I was racing in the neighboring lane. (You can see me in the blue shirt and sunglasses in the 3rd pic). As one of the first responders, I've heard every story known to mankind on this accident. It's sickening about some of the things that were disrespectfully said. It's also troubling to see first-hand just how bad eye witness accounts really are. One credible theory that was presented is, the track may have a dust problem which caused him to lose traction. I asked the clean-up crew if there was ANY fluid on the track and they confirmed that there wasn't (nor do I see any when I retrieved the driveshaft). What I'm saying is, regardless of the safety equipment in the car (it all helps!), we can't account for everything. This could've happened to an 11.50 second car too (that doesn't even require the rollbar). It may be worth doing a visual inspection of the track before racing begins, if possible. The track needs to be modernized to concrete barriers IMHO.
Although I haven't spoken to him about this, I suspect that when he touched my lane he thought about my safety and quickly snapped left. If I'm correct, I owe him a lifetime of gratitude for caring about my safety. This very well could be the catalyst that ends my days of drag racing. The "it'll never happen to me" attitude has been shattered. Hopefully, this has nothing but positive changes for future events.