That last thing I thought would ever happen became reality yesterday. I was racing the 1/8 mile and for some reason that I cannot understand I pulled out and a Promod Nova pulled into the next lane.
Anyways, I had my usually late reaction time so he was ahead. Once we went through the traps the promod lost control, crossed the centerline, and smacked the wall ON MY SIDE! All I could do was stand on the brake. It wasn't enough....
I rear ended him doing about 50. I trapped at about 85 that run and that's probably how much I slowed down. Luckily, he was still moving some too. I knew I took a risk driving my daily driver GN at the track, but this is a case where I did nothing wrong and the accident with the other driver was unavoidable.
I have a video, and pictures that a few of my buddies took. Watching the crash just makes me sick. Especially since we found out the other driver was column shifting and threw the car in reverse!
At least I can remember my car as it once was on Todd's calendar he's printing now. It was lucky #13.
As for what to do next I'm not certain. I did contact a guy with a smoking but running 86 Grand National for 2000k He said that is negotiable and it's in good shape. That's good since I"ll need the entire front clip. So far, the frame on the car looks in good shape since I was on the brake so hard. My car just nosedived under his. Hopefully the engine is okay but we couldn't get the hood open and it was dark. I will say that in general racers are great people to be around. Everyone at the track seemed very willing to help especially since they understood that I did nothing wrong in this case. I was able to get a trailer ride home for free, free offers of help from friends, and one guy even told me about that 2k GN.
Unfortunately, I may be done drag racing. I cannot afford for something like this to happen to me. I make a modest living as a teacher and pouring money into a car only to have something like this happen is devastating to me financially and even emotionally since I will say I was very attached to my car. I wanted one since I was 10 years old and bought one 14 years later.
Hopefully though, I can have it back in the road in a few months... stay tuned...
Anyways, I had my usually late reaction time so he was ahead. Once we went through the traps the promod lost control, crossed the centerline, and smacked the wall ON MY SIDE! All I could do was stand on the brake. It wasn't enough....
I rear ended him doing about 50. I trapped at about 85 that run and that's probably how much I slowed down. Luckily, he was still moving some too. I knew I took a risk driving my daily driver GN at the track, but this is a case where I did nothing wrong and the accident with the other driver was unavoidable.
I have a video, and pictures that a few of my buddies took. Watching the crash just makes me sick. Especially since we found out the other driver was column shifting and threw the car in reverse!
At least I can remember my car as it once was on Todd's calendar he's printing now. It was lucky #13.
As for what to do next I'm not certain. I did contact a guy with a smoking but running 86 Grand National for 2000k He said that is negotiable and it's in good shape. That's good since I"ll need the entire front clip. So far, the frame on the car looks in good shape since I was on the brake so hard. My car just nosedived under his. Hopefully the engine is okay but we couldn't get the hood open and it was dark. I will say that in general racers are great people to be around. Everyone at the track seemed very willing to help especially since they understood that I did nothing wrong in this case. I was able to get a trailer ride home for free, free offers of help from friends, and one guy even told me about that 2k GN.
Unfortunately, I may be done drag racing. I cannot afford for something like this to happen to me. I make a modest living as a teacher and pouring money into a car only to have something like this happen is devastating to me financially and even emotionally since I will say I was very attached to my car. I wanted one since I was 10 years old and bought one 14 years later.
Hopefully though, I can have it back in the road in a few months... stay tuned...