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That has got to be the worse one I have seen in recent years. It was really bad. I wonder if he was sitting up on the car waiting for the sand to jump off instead of on the concrete or was he hung up with all the $)## they wear these days? Anyone know?
 
In his interview he stated that on the 2nd hit with the wall he thought he was already in the sand. SOO he climbed out to find the car still moving and rode it to a stop instead of bailing off or climbing back into the fire to find the brakes.
 
I thought he said that when he hit the wall he thought he hit the sand and was ready to jump. But, then when he saw he was still moving, he didn't get out until it stopped.
It was pretty scary. I was holding my breath until he was out and got to the other side.
 
that was 1 scary fire! it was so great to hear that all of the extra saftey stuff worked just fine. not even a headache and he moved the barrier! so great that robert is ok.
 
Oh, must have missed that interview when I went to check on the bbq outside. Thanks guys.
 
Scary mofo fire man.
Very glad to see Robert OK!
I'm curious to know if the fire bottles went off or not.

The smell...........
I remember catching a whiff of Cruz's burned car at Sonoma last year.
It's one of those smells that turns your stomach.
 
And Scott did a tremendous job in the Mustard-mobile :D steering clear of Rob's ride. I still don't know how he got the Solara stopped! When I saw Rob veer the one way, I thought Scott would go the other.... then Rob swerved back the other way. Quite a show.
 
Pretty nasty fire. One of the worst in a long time. When it first banged in the lights, I didn't think much of it, but man the fire didn't go out, it only got bigger and I got pretty worried. Then it went off both walls, man was I glad to see the escape hatch start to open up.


Crashes like this got me thinking... Two great racers have passed on, but their crashes may or may not of had a hand in how this played out. #1 The cockpit work they have done with the padding and belts, that being the obvious one, but how about having the guard rails being sealed up all the way to the sand. Imagine if ethier one of those hits had come at a opening in the wall (Al Hofmann anybody) and this could have been a much worse deal.
 
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Pretty nasty fire. One of the worst in a long time. When it first banged in the lights, I didn't think much of it, but man the fire didn't go out, it only got bigger and I got pretty worried. Then it went off both walls, man was I glad to see the escape hatch start to open up.


Crashes like this got me thinking... Two great racers have passed on, but their crashes may or may not of had a hand in how this played out. #1 The cockpit work they have done with the padding and belts, that being the obvious one, but how about having the guard rails being sealed up all the way to the sand. Imagine if ethier one of those hits had come at a opening in the wall (Al Hofmann anybody) and this could have been a much worse deal.
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Hofmann's crash was just freaky! I still can't believe Al got out of that one.

Glad Robert was okay today, have not seen the footage yet, but from what I'm reading it was a nasty one :(

Mike
 
Robert Hight Is My Hero, Can U Believe His Natural Ablity To Keep Calm Get Both Shutes Out, Get On The Brakes, Get Out Of The Seven Point Harnes, Unhook The Fresh Air & Raidio Conection, Climb Out The Car But Not Jump Off Till The Car Stoped To Keep From Being Injured While The Fire Keep Getting Worse. Then He Wanted More Than Anyone To Run In The Next Round.
 
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It's sad they couldn't use another chassis.

We have his quotes if you missed the interview -

Torco Racing Fuel's Competition Plus.com - Drag Racing's Internet Magazine - FRANTIC THRASH FOR HIGHT ENDS IN FORFEIT
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I also disagree....sure JF Racing could afford to have a spare car.. but what about the poor slob who is running on a small sponsorship, or on his own dime.. that would mean the "Little" guy CANT run... but the "Big Boys" or well funded teams can.... I don't think its fair to the little guy to allow him to use another car if the original is unable to make the call (as in this case) he should lose the round... Thats the way it is now & I think that makes it fair to low buck $$ teams!
 
I agree with what Mike Dunn said on the coverage. "What other form of motorsports allows you to roll out a spare on raceday?" None.

Force got a little too over the top in his interview. One of the first Force interviews and opinions I don't like.
 
They even showed footage on our local 11pn news in Detroit.

I would have liked to have seen the full run from behind to see how the hell Scott missed him. With all that smoke he had no idea where to go. Also when Robert went in front of him Scotts chutes still were not out yet. Great driving job by Scott.

Glad Robert is ok
 
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I agree with what Mike Dunn said on the coverage. "What other form of motorsports allows you to roll out a spare on raceday?" None.

Force got a little too over the top in his interview. One of the first Force interviews and opinions I don't like.
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I agree with Mike 100%. I was all for the "Eddie Hill Rule" but after eliminations start, that's a different story. John also stated that it might not be fair to the lower budget teams at the end of the statement. I never thought that they would actually run the car but just try to stage it and see if they got lucky. Same thing that they did with Eric at the Finals in 05.
 
It appeared that the fire ext system didn't work. I hope they look at what happened here. This may have saved the car. Even Dune mentioned the fact that the system didn't appear to fire.
 
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I never thought that they would actually run the car but just try to stage it and see if they got lucky. Same thing that they did with Eric at the Finals in 05.
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Seems to me I remember them talking to Jimmy while they were cleaning up from the first spill, and he said that's exactly what was happening, that they never really intended to pull a full run out of the car. They were just going to see what happened and perhaps take advantage if Head messed up.

Kudos to Jim Head by the way. He waited for a long time while the AAA team got things under control. He showed a lot of patience and class, I think.
 
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