Top Sportsman ’63 Corvette suffered an engine explosion after the burnout. Blaney was removed from the vehicle and transported to a local medical facility for further evaluation.

-IHRA-

 

[Chili]

Been watching a lot of other forms of racing lately; the moment an incident occurs, the swarm of raceday personnel is immediate. INDYCAR, F1, NASCAR, even the endurance races- everyone on those safety squads seem to be there paying the utmost attention to hot cars on the track, and are on it immediately when something occurs.

This was hard to watch. I hope the big heads at IHRA have one hell of a sit down with their people about how to handle emergencies such as this.

I saw an interview several years ago with Jay Payne and Shelly Anderson about being at divisional races and seeing the safety crews not being prepared if something were to go wrong. NHRA might get beat up over a lot of things but I think the NHRA national event safety safari is top notch. They have the experience and the equipment for most situations.

 

[sfw1960]

God Bless this poor soul, I too had a horrible reaction watching it and cringed repeatedly.

Prayers for Marvin Blaney on some righteously good healing and a great recovery with the best outcome possble.