I gotta agree - John is more than right on this one. Richard Hammond’s crash over in England showed just how primitive all these rail classes are - and there’s no reason for that, especially when the things are already running restricted after Top Fuel broke into the 3’s last decade.
Fix the safety issues on them - then, if they’re slower, derestrict them.
Top Fuel winner Larry Dixon spoke about Force.
“I’m glad that (John Force is) alive,” Dixon said. “From that point you can fix anything. A lot of credit goes to the Safety Safari, the medical team, and the rules package for the way the cars have to be built so that you can survive an accident like that. I feel safer in my car that goes 330 mph than I do in my rental car going 55 mph on the way to the track. I feel like I could run over a nuclear bomb, and I trust in that. He’ll be back racing one day. You can count on that.”