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I was there, in almost 40 years of going to NHRA events I've seen some bad crashes but that was the worst thing I'd ever seen. From where I was at the track you couldn't see the actual crash, but you could see the fireball. Something I never want to see again.
After the engine fire the camera above the finish line tracked him down the track, but as soon as he hit the wall/exploded the cameras went off. (Not sure if NHRA turned them off or it was a failure when the camera at the end of the track was damaged.) From the videos I've seen it looks to me like maybe the chutes came out from the expolsion, they don't look like they actually deployed out under pressure?
I don't think the tracks can be made safer, E-town has a long shutdown area already, more saftey is going to be needed in the car itself.
RIP Scott.
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