https://www.youtube.com/...VAU1MF0Qfkom4EdZFbQHFy-Gg

is this facebook? just a random link without comment or opinion?

no not from face book seen a news item on it and looked it up on Youtube. so yeh just random. thought there might be some other fans here

lol, i wasnt saying you found it on facebook....... nevermind. probably too complicated to explain to you.


as for the crash, the frame clearly snapped in the midle of his run altering the aerodynamics of the chassis and launching it at around 200mph. as spectacular as this crash looks, it was pretty calm impact and fire wise. there are much much worse incidents out there. for some reason people like to ooohhhh and ahhhhh at airborne wrecks though.

it is a testament to safety equipment used in all forms of motor sport and to the lives that have been lost to highlight safety short commings that he walked away from it.

yeh he was going about 280 when it buckled. Safety was improved in the early 70s when Garilits introduced the first rear engine dragster

Safety has been improved many times before and after that.

The roll cage, HANS device, helmet technology and nomex suits would just be a few. The position of the engine didn't have too much to do with safety in this circumstance other than fluids. Hot fluids are more of a danger than many think. Oils and coolants in the hundreds of degrees. Additionally, Top Fuel is the only rear engine NHRA series as far as I know.