Drag Race Tragedy Texas
- Thread starter Dennis H
- Start date
JDmac72chrgr
Well-Known Member
PRAYERS FOR STRENTH TO THE FAMILIES!! The loss of youngins hurts the deepest!!
The bad deal about the whole thing is people ARE trying, some times successfully, to shutdown SAFE, PROVEN DRAG STRIPS (Englishtown NJ perfect example) WITH INSURANCE, due to "noise" and other "concerns": causing steet racing and other "non-protection for fans" venues to pop-up. Some tracks were there BEFORE neighborhoods were built, Atco NJ perfect example. DAMN NIMBies!!!
The bad deal about the whole thing is people ARE trying, some times successfully, to shutdown SAFE, PROVEN DRAG STRIPS (Englishtown NJ perfect example) WITH INSURANCE, due to "noise" and other "concerns": causing steet racing and other "non-protection for fans" venues to pop-up. Some tracks were there BEFORE neighborhoods were built, Atco NJ perfect example. DAMN NIMBies!!!
Prayers for all involved and their familes.
1968cuda415
Well-Known Member
No Prep racing is the absolute dumbest bunch of peanut brained bullshit that children and wanna be children whom are adult age have ever created.......it is proven unsafe and for what reason???? Prepped track racing has an inherent danger in itself but that is the only place that racing should take place ESPECIALLY in todays day and age of multi thousand horsepower type cars. When will people grow up and stop doing stupid **** with even more stupid people.
Runcharger
Well-Known Member
No prep racing, it goes well with doing a "cold rev".
33 IMP
Well-Known Member
- Local time
- 1:45 PM
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2017
- Messages
- 14,693
- Reaction score
- 25,074
- Location
- taxifornia,soon 2b Arizona.
No prep is an attempt to make track racing just as stupid and dangerous as street racing.
33 IMP
Well-Known Member
- Local time
- 1:45 PM
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2017
- Messages
- 14,693
- Reaction score
- 25,074
- Location
- taxifornia,soon 2b Arizona.
I have seen you tube video of races AT A DRAGSTRIP, run the wrong way, starting from the end of the shutdown, and going toward the dragstrip starting line.
So basically, they were running among trees, with no guardrails (except for the ones that could impale a car that runs into the end of them, from the wrong direction.) with thousand plus horsepower cars, with no traction. What could go wrong? Not to mention the starter that could be hit, the hundreds of spectators behind the "starting line" that could be hit by anything coming out the back of a "race car" (think driveshaft or rearend parts) or the hundreds of people along the track (remember, on the end of the track with NO GUARDRAILS). So, water under one tire, broken axle, etc, instant car-into -crowd.
It's really a wonder I haven't heard of spectators killed before this.
Prayers for all concerned.
Edit: in the mentioned video, I think I saw three racecars totalled in crashes.
So basically, they were running among trees, with no guardrails (except for the ones that could impale a car that runs into the end of them, from the wrong direction.) with thousand plus horsepower cars, with no traction. What could go wrong? Not to mention the starter that could be hit, the hundreds of spectators behind the "starting line" that could be hit by anything coming out the back of a "race car" (think driveshaft or rearend parts) or the hundreds of people along the track (remember, on the end of the track with NO GUARDRAILS). So, water under one tire, broken axle, etc, instant car-into -crowd.
It's really a wonder I haven't heard of spectators killed before this.
Prayers for all concerned.
Edit: in the mentioned video, I think I saw three racecars totalled in crashes.
Last edited:
- Local time
- 2:45 PM
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2021
- Messages
- 3,572
- Reaction score
- 7,503
- Location
- Roswell, New Mexico
A sponsored event and no safety protocols for
spectators? Someone dropped the ball, big time.
Prayers up for those injured, and families who've
lost loved ones.
spectators? Someone dropped the ball, big time.
Prayers up for those injured, and families who've
lost loved ones.
padam
Well-Known Member
I've posted before that I thought this nonsense was dangerous, and kinda got the feeling I was in the minority.
33 IMP
Well-Known Member
- Local time
- 1:45 PM
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2017
- Messages
- 14,693
- Reaction score
- 25,074
- Location
- taxifornia,soon 2b Arizona.
I value my life and my car. And I want to go fast safely. No no-prep nonsense for me. I'll watch on you tube.
I have seen so many instances where a fast car, even with a great driver, is almost instantly "gone", so quick even superman couldn't save it.
I have seen so many instances where a fast car, even with a great driver, is almost instantly "gone", so quick even superman couldn't save it.
Similar threads
