We’d say that there is no single threat greater to a race car driver then fire. From the beginning days of racing, the majority of the developments in race car design have been aimed at protecting people from fire. This video is proof that those efforts have paid off, but there’s still work to do. To say that this is an amazing fireball would be the understatement of the week.
Firstly, we’ll tell you that both drivers made it out ok, that’s the good news. The cars involved in this conflagration are certainly toast, but they protected their respective pilots as best they could.
A wreck like this is the nightmare scenario, with a stationary car being hit square from behind by a car accelerating as hard as it can. You’ll note that the rear of the struck car really folds up and absorbs a lot of the impact. Unfortuantely, the fuel tank explodes like it was stuffed with C4. This is truly amazing footage. Any other era of racing and both of these men would be dead.
Yeah, saw this live when it happened. These are V8 Supercars, a Ford vs. GM series in Australia