Goodbye Fireforce One
Discussion
A shocking end to preceedings at yesterdays Flame and Thunder show at the Pod when Fireforce 1 was engulfed in flames shortly after leaving the line. Thankfully Tony Baker was unhurt, but it certainly looked a bad one.
The car didn't seem right as it left the line and after a few yards the chutes were out and then the car fireballed, finally stopping in the opposite lane at about half track. As always the safety crew were straight on it. Not much left of the car through.
The car didn't seem right as it left the line and after a few yards the chutes were out and then the car fireballed, finally stopping in the opposite lane at about half track. As always the safety crew were straight on it. Not much left of the car through.
Glad Tony is ok. It was certainly a scary ride. We could tell something was not right, the parachute came out instantly. Oh and as ever...the videos on you tube have popped up already.
I took a friend for the first time. She did not know what to think!
I took a friend for the first time. She did not know what to think!
Edited by Miss Corrado on Sunday 5th November 19:17
I have just posted 2 pages of Flame & Thunder photos here...
www.dragsterworld.com/2006reports/flame_and_thunder/index.php
Was in the car on the way home when Venners suddenly went very silent on NitroFM... was very good to hear him confirm Tony was ok after several minutes silence.
www.dragsterworld.com/2006reports/flame_and_thunder/index.php
Was in the car on the way home when Venners suddenly went very silent on NitroFM... was very good to hear him confirm Tony was ok after several minutes silence.
Hi jetheads !
Yeah, really sad to see FF 1 around no more,
it was the first JFC I ever expierienced , Hockenheim in the 80s, I guess.
And Martin shattered a window of the timing box in Hockenheim
in the startline area of the quartermile some years ago.....
..with it.
Best news is that Tony is OK.....
We had a nearly fatal incident with a JFC in germany 9 years ago,
when the main fuel line broke inside the car,
and soaked the driver in kerosene, wich was then lit by the afterburner.
But the driver Sammy made it, although badly burnt,
and is still running a small dragstrip near Berlin , the MZA Luckau.
@dragsterworld: Who is running the "Lucky Devil" SP/ET Corvette,
and is that another PM in the making ?
Benni
Yeah, really sad to see FF 1 around no more,
it was the first JFC I ever expierienced , Hockenheim in the 80s, I guess.
And Martin shattered a window of the timing box in Hockenheim
in the startline area of the quartermile some years ago.....
..with it. Best news is that Tony is OK.....
We had a nearly fatal incident with a JFC in germany 9 years ago,
when the main fuel line broke inside the car,
and soaked the driver in kerosene, wich was then lit by the afterburner.
But the driver Sammy made it, although badly burnt,
and is still running a small dragstrip near Berlin , the MZA Luckau.
@dragsterworld: Who is running the "Lucky Devil" SP/ET Corvette,
and is that another PM in the making ?
Benni
When the fireball rolled to a stop in front of me it was a heart stopping moment. Great to see a rather sooty figure pop out after what seemed like an age. Posted some good shots here www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=323661&f=109&h=0 but the rest of the photography forum seem more interested in taking closeups of boring crap.
, BennettRacing said:
I just saw a few videos of this on youtube and there are sick 
ing freaks cheering and laughing
and i dont mean when tony gets out i mean as soon as it goes bang there cheering, are people that mentally ill and sick in the head that they need to cheer at this?
ing freaks cheering and laughing and i dont mean when tony gets out i mean as soon as it goes bang there cheering, are people that mentally ill and sick in the head that they need to cheer at this?
Sad to say this happens all over the baord in Motorsports not just Drag Racing. Bad crash in Formula Ford? Watch the fans flock at the next event to try see it live.
Its common knowledge that people enjoy watching crashes and incidents. Its part of life.
Look at youtube for example and enter Motorsport Crashes and see where you end up.
My only defense is that newbie to the track may of thought it was a stunt to top all the other fire acts beforehand and may not of realised how serious it was until it was announced on the PA.
On the other hand people were jeering on the bank which is sad.
When i stood on the bank and saw it unfold all the people around me were upset more than cheering.
yeah it is right how many people on here look at a crash on a motorway? it just annoys me that im sure some of them only go to see things like that, think what made it worse is that my little sister heard all that cheering but as we were due to run she thought it was my dad.
I have to say i am glad i was on the startline when it all happened cos the people there were in genuine shock rather than cheering.
Nobody was cheering it to go up even further. I cant believe people think thats what they heard!
I was on the bank...we saw him get out and we cheered him getting out. I really think it was just relief he was out. I clapped. I didn't cheer. My friend (who is a first timer) was stunned. She just looked at me in disbelief.
Sorry to disagree but i was there on the bank. On the vid its exactly as i remember it.
I was on the bank...we saw him get out and we cheered him getting out. I really think it was just relief he was out. I clapped. I didn't cheer. My friend (who is a first timer) was stunned. She just looked at me in disbelief.
Sorry to disagree but i was there on the bank. On the vid its exactly as i remember it.
Edited by Miss Corrado on Friday 10th November 20:27
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