Event Coverage march meet flying car

Did anyone get pics or video of that funny car body 200 feet in the air!?
We had just got done eating and heard the crowd and looked up and there it was flying in the air. Im hoping someone got something on it.

Ill be posting a bunch of pics later of the march meet

thanks

 

There is a picture in the "altitude" thread

 

cool!thanks man!

 

Man we saw that thing fly up in the air! Spectacular We were in the stands about mid track. It was a great day for my son and me at the drags!

 

I was riding in a Ranger in the Swap Meet area facing back towards the track. My cell phone rang and I was on a call to a guy when KAboooom!!!
I said " Holy $hit!!!!
That thing was LAUNCHED!!

 

I like how it came floating down, I expected it to break up when it landed.

 

we missed it unfortunately.

 

gota love drag racing mahem. seen some cool stuff @ the track myself in new zealand.

 

I can't believe how long it was airborne. incredible.

 

What did the body look like after it made contact with the ground?

 

Pics....scroll about half way down.

http://www.dragracingonline.com/livecoverage/xi_2-marchmeet-1.html


CFCB....

http://www.classicfunnycarboard.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=1;t=8742

and
http://www.classicfunnycarboard.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=1;t=8726;st=60


It was Dave NASTY Benjamin's car.. Royal bummer and Holy crap that thing was up there...

 

It looked like a kite coming down to the ground. Definitely one for the books. I wish I had my camera handy . . .

 

My Daughter and I were right at the finish line.

 

i bet the guy that was in the lift thought twice about climbing back in.

 

Here's the pic my friend Mike Morgan grabbed about a second after the top lifted off. He said one sec it was there,the next he snapped the shot and the body was gone! Look at the rear tires,off kilter.

 

yea that was high, i was at the timing sign.

 

It floated for awhile then it just fell like a ton of bricks, it was right in front of our swap spot. There was a camara guy right there, he started to run and when he realized the body had some hang time he started takin shots. LOL!!!

 

Yea I was shooting at the line when it happened. Got some cool pics of it just hanging there.
That thing had to have been at least 100 feet up!

BTW, the Red Dragon Team has some bitchin' shirts and I'm sure that they could use the support right now.

 

There's a lesson here. I'm not sure the nostalgia funnies have the burst panel to relieve the pressure when they bang the blower. The tank ran out of fuel...the motor went lean and BANG.
Without a burst panel, the body took all the pressure.

 

Yeah, they have a burst panel on the body in front of the injector hat.
I was standing in front of the stands at about 330'. that body looked like it was waaaaay up there. also looked like it gently floated down too from where I was. It was a great weekend.

Steve
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do you have any pics of it that havent been posted yet?

thanks!