Brace yourself - both for a number of large pics and for the immolation of a DSM...

http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?threadid=133835

holy fucking shit!

What he said!!!!

I wanna hit that guy who was just standing there looking at the fire like a dumbass.

I agree with those guys in the original post about not being prepared. They should have several hundred pound halon extinguishers at that track to deal with car fires. I can't believe how long and how much that car burned! Sux to be that guy.

I'll comfort the owner, though.
Make her feel all sorts of better, I'll just need a few hours or so.

they should have a friggin' fire truck there in the case of such events! what morons! i'm not sure but i don't think many people are going to be racing there for a while

Lets hope that was a modification flaw and not a factory engineering problem.

Please explain to me why a 10-second drag car does not have an on-board fire supression system? After seeing this, and having a local autocross car catch fire last year, I am planning a system for my car. They aren't very explensive (compared to writing off an entire car), and they don't weigh much.

Marty

Here is a video of the fire!
http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=01FADW1...JF01ROPD73IKPZS

Please share information on these onboard fire suppression systems Marty.

Here are just a couple types of systems, but there are many other sources for them:

http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/group.asp...pID=FIRESYSAFFF
http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/group.asp...ID=FIRESYSHALON
http://www.apexperformance.net/cartgenie/p...ist.asp?scat=27

They are very similar to hand-held fire extingishers, but mounted with hard lines and nozzles to distribute the suppressant. You would generally have one nozzle under the hood and one for the driver, and maybe one near the fuel tank.

Most of the bigger systems are even lesss than $500, and weigh less than 20lbs installed. They have manually actuated types, and also automatic systems triggered by heat.

When you consider that a lot of people wouldn't hesitate to put a $500 part on their car that would make it faster, it is cheap insurance.

Racecar magazine did a nice write-up on fire supression systems a couple months back which is a good resouce if you can track down a copy.

Marty

WOW, some of those weigh a mere 2.25 lbs! That system sure would have helped that car if it had been equipped. Even if it hadn't put the fire out all the way, it still would have helped some. I like the idea of the rechargable systems. As I understand it, some can loose their effectiveness just from not being used for a while and the rechargability would shure keep costs down when you go to get more. $300 bucks for more safety in a drag car should be a no-brainer.

I really thought that rear passenger side tire was going to make it.....No such luck

is that the car that was on a recent issue of turbo? If not, it's really familiar.

The car in turbo was Sean Ivey's. That was not him. I talked to Sean yesterday and he still putting cat together for this year.


It was awful to see the flames in the air when I was coming up the return road. It made me sick.