Demon burns down.

[coronet68mx]

Incredibly thing happen to this car, sad to see what happened to this red beauty.

 

[kiwigtx]

Those fire fighters are totally ill-equipped and obviously have a chip on their shoulders....a hate for cars. Why are they even there? One guy said about the owner's attitude....I think it's the other way around.

 

[coronet68mx]

Those fire fighters are totally ill-equipped and obviously have a chip on their shoulders....a hate for cars. Why are they even there? One guy said about the owner's attitude....I think it's the other way around.

You just don't ask to a firefighter, can you please put down the fire? It's their freaking job, the whole video is sad to see, they just keep arguing about stupidity while the cars burn down more and more.

 

[greycharger]

the owner said it wouldn't shut off and the track guy reacted poorly to the owner's frustration.

as it sets there dropping fluids and debris, the track guys can't think far enough into the future to figure out who will be cleaning the mess.

 

[Big Bad Dad]

A lot of armchair quarterbacks there. The guy didn't, or couldn't shut the car off, but then got out like he had no concerns, and did not open the hood. Ever open the hood on a burning car? Good way to get your hands and arms burned. I didn't see any of the track workers with protective clothing or gear. The car owner should have opened the hood since he was familiar with his car. Have you ever fumbled around for a couple of minutes trying to open the safety catch on a car you are not familiar with? Want to try it with a fire under the hood? There's a reason fire fighters use those long pry bars when opening the hood at a car fire.

 

[Beach Goat]

Firefighter here.

The owner was likely trying to figure out a way to shut the car down, that's why he didn't get out. The track workers had a huge ego problem, and walking away with the fire extinguisher is begging for a lawsuit. The owner may have judged from the lax attitude of every employee standing there that the problem was not very bad, since they weren't acting like there was an emergency. Many people during a fire will look to the people around them for clues on how to act....and not one of those workers was acting like a single thing was wrong.

Instead of freaking out and cussing, the track worker should have calmly walked to the owner and exercised his authority as a safety figure on scene, and told the guy he needed to get out and his car was on fire. Instead he got butt hurt that the owner used a bad word and took the fire extinguisher away. That's insane and borderline criminal in my eyes.

From an emergency resonder's point of view, once a car is past a teeny tiny flame, and gets to the point where a self sustaining fire is present, we consider the car a total loss and simply do whatever we can to prevent damage to the surrounding property and environment. We would have absolutely drowned that engine bay to ensure no further damage, which may or may not have caused further damage as the engine was already on fire and probably a loss.

 

[greycharger]

I've been around a few engine bay fires.
Had I been there, I would have shook my head at the track people and grabbed my gloves and fire extinguisher. ...or theirs, they had some good sized extinguishers.
You pop the hood, which yes, gives air to the fuel, but what other choice is there?
One person with gloves pulls the hood up against the emergency catch and the other blasts away. Works to a point, but once the fire is too big, it takes the fire department or a bunch of extinguishers to knock it down.
If you can afford a car built to run 10's, maybe you should have an on-board fire suppression system.
If you are going to race, here is a friend:
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecID=1464

 

[coronet68mx]

But the engine blew up right ? I suppose that those engines are designed to made that type of burn out right, In another demon videos , the car just keep going and going, what happened here?

 

[greycharger]

I don't think it blew up.
As far as fires, I once used and engine that was in a fire so hot the garage caught the neighbors house on fire. It finally threw a rod, but I believe that was from one of the carbs failing and then the engine running lean while making good time on the Interstate. I got a lot of miles from it.

 

[Beach Goat]

But the engine blew up right ? I suppose that those engines are designed to made that type of burn out right, In another demon videos , the car just keep going and going, what happened here?

Could have been debris on an exhaust manifold like leaves or small animal poop, or a piece of an ice bag, from cooling the manifold between rounds, got stuck. Or maybe he tightened a spark plug wire wrong and pinched it in another component, like the valve cover. Maybe it was a piece of rubber that burned up enough to start other things nearby. Could have been anything. It looks like it started small but got out of hand when the track officials stood around doing absolutely ******* nothing for 5 minutes instead of extinguishing it.

 

[Bb70charger500]

It was hard to hear but sounds like the owner was screaming and cussing at the help . Then he got in there face ! I'd let his **** burn too!
Not hard to turn car off push button! It cuts off ! These cars are designed to turn off quickly for events like this ! Owner also wasn't in a suit what kind of track is this ! Everyone Know that car does better then 11 secs .
They told dude to pop hood muti times he didn't .
As stated they weren't in gear I'd say they weren't the fire crew or of a oh crap crew !
Dick head should of been more into saving his car he probably needed the insurance money to pay for it !
Also guy left with fire extinguisher any think maybe it was empty from spraying under the car? Those things empty quick! Maybe he had to go refill it!

 

[GTX MATT]

Seems to me like something in the trans let go

 

[33 IMP]

I have read about this and seen the comments on both a bodys, and moparts. Apparently, the trans exploded, and being in gear, the push button start/stop only works in park, therefor the driver couldn't shut it off, as directed by the starting line crew. Then the three-year-old side came out of everybody, and the car burned.
In my opinion, the guys working at the track are employed as a SAFETY CREW. They absolutely abrogated their duty in a fit of pique. ALL would be fired if i ran that track. Their job is to protect the public and the drivers, no matter what the driver (admittedly an asshole) says or does.
The safety crew at our local strip, is all in fire suits and protective garb, even the guy tending the water box. If you aren't properly dressed, and too scared to do your job, find other employment.
If there are lawsuits arising from this, (and i guarantee there will be) and i'm on the jury, five minutes in where the guy walks AWAY with the extinguishers, demon driver wins, free new demon, currently $145,000, plus some punitive ( not a lot, he wasn't hurt, was an a-hole).

 

[33 IMP]

The second part of this is... nhra wants all these modern performance cars at their test and tune events, so they granted exceptions to the safety requirements tha t would normally be mandatory for the performance level . The exemptions were supposed to be for UNMODIFIED late models, but with sneaky tuning, and good tires (which ARE allowed) these cars are FAST! There is no way my tina or opel runs in the nines or tens without cage, belts, shutofff, trans blanket, or many other safety stuff. None of that is required, not even a roll bar for a 10.20 hellcat or shelby mustang. Hell, the driver of the demon doesn't even have to know that his car WILL shut off if he holds the button in for five seconds.
Nhra is afraid that if they require safety stuff on the late models, they won't return. They are probably right. But the nhra will have to live with their decision , when stuff like this happens, or a late model driver gets seriously hurt or killed.