Just saw on my news feed that Australian Jim Read's T/F car exploded while starting injuring 5 crew members.
JIM READ RACING SPEAKS FOLLOWING READY-LINE EXPLOSION IN SYDNEY | Competition Plus
In their first public statement since the horrific ready line explosion Saturday Night, Jim Read Racing [JRR] immediately thanked the drag racing community for its support. "We have been absolutely inundated with calls and messages of support from all corners of the drag racing and wider...www.competitionplus.com
It's obvious, they didn't back the engine down and it hydrauliced .
Final round 1989 Sonoma. Engine let go on the burnout, Frank Bradley took a single for the win.Didn't something like that happen to Joe Amato once? He was on the starting line, hit the throttle and boom, I think his (then) wife Jerri was hurt.
On first read, I thought they said "Jim HEAD Racing"......
Of course, that is a possibility, but that seems too obvious of a mistake to make for a more-or-less Professional team. Maybe Eric S's theories are more likely
Sorry I'm not very good at this but in 1964 carbureted Fuel dragster push starting the driver left the clutch out and the 354 cylinder head with 4 carbs blew off the engine and into the parking lot kill switch was on