BillZ260 Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I was at the Tulsa Raceway on Saturday night and saw what was probably the oddest and most horrific accident ever in IHRA drag gracing. This car http://www.tulsaracewaypark.com took off, ran about 7/8ths of the course when the nose picked up and the car lifted into the air and landed upside down. At this point (about 6 seconds into the deal) I am freaking, and hoping that the driver is ok. You can see the flames shooting out of the exhaust easily and the engine was reving and stuff. It was really hard to tell what was happening. At some point the car got turned around backwards on the track and it ended up back on it's wheels. The next thing that happend is still stuck in my head and is unbelievable. The engine roars at full throttle and the car comes BACK down the track at full speed like it was doing a run and strikes the chase car at over 200 mph. This was the worst thing I have ever whitnessed and I am still freaked out by it. The entire ordeal was probably under 20 seconds, it's a blur... The driver was Shelly Howard, 59, and her son was in the chase car, he was 36. My wifes uncle had been talking with them earlier, it was a brand new car and they were getting it ready for a Dallas event next weekend and were haveing problems w/ the front lifting all day. They all knew the risks involved in this sport but it is quite un-nerving seeing it happen, I know alot of guy's here are racing, not just drag but autox and others as well, and would just like to say be carefull when doing this stuff. I know her car was quite a bit more extreme than ours but still, any accident can happen at any time. Godspeed RIP http://www.shellyhoward.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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