WOW..first the Z06 now this poor car. Really sucks. Too bad there wasn't a better equipped Safety Crew at the track. It's a damn shame
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http://www.ohiosubaru.com/video/CarFire.wmv Video
Here's the story that was later posted:
After getting the car back and going over eveything the cause of the fire is the aeromotive fuel rail. It has three brackets that bolt to the fuel rail and then the otherside of the bracket bolts to the head. The bolts that bolt to the fuel railed came out and let the fuel rail move enough to unseat the injectors and spray fuel into the engine back. Per the video the second bang is a back fire which ignited the fuel and started the fire. We talked to Aeromotive today and they said the bolts are supposed to have loctite from the factory.
The reason i took so long to slow the car and get out is i didn't realize it was on fire until flames kissed me feet. PLus the engine had already stalled and with no power brakes it is kinda hard to stop. I didn't smell anything burning and thought the white smoke i saw was oil smoke so i steered for the side of the track to get out of the groove.
There were no frantic adjustments made before this pass. John Shepherd was helping us out to adjust the shift linkage on the car because it was all out of whack and would not let me shift into 3rd or 4th very easily. The car was run down the track with no nitrous to make sure the alignment was on. The next run it went 11.0 @ 108 missing third and coasting after third because i had no 4th. I can tell you right now this car was way faster than last years car. I was only runnign 32 psi and a 100 shot versus 36 psi and 150shot from last year when i went 10.1 @ 141.
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Just a week before the event he posted picts of the new setup and it was beautiful. That was gonna be a 9 second car and it burned down the first day at the track after all that time and money. That sucks.
Guess his next 9-10 second car will have a fire suppression system. Sucks they had to learn the hard way.
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damn.. thats just a plain and simple shame..
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i heard he is trying to sue the track because the fire extinguishers they had did not work, so they couldnt save the car
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that track is pretty @!#$ty if they cant put out a car fire. I mean what they expect when a car catches on fire? Its almost always oil/gas related. Is one little fire extinguisher really gonna put out a gas fire? NO!
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no...I know at my track for every event..whether it be Saturday night bracket racing or an NHRA sanctioned event. The Safety Safari is always on hand. Something catches fire..boom..the truck is there spraying it down. I think that's pretty ridiculous..but what can you do at a small track? They probably don't have the funding like a nice sanctioned track such as Gainesville. It really is a damn shame though
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ehh some bondo and some paint will fix that no prob... looks like my car when i first got it and look at it now lol
if it's the one i heard about, it was in Norwalk...an NHRA sanctioned track, one of the best in the nation. It was at Evo vs Sti night correct? The track did NOT have a fire safety team there to take care of any major situation...all they had was fire extinguishers...no fire trucks, so in my opinion yes, sue them, and get some money out of it to build your next car.
Man that sucks....
I looked at all the pix and after everyone I was wondering "damn, they still haven't put that thing out yet"?
I agree with RedFive you assume the risk when you drag race. No doubt it sux and the track should be better prepared especially if someone is trapped in a burning car but it;s still an assumed risk, after all it's not the tracks fault it caught fire in the first place.
I saw a case similar to this on Judge Judy. A girl got hit in the head by a golf ball. The guy who hit her took her to the hospital and said send me the bill. She ended up having long term costs and sued him for it. Judge Judy said that she was on a golf course she assumed the risk the guy was not obliged to do anything he was nice enough to cover her ER visit.
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The track is responsible for having the correct safety team though, had HE experienced problems because they were ill prepared...yes, but I dunno about covering the car, there's no telling how much of the car would have been saved had a fire truck been on scene like it should have been. Might not have saved anything...but they might have saved the motor. I agree, the track should have had more saftey on scene...but whether he'll get compensation for the car...I doubt it...only possible injuries to himself
At least it's not another Z06 burning to the ground
im my eyes the track is atleast 50% at fault for all the damage to the guys car
and the same with the guy with the Z06
atleast the dsm guy had a guy run up and try to put it out vs the Z06 guy where they stood there completely dumbfounded
i wouldnt ask for full value of the car , but id be asking for something
granted its all part of racing , or even owning a sompletely stock car that you just bought brand new
but its the responsibility of the track to be fully prepaired also
as much as i dont really care for the dsm's , its a sad day to see that happend to any car
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97cavie24ls(JDM cav sedan™) Wroteim my eyes the track is atleast 50% at fault for all the damage to the guys car
If your house burns down are you gonna say the city is 50% responsible for not putting out in time? I agree that they should be better prepared because if the driver would have been trapped it would have been much worse. As far as them being responsible they aren't they had nothing to do with his car catching fire. If this had happened on a public street who would you blame then?
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sad to see, sounded like a pretty badass car. some amazing photography though, i wonder what kind of camera they used.
its like trying to sue the track after u hit the wall because they put walls there and they were hard and wrecked the car.
if u build a car like that , u should have some kind of extinguisher system in it. i believe that once u reach a certain time at the track you are required to have one installed anyways to be legal. not sure what that time is or if that car would have been anything near that, but its more his fault for being there, racing the car and not having all of the safety equipment.
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^^ yeah its not quite the same... although he assumes the immediate risks of drag racing, he pays his money and goes to the track expecting them to be trained in situations like this... Its like going to a hospital, if they arent trained and prepared to handle situations that come up from time to time, they are at least partially responsible. I dont know how much money he should get out of this, but the track definately should have been prepared for such a situation. And like Labora said, im sure his next car with have a fire suppression system.
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AmazingJay wrote:Quote:
97cavie24ls(JDM cav sedan™) Wroteim my eyes the track is atleast 50% at fault for all the damage to the guys car
If your house burns down are you gonna say the city is 50% responsible for not putting out in time? I agree that they should be better prepared because if the driver would have been trapped it would have been much worse. As far as them being responsible they aren't they had nothing to do with his car catching fire. If this had happened on a public street who would you blame then?
while what you said , and what you might mean
its 2 completely different situations
the track is supposed to have trained personnel on site , its part of their insurance as to why they are supposed to be there , or else they wouldnt have any insurance
its the same reason they have to have medical personnel on site as well as a ambulance
now if 10 guys showed up and emptied their extingushures on the car , id say the gave a great effort to try to put the fire out , but 1guy showed up , that is not a great effort
