"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
08/28/2016 at 01:51 • Filed to: crash, Drag Racing, gateway, scsn, terry barkley
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"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
08/28/2016 at 01:51 • Filed to: crash, Drag Racing, gateway, scsn, terry barkley | 6
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Terry Barkley’s crash at the Street Car Super Nationals St Louis at Gateway Motorsports Park. I’ve never seen a car explode on impact before. I took pictures of the aftermath. (update with better video, skip to 2:42:00)
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Link if the video is jacked up
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The most impressive part? He walked away. Terry was standing in the pits next to his trailer talking to people as they were trying to load the car into the hauler.
Notice that, while he hit the right wall, the impact damage is on the left side of the car. That’s because he was upside down on impact!
Coming from the left lane he the car bicycled across the track, rolled, and hit the right wall at somewhere between 150-180 mph.
I’ve got to imagine that motor is toast. Look at how bent the front motor mount and intake manifold are.
I was too stunned by the crash (I thought I’d just watched someone die) to take pictures of the track. The amount of flaming debris scattered for the 1/8th mile it took for the car to finally stop was pretty horrific.
I’d say Terry owes his cage builder a beer a case of beer for allowing him to walk away from this carnage.
I’ll post pictures of all the non-crash awesomeness I saw tomorrow.
Birddog
> Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
08/28/2016 at 02:01 |
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That kind of wreck always sends a shiver straight up my spine. Glad to hear he was able to take it all in a Racer’s fashion.
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
08/28/2016 at 02:14 |
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turbo still good? part out?
Glad he is safe tho nasty looking crash
The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
> Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
08/28/2016 at 02:16 |
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His chiropractor is going to love him.
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Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
> TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
08/28/2016 at 02:19 |
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I was sitting on the left side of the track almost directly across from where he hit. The video does not do justice to how big that fireball was.
Cherry_man1
> Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
08/28/2016 at 03:46 |
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Gateway has a nasty history of killing drag racers. Glad he is ok and glad to see my home track getting used more. Can’t wait for Indy Car to comeback. I wanna get back for a midnight madness before they are over and I have to go back to racing my mother trying to keep up with her in the Gran Torino. (My mother taught me how to drag race on street and strip.)
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
08/28/2016 at 13:28 |
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Holy crap... So glad he came out of this okay, but I know that feeling of thinking you’ve just seen someone die in a violent accident right in front of you, and I don’t want to feel that again.
450X_FTW
> Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
08/29/2016 at 15:36 |
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Whoever built his cage, new how to do so properly. Looks like the front and rear are demolished but the center is still for the most part, intact
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Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
> 450X_FTW
08/29/2016 at 15:44 |
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Yeah, the center cage clearly did its job. Cages save lives.