| March 26th, 2015 12:35 PM |
| jslimm |
If you can ignore the goofy, annoying, network news show BS, there are a nice couple of sound bites from Larry Dixon after the accident in the following video. "Another day at the office." Cool guy !
Larry Dixon Walks Away From Crash at Gainesville Racetrack Video - ABC News
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| March 26th, 2015 12:34 PM |
| twinturboterror |
These chassis are designed to move around vertically. With huge down force in front and rear they natural stress in the middle which is perfectly fine. When the car "snakes" down the track, they weaken the welds and you have failure. When i worked for a nitro team, the frame was checked and inspected after every round.
These cars are absolutely Unreal! If I had the finances, I would love to fund a nitro team.
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| March 26th, 2015 11:35 AM |
| GTS Dean |
Quote:
Originally Posted by jslimm
Here are a series of VERY impressive close-up still photos from a trackside pro photographer.
They really capture the moments in spetacular detail !
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Photo sequence of a lifetime - and a life saved!
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| March 26th, 2015 11:31 AM |
| TrackAire |
I think the chutes deploying helped keep the car on the track and slow it down dramatically....glad he is ok.
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| March 26th, 2015 10:58 AM |
| badmojo 666 |
he was very lucky the car landed the way it did.
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| March 26th, 2015 10:38 AM |
| jslimm |
That is a scary wreck and he is lucky to have come out of it "uninjured;" although, I bet he was sore as hell afterward.
Here are a series of VERY impressive close-up still photos from a trackside pro photographer.
They really capture the moments in spetacular detail !
NHRA driver Larry Dixon walks away from frightening 300mph Flight on Mark J. Rebilas Blog
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| March 14th, 2015 05:57 PM |
| SaltLifeGirl |
Wow he is lucky! I imagine if the car had landed upside down it would not have ended well for him.
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| March 14th, 2015 05:13 PM |
| Ripper |
Great guy
Glad he's ok
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| March 14th, 2015 04:07 PM |
| sonofadragracer |
Quote:
Originally Posted by dirtbag
There should be some world record list on drivers that obtained the most height during an incident. That was nearly astronaut status right there.
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Same exact thing happened to Larry at almost exactly the same point on the Track a few years ago.
Crash a few years ago :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mjr9mzFC1c
Another Crash from Larry :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_o01xEqE34
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| March 14th, 2015 04:06 PM |
| dirtbag |
There should be some world record list on drivers that obtained the most height during an incident. That was nearly astronaut status right there.
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| March 14th, 2015 04:01 PM |
| sonofadragracer |
Larry Dixon Ok After Crash Today
Car was on a run and Chassis broke right before the Drivers Box. Shows you the stress the Dragster is under every run.
Glad he's ok. Great person and driver too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0xVHPiKRec
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