I don’t believe in the “stories” circulating about Hastings death.
There is no doubt he was speeding as more than three witnesses saw him race by them and others just before he hit... they attested to that immediately after the car exploded “On impact”.
Yes it did leave the ground ‘some’ before impact...but there is a bump in the road he drove over, known to all in the area, which elevated his car as it did...and would going at the speed he was. It’s not like a vehicle would rise in a bomb explosion at all.
“It’s not like a vehicle would rise in a bomb explosion at all.”
Yeah, for that to happen, it seems like there would need to be something strong enough on the underside of the car to absorb the force of the blast without fracturing or vaporizing. No car that I know of is built with thick steel plates on the undercarriage or anything like that.