Chris Graves with Max Cackle Photography sent us this cool crash sequence from the recent Hot Rod Reunion at Ardmore Dragway in Oklahama. Aubrey, Texas driver Bebo Chandler took a wild ride in his 1965 Nitromethane burning Impala Texas Outlaw Pro Mod and Chris got the whole thing on film. After leaving the starting line fine, Bebo’s Impala went into tire shake and then lit the tires up, crossed the center line and then went for a wild ride into the left hand guardrail. The good news is that Bebo walked away fine, and we’re sure he’ll get the popular Impala back in shape.
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Poor ’65 Impala. *sniff*
That Armco railing is Nasty!
Sketchy track safety.I wouldn’t want to race there.
Also, there’s no safety assurance when your”track crew” on any racetrack is a fat guy on an ATV.Just the thing to see when you’re hanging upside down and on fire.
are you going to change the name of your car to guardrailla
Dear Anonymous, Ardmore Raceway is said to be America’s oldest continually run dragstrip.While it has many modern day upgrades like a full eighth mile of concrete, and scoreboad’s they don’t have an unlimited budget so for now the Armco still stand’s. Most racer’s have run at track’s with this and we know that there is no one in the staging lane’s to hold our hand and promise us nothing will go wrong. Ardmore is safe as any other track.Rick and Brenda Carrol are the proud owner operater’s of the track and have an unconditional love for drag racing.What that mean’s is no matter what you look like or how much you wiegh, you are welcome to come and race at one of America’s most historical track’s. One more thing, you will need a pair so let us know when they drop and I’ll have a couple good old boy’s meet you at the gate to insure you have a good time. LARRY
Is that Impala Steve and Patty Damons old One Hot Tamale
yes it is the car
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Ardmore Dragway is a mom and pop operation. It is as safe as any other dragstrip in the nation. Drag racing is inherently dangerous and terribly unforgiving of mistakes. And while armaco guard rails are yesterday’s technology, the certainly do far less damage and result in far fewer roll overs than concrete guard rails. I am a racer and an SFI tech that has worked the line every weekend for the last 8 years. I’ve worked at tracks with armaco guard rails and those with concrete. Give me armaco any day!
Bebo do you have any T shirts to buy me and my grandma want one she thinks you are the greatest old timer around if you dont mind me asking are you 65 yet and where are you racing next we would like to come
bebo my grandma said thanks for answering us i explained to her you are a busy man with your popularity and all