qbbraveheart

iTrader: (15)

damn that sucks
at least he got out ok

Showdown

Have i talked to you since the fire? NO

I do not believe our black car blew up at the shoot out last year, it was there with some AEM issues. I think you are mistaken, I do believe it was jeff Elliot's car that had the nirous back fire last year. But correct me if i am wrong.

WE are NOT sueing the track. We do understand they did everything they could. What mistake did we make in building the car? Use an aeromotive fuel rail?

How are those stories diffrent?

Here is my Hack Job



Thanks for your time
Have a nice day
Brad

worstnightmare

another thing you have to remember is because it is a small town the firefighters are volunteer. they dont stay at the firestation like bigger cities. when a call comes in, it goes over the radio then they have to drive to the station, get the vehicles and respond. thats why it took longer for the fire department to get there. my dad was a volunteer firefighter in a small city like this. it kinda sucks cause you could be sitting down having dinner with your family or at your kids game adn have to rush off and leave becasue there is a fire. trust me....the time it took for them to get there was as quickly as they could have.

sleet

iTrader: (9)

God damn that blows...

SOF

sue them!

http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/archi...fp019000c.html

expl0d

iTrader: (1)

Nice hack job that blew after 2 passes. Stop burning cars for a living.

worstnightmare

ya know brad thats funny. i never said "i talked to you" i said i heard from the driver...check the forum...you have posted numerous times since the event. on top of that, i have spoken with your friends and if you want to say they are lying, then so is your roomate cheddar cause he told me the same thing everyone else did. where the suit against the track is concerned, the owner of showdown has been telling people that he is going to sue the track. i believe there is a release of liability waiver you signed when you entered the track. this is to make sure they dont get sued.
as for the comment about the 1g that blew up last year...when they responded to that post pages back, it was picture of your car they had posted with it broken down on the track. i was just saying it wasnt the same car, but it is the same owner and driver. make sure you read the whole topic before opening your mouth.

Showdown

Our car never broke down at last years shoot out i believe you are mistaken i did not see any pics of our black car.

WE have never said we were going to sue the track period.

GreedMOTO

iTrader: (3)

I have already posted it...

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=134476

SilverCOEvo

iTrader: (3)

Wow, this is pretty interesting. I'll post my opinion into this mess...just because after I invested the time to read all the previous posts, I feel the need to contribute my useless .02.

First, it sucks. Whenever a car that has a lot of work put into it goes up...it's no good.

With that said, if you track a car (and hence build it for tracking it), you're taking a chance. I'm sure they knew that. I've seen many race cars my family owned spin out due to the person driving the car, or wrecked due to another person's driving. We don't like it, but if we weren't willing to take that chance, we don't put them on the track.

Last, I believe the majority of the responsibility of the safety for the driver and car is on the person building the car. *I believe* the track's responsibility is to the safety of the people at the track, including the driver. I do think that they should make every reasonable attempt to save the car, but there are times that can't happen. Before I track a car, I make sure it has what I'm comfortable with for safe driving. Typically this far exceeds the requirements of the track for a "track day". If something happens due to an oversight on my part, I have nobody to blame but myself. Hopefully they aren't taking this out on the track or event, as there probably could have been some precautions taking that would have increased their chances of saving the car, or perhaps it was just one of those things that would have toasted the car either way.

I do feel for the owner(s) of the car, as well as for the track. Nobody involved with a race event likes to see these types of things happen, no matter the reason. Sorry to see it happen, and I'm sorry to see all the emotion it's caused. Best of luck to everybody involved.

aw4g63

Norwalk is a world class track.

Most heavy car fires at a NHRA track are put out by the drivers on board fire supression.

No one needs to be fired, you're at a track.

Sucks that happened.

expl0d

iTrader: (1)

Showdown should be banned from all race tracks. They are way too much of a hazard. Every time I see one of their cars it either sucks or blows the **** up. Usually blows the **** up though. Some innocent people are at risk if they ever make another pass.

worstnightmare

wow you must be blind. page 5 post #63. i do believe that looks like you and the wonderful showdown motorsports car.

David Buschur

iTrader: (53)

That picture is of Jeff Elliot's car, I am almost positive of this. It has a Turbo Trix sticker on the back window. We use to sponsor Jeff, he switched his stuff over and caught on fire See the pattern here?

David Buschur
www.buschurracing.com

NOVA EVO

90 million yen??? What's that in American $$$, about $1.89???