ADRL nos accident

Im sure everyone has heard about the freak accient today at the adrl race .... boy its got me thinking .... rip to the family and team involved ....


but that being said im sure we will see some nhra/ihra rules change due to this

damn this sucks

where did you see this?

Ace

I haven't heard? What happened?

at the race at sgmp ...... the gentlemen had leaned over to ck on the bottle in the warmer .... thats all the facts they would release at the time

Ok, I just read that.

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=238117

here is an update from the ADRL
http://www.adrl.us/live/

Really sad, hopes and prayers for the family.

I hate to hear about things like that, condolences to his family, really sad.

Bad deal

Yes, a very sad deal indeed. From what I gathered, it was bad timing. Thoughts and prayers go out to all involved.

This is a sad, sad, sad deal . R.I.P.
Racing by it's nature has danger but i.m.o. spray is something that should have never been allowed in the gate . I known this sounds monday morning quarterbackish but I've felt this way for a long time.
Not a safety issue.....the same goes for delay boxes...if the guy guy sitting next to you does not have one you aint gonna have to buy one . The NOS and box people sponsor races so that's the way it'll go i.m.o.

That's a bad deal..Always hate to hear of any fatalities in racing of any kind.

An unfortunate accident, thoughts & prayers go out to the family.

In my opinion there shouldn't be any more problem using a compressed nitrous bottle in a race car than there is using any other compressed gas bottle in a work shop, or a compressed oxygen bottle for someone with a respiratory breathing problem in their home/work. I feel heating these bottles (no matter the method) is the actual problem, especially the composite bottles.



Went looking for other bottle accidents & found this that happened in 2009, another thought to be caused from micro fractures from repeatedly heating the bottle over & over......

http://mafia-motorsports.com/forums/the_crapper/20963-what_happens_when_a_nitrous_bottle.html

If there is no bottle to heat.........there will be no issue.......no matter what it is made of.

Composite bottles have the same problem as composite driveshafts, you just never know when they are going to fail unless you x-ray the part.