Gov. Cup BBQ Gets an Early Start...

[ancrdave]

I already knew he was not seriously hurt, so sorry if the headline offended you... Rick can windex the thread anytime he wants to if he thinks it's inappropriate...
Regarding the fire, I remember a couple years ago, they had a big drivers' meeting - I think at the Governor's Cup - showing them the new fire suppression system they had... some kind of new chemical that worked better than foam... not sure if it was in use yesterday... A fire caused by a ruptured fuel pump is one of the worst there is because when you think you have it contained it just flares back up again...
By the way, I think that car was pretty much destroyed well before it caught fire... just glad the driver is OK...
Anybody there know how many cars practiced yesterday?

[Jack Burroughs]

Race car fires.

Back in the '60's we had a Halon bottle for fire suppressing on my Top Fuel Dragster, later I put the same system in my Dirt Modified, thankfully, never had to use it. Like Murphy's rule, " If you have it, chances are , you will never need it".