This isn't this car is it? [video=youtube;TSWaZeIlOCg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSWaZeIlOCg[/video]
10 sec 2015 auto
- Thread starter Tim03cobra
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Very unfortunate. I hope the driver is ok.
I wonder if a busted half shaft is to blame?
shiiiit, i hope the guy is ok. chevpwr is right its the same plate in the 10.13 video. I noticed in the 10.13 vid there were racestars with sticky tires, the wreck video had stock wheels. So maybe it finally built boost and lost traction? Also on the website they are advertising "no prep" for that event.
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Ugh, street tires are a killer at the strip. hate to see this.
Hopefully he is okay, and a replacement is on its way!
Yes it is his car. Bad wreck. He ran right after me. Very horrible.
Wow hate to see this, hope he is ok that looked like a hard hit...in my world street tires are for the street, drag tires are for the strip...i follow this religiously although i have been tempted a few times in my life to proveotherwise..one just never knows about weather conditions, track prep etc etc...just hope OP is ok, cars are replaceable.
When I lost traction in my 13 and had the accident, the front of the car was super destroyed and airbags deployed. I had a small bruise on my knee and a little burn on my arm from the airbag, that's it. The car may crumple but the driver is protected pretty well. I hope OP walked away without injury, and Heinz said it...cars are replaceable
ProChargerTECH
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Doubt it... after looking at this video, from the rear it looks like the throttle hung. (like a stuck floor mat or something)
The rear wheels are over powering the brakes.
And they are still spinning at point of impact (and even after, likely when the motor shuts off fully)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[vi...atch?v=o_QQE3ohdY0[/video]o_QQE3ohdY0[/video]
For the record, I believe I saw drag radials on his car that evening. Has anyone gotten an update from the driver? Be nice if he would chime in and give some details on how things are going? From the videos I have seen, it looks like he immediately lost traction just a few feet out, then let out and then back in. And as ProCharger Tech states, looks like the throttle stuck. Maybe OP will chime in. I hope nobody talks trash on this board about the driver's unfortunate luck. He has had multiple 10 second cars and has more experience than most on this board. Sad what I am reading on some other boards. :nono:
Horrible. 
Hope he's ok.
Hope he's ok.Wondering if this car has launch control and if so was it being used. I wonder if the launch control programming would recognize a catastrophic driveline failure and auto-disable, cause as mentioned before it appears the wheel drive speed never decreased even as the car went out of control.
Autos don't have launch control
I turn everything off, if i don't my car has issues getting off of the line.
ANyone know if the OP is okay? Just looked and his last post was in July which i'm assuming was around the time this wreck happened. Was reading all about the procharger and his threads, really sucks that wreck happened and it looked like he hit hard.
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