The track must have been a little short., or maybe it was “just” an equipment failure. Top fuel dragsters hit 300 mph, too. But, their chutes are supposed work.
Pity. I hope they figure out what happened, to make it less likely in the future.
Don’t guess I have ever heard of her but what a waste of a young and intelligent lady.
What a way to go. You pop the chute, there’s no sudden -6G snap, and at that instant you know you are dead. At least it was quick.
Saw these cars many times over the years.
They are basically fighter jet engines strapped to a car chassis.
Spoke with Les Shockley (Shockwave) many times. He stated the tires alone were Indy tires and they were over extended to begin with.
He told me a story once of his car leaving the ground on the way down the strip and he shut down, pulled the chutes, closed his eyes and prayed. He opened his eyes in time to see himself right side up and coasting to a safe stop.
Crazy stuff.
Here’s what a successful 300 MPH run looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=84&v=hmegBjiywuM
No one will really gives a damn about
Nitro burnin’ funny cars
No one will ever write a song called
Nitro burnin’ funny cars
According to another source, she was driving on a “created” one eighth mile strip out of their main straight as it is really an oval track, (undersized from the normal quarter mile), and when her primary chute didn’t deploy, and may have partially deployed, she veered into the traps, which were not needed as she was not going to hit top speed due to the short track, and after going through them now out of control hit the only wall down there. This makes the second time this year a fatal crash involving a jet dragster and an exhibition on a converted oval track straight has occurred. Jet car legend Doug Rose crashed his Green Mamba into a barrier while performing at Norway Speedway, a paved oval track, in August.
When you stretch the capacities of these machines capable of such great power into a semi-controlled status by changing the normal car designed strategy, you create a danger. This exhibition is not safe on undersized converted oval tracks. And as they cannot reach top speeds due to the size problem, it is more show and the run should not have been finished. She should have shut down shortly after leaving the line.
rwood
What a shame. At least she enjoyed doing what she wanted. RIP.
Who could ask for better? d:^)