Watch The Rear Axle Get Ripped Out From Under A Top Fuel Dragster On The Launch! Old School Wild Footage


Watch The Rear Axle Get Ripped Out From Under A Top Fuel Dragster On The Launch! Old School Wild Footage

Tommy Johnson Jr. is having a pretty good weekend here at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia. His “Make A Wish” funny car has qualified strongly in the field and he seems to have shaken some of the bad luck that Atlanta seems to dredge up for him each year. That’s right, Tommy Johnson Jr. has not had very good weekends at this race track in the past. Upside down and on fire in an alky funny car, into walls, early exits, Atlanta Dragway has been TJ’s personal house of horrors over the years but so far he’s been looking good this weekend. The most bizarre incident that befell TJ over  the course of his career, especially here at Atlanta happened in the 1990s when he was driving the Mopar sponsored top fuel dragster.

Still wet behind the ears in the top fuel car, Johnson staged the monster hit the throttle and the rear end literally ripped itself out from under the dragster and tumbled into the carcass as TJ steered the car to a stop on the side of the track. I interviewed TJ after his first qualifying session and asked him what he thought when he climbed out of the car and saw that there was no rear end under it. His response, “Well that’s not too good.”

PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE TOMMY JOHNSON JR’S TOP FUEL DRAGSTER LITERALLY SPIT THE BIT AT ATLANTA BACK IN THE DAY –


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