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Battle of the Imports in Orlando

Old Apr 10, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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Battle of the Imports in Orlando

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It was packed.. traction sucked for the boosted cars
lots of oil downs

And a brand new car..A work of art
crashed badly!
The only thing that saved the driver
was the fact the car was VERY pro built chassis wise
if it was just some ghetto 12 point cage = RIP




They had to use the "jaws of life" to extract him
(cut roof and cage to get him out safely)


http://media.putfile.com/rx7wreck
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 11:10 PM
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That's terrible.............Who was that guy?

Try putting this in the new drag forum....... https://www.rx7club.com/forumdisplay.php?f=167
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 01:15 AM
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holy shitballs! i can only imagine what that felt like. really sad.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 05:57 PM
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Racing can be dangerous, at least it was 50yrs.ago, I dont think things have changed much, YEH ! live fast -- die young, just enjoy your life while your living. Im probably not politicly correct here BUT how do you stop adreneline? and I dont care what they say! you cant die until you do!!!! RON
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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The track suck that day for sure but the driver should have lifted the 1st time the car got loose but he tried to get back on it and that's when the **** really got out of control and the rest is history. I stopped counting after the 10th roll and started praying for him. At least he's ok and let's hope for a speedy recovery for him.
Have not seen a crash like that in dragracing in a very long time. Actually the last time I saw something like that was at the very same track when pro 5.0 racer Grebeck lost his life there a couple of years ago.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by crispeed
The track suck that day for sure but the driver should have lifted the 1st time the car got loose but he tried to get back on it and that's when the **** really got out of control and the rest is history. I stopped counting after the 10th roll and started praying for him. At least he's ok and let's hope for a speedy recovery for him.
Have not seen a crash like that in dragracing in a very long time. Actually the last time I saw something like that was at the very same track when pro 5.0 racer Grebeck lost his life there a couple of years ago.
Grebecks car was in the "Freak Show" 10.5 class right? Those cars are making ridiculous power for the little rubber they ride on.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/F...D9411A60E5.htm
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Old Apr 15, 2006 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by crispeed
The track suck that day for sure but the driver should have lifted the 1st time the car got loose but he tried to get back on it and that's when the **** really got out of control and the rest is history. I stopped counting after the 10th roll and started praying for him. At least he's ok and let's hope for a speedy recovery for him.
Have not seen a crash like that in dragracing in a very long time. Actually the last time I saw something like that was at the very same track when pro 5.0 racer Grebeck lost his life there a couple of years ago.
I think I saw the same car when I came down for the Moroso event. I think he was trying to get his 9sec track license that day. Is this the same car below?

I loved the airbrushed intercooler. Look Closely....

Anthony





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Old Apr 15, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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Yep same car and the intercooler fooled me too!
There's a video at www.agracingphoto.com of the car at Lakeland's 1/8 mile drag strip making a pass.

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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 03:08 AM
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Video of the crash here---->http://videos.streetfire.net/video/9...A9789D4487.htm
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