Comments on: Fireworks at the Dragstrip! http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/ CarDomain Blog - Crazy news and CarDomain Finds Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: topfuelgirl http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-129477 topfuelgirl Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:58:08 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-129477 As some one who's been racing since age 8 under NHRA and IHRA, and is now running a T/F car, I can tell you that the last thing you're going to worry about when you've got an engine fire is shutting down. Not only is your life more important then the car, the safety crews at these tracks are supposed to be trained for this sort of situation. NHRA requires that every car have a battery shut off for door cars so that when things like this happen, safety crews can take care of shutting the car off. The NHRA's main concern has always and will always be the safety of both the drivers and the crews. The crew here did the right thing. You can see at one point some one pulls the power shut off. The extinguishers they're using aren't in car extinguishers they're full size extinguishers. There is no requirement by the NHRA to have a full safety team available for these cars, simply one extinguishers per lane. For the person who asked about where there was no ERT at the line, if there was an even an ERT present, they were at the finish line. Standard placement of the ERT has always been at the 1320 mark due to the fact that most cars fail close to, or at the line. On the day of a main event, some tracks will have a smaller unit behind the line, but for things like this, if an ERT is present, they're always at the 1320. As some one who’s been racing since age 8 under NHRA and IHRA, and is now running a T/F car, I can tell you that the last thing you’re going to worry about when you’ve got an engine fire is shutting down. Not only is your life more important then the car, the safety crews at these tracks are supposed to be trained for this sort of situation. NHRA requires that every car have a battery shut off for door cars so that when things like this happen, safety crews can take care of shutting the car off. The NHRA’s main concern has always and will always be the safety of both the drivers and the crews. The crew here did the right thing. You can see at one point some one pulls the power shut off. The extinguishers they’re using aren’t in car extinguishers they’re full size extinguishers. There is no requirement by the NHRA to have a full safety team available for these cars, simply one extinguishers per lane.

For the person who asked about where there was no ERT at the line, if there was an even an ERT present, they were at the finish line. Standard placement of the ERT has always been at the 1320 mark due to the fact that most cars fail close to, or at the line. On the day of a main event, some tracks will have a smaller unit behind the line, but for things like this, if an ERT is present, they’re always at the 1320.

]]> By: kawasaki22106 http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-98195 kawasaki22106 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:57:12 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-98195 they must be in red neck ville. suprised they didnt get the hot dogs out and start cooking! they must be in red neck ville. suprised they didnt get the hot dogs out and start cooking!

]]> By: GuyverRacing http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-98194 GuyverRacing Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:16:41 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-98194 Well, nitrous is NOT flammable and the nitrous bottles have an exhaust valve that pops and releases the pressure if it raises above it's limits so NO, a fire won't cause a nitrous bottle to explode (unless the exhaust valve fails) and if the nitrous bottle exploded it would most probably extinguish the fire around it (because of the lack of oxygen) When a nitrous system backfires is the gasoline that gets on fire, not the nitrous. You people have to stop watching F&F.... NAAAWSS!!! Well, nitrous is NOT flammable and the nitrous bottles have an exhaust valve that pops and releases the pressure if it raises above it’s limits so NO, a fire won’t cause a nitrous bottle to explode (unless the exhaust valve fails) and if the nitrous bottle exploded it would most probably extinguish the fire around it (because of the lack of oxygen)

When a nitrous system backfires is the gasoline that gets on fire, not the nitrous. You people have to stop watching F&F…. NAAAWSS!!!

]]> By: RED_RUM_N_BUD http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-98193 RED_RUM_N_BUD Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:13:38 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-98193 talk about a bad nitrous backfire tho the carb lmao umm shut down n20 r engine = flame geos out... think n20 = oxidzier talk about a bad nitrous backfire tho the carb lmao umm shut down n20 r engine = flame geos out… think n20 = oxidzier

]]> By: luminathunder01 http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-98192 luminathunder01 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:16:59 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-98192 new meaning to the phrase burnout! new meaning to the phrase burnout!

]]> By: bluedevilop http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-98191 bluedevilop Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:11:24 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-98191 wait, so this wasnt planned!? wait, so this wasnt planned!?

]]> By: dominicks64 http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-98190 dominicks64 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:57:39 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-98190 any pics of car now? any pics of car now?

]]> By: GTon18s http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-98189 GTon18s Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:48:25 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-98189 now that would suck now that would suck

]]> By: simon_r_gris http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-98188 simon_r_gris Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:50:10 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-98188 Nice ignite gets good exciting roars. Nice ignite gets good exciting roars.

]]> By: leojmcca http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/06/15/fireworks-at-the-dragstrip/comment-page-1/#comment-98187 leojmcca Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:29:21 +0000 http://blog.cardomain.com/?p=20744#comment-98187 Seems like the old days, before rules and procedures were implemented to prevent scences like this from happening. This could have gotten real bad and people hurt. Next time they need to spring $100 and a case of beer and hire a retired firefighter to be on stand-by. Seems like the old days, before rules and procedures were implemented to prevent scences like this from happening. This could have gotten real bad and people hurt.

Next time they need to spring $100 and a case of beer and hire a retired firefighter to be on stand-by.

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