This happened over the weekend here at Richmond Dragway.....






Now for the story.....

This guy was from MD. It was the first pass on a new motor setup or something. He left the line and blew off a fuel pressure gauge on his regulator. He then had a NOS backfire through the carb which started the fuel fire. The track was scared to get close to the car due to the chance of it exploding. It was a Nova drag car, very nice setup with a pro fogger system on it. Needless to say it burnt to the ground and the NOS bottle got so hot and built up pressure it blew up, thats what the picture is of. When it was done, nothing was left but a burnt up motor, tranny, rear, & rollcage....

 

What about the Driver??????

 

He got out fine. He didnt have a $13 Fire Ext. so his car burnt to the ground....

 

Wonder if Insurance Covers that sort of thing?

"Hi, I'd like to report a claim......., Hello, hello?

 

Yeah, how about the driver? Similar thing happened to a late model cobra a couple weeks ago up to New England Dragway. Wasn't nearly as bad but bad enought to shut the track down for almost two hours.

 

who has insurance on a 70's model nova drag car?

 

This brings up a good point, I think there is Insurance availible for Drag Cars. It may be worth it.... His motor only was over $20,000... And now its only worth a paper weight....

 

A 35,000 Drag Car? A would hope he did.

 

you were talking about regular car insurance.. nice try to save face though...

 

"drag car" insurance does not cover it, it only covers your car while its in the trailor, next to the trailor, in your home garage. As soon as its in the staging lanes your insurance ends. Its not to bad expense wise, since its mainly for theft.


Brandon

 

Not trying to save face, I was talking about regular car insurance.

I didn't Know there was "Drag Car Insurance" Why wouldn't you have regular insurance on that??

Or am I an Idiot?

 

most, if not all regular car insurance policies have a "no racing" clause in them.. meaning the policy is void if you wreck/break something whilst racing.

 

I did not know that, Having never owned a performance Vehicle ( Yet ! )

See, i wasn't trying to save face.....I was just Ignorant

 

Chit I thought you where talking about your truck, it's only a cheby and the driver wasn't hurt.............who GAF

 

Glad the driver is ok. I seriously doubt a $13 fire extinguisher, or a $500 onboard halon fire system would of put the fire out.

Those NOS drag car burn downs are pretty common. You takes your chances.