NHRA Finals plane crash?????

[Gramps]

Just heard there was a plane crash on the track during topfuel...................................

 

[brianwhiteboy]

 

[foxfam312]

Ohh my that"s not good, Hope everyone is Ok

 

[whiteworks]

These showed up on some of my other feeds.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Looks like the parking lot? Hopefully the coaches were empty.

 

[whiteworks]

The cockpit area of the plane looks pretty fucked hopefully no one was sitting right seat as it looks to have taken a good shot on that side.

Flight was out of apple valley Piper PA32

 

[brianwhiteboy]

ABC7 reporting three onboard with minor injuries. Hopefully nothing worse than that.

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Word here at track is 1 dead, 2 transported

 

[Dog]

I read 3 exited on own power, it's in the pits by the top end of the track. This is from the internet.

Not the same information that others are posting...

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Word here at track is 1 dead, 2 transported

 

[FlyByWire]

Holy shit! I got my PPL at Brackett.. that’s crazy.

 

[wzuber]

Horrible, I hope all are somehow ok. whats the race location? Looks like cali...... chp?

 

[Dog]

Horrible, I hope all are somehow ok. whats the race location? Looks like cali...... chp?

Pamona

 

[n2otoofast4u]

My liver is never going to recover from this delay!

 

[FlyByWire]

Horrible, I hope all are somehow ok. whats the race location? Looks like cali...... chp?

Pomona Fiarplex. It sits right next to Brackett field.

 

[Dog]

Authorities said two people suffered moderate injuries while the third suffered only minor injuries.

3 people injured after single-engine plane crash at Pomona Dragstrip

Three people were injured when a single-engine Cessna crashed Sunday morning at the Pomona Dragstrip.

abc7.com

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Now saying all 3 out and ok. Who the F knows.

 

[rrrr]

It appears the absorption of energy by the crushed pickup significantly reduced the severity of the event. The outcome would have been tragic if the fuel tanks had been breached and a post crash fire had ensued.

I hope the injured mend quickly.

 

[wzuber]

Now saying all 3 out and ok. Who the F knows.

ya, news reporting is absolute shit these days. Seems it days before the real, factual info actually gets released.

 

[thmterry]

Did any debris get on the track? How big are delays? On another topic Tony Stewart and Leah had a baby boy. Hope he gets back to track for 1st round. How dare her have a baby during the finals

 

[boatpi]

Plane crashes into parking lot near track during NHRA season finale at Pomona Dragstrip

The Los Angeles County Fire Department said three passengers had been transported to local hospitals.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[CoolCruzin]

Soooo - the pilot mistake the raceway for bracket air field . WTF it’s just about next to the race track

 

[boatpi]

FS1 in 2 minutes it begins

 

[Dog]

Did any debris get on the track? How big are delays? On another topic Tony Stewart and Leah had a baby boy. Hope he gets back to track for 1st round. How dare her have a baby during the finals

Tony Stewart Racing Nitro

Meet our new teammate, Dominic James Stewart ☺️💙 Momma Leah Pruett and baby are doing great. Congratulations LP and Tony Stewart on becoming new parents! Only Tony could pull off qualifying, rushing...

www.facebook.com

 

[mjc]

Did any debris get on the track? How big are delays? On another topic Tony Stewart and Leah had a baby boy. Hope he gets back to track for 1st round. How dare her have a baby during the finals

Should have no problem they had it in mohave valley.

 

[boatpi]

UPDATE< Final on TV Delayed until 3PM due to crash FS1.

 

[Dog]

FS1 in 2 minutes it begins

They are saying 6 pm eastern for the finals now.

Showing qualifying in the mean time.

 

[HNL2LHC]

ya, news reporting is absolute shit these days. Seems it days before the real, factual info actually gets released.

At least media is consistent….the same as elections and vote tabulation. I hope that all are ok.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Did any debris get on the track? How big are delays? On another topic Tony Stewart and Leah had a baby boy. Hope he gets back to track for 1st round. How dare her have a baby during the finals

I heard they named the kid Kingsford. Where there's Smoke there's fire.

 

[FlyByWire]

Video of the crash;

#MakeGlamisSafe on Instagram: "Hope everyone is ok! #planecrash #winternationals #pomonafairplex #nhra #nhrafinals #dragracing"

244 likes, 11 comments - boardmanville_glamis on November 17, 2024: "Hope everyone is ok! #planecrash #winternationals #pomonafairplex #nhra #nhrafinals #dragracing".

www.instagram.com

 

[530RL]

Video of the crash;

#MakeGlamisSafe on Instagram: "Hope everyone is ok! #planecrash #winternationals #pomonafairplex #nhra #nhrafinals #dragracing"

244 likes, 11 comments - boardmanville_glamis on November 17, 2024: "Hope everyone is ok! #planecrash #winternationals #pomonafairplex #nhra #nhrafinals #dragracing".

www.instagram.com

Isn’t that thing in the front supposed to spin around?

 

[oldschool]

Story I heard from an NHRA official was plane lost power and can up short. I believe it crashed in the RV parking area. We wanted to camp there but it was sold out. Bad deal. RIP for those that didn’t make it.

 

[boatnam2]

May have to covert the big dodge to a soft top.

 

[rvir4us]

It was Capps family RV.. all accounted for and well according to top end interview

 

[LazyLavey]

Bragging he had an 11 second plane?

 

[4Waters]

Story I heard from an NHRA official was plane lost power and can up short. I believe it crashed in the RV parking area. We wanted to camp there but it was sold out. Bad deal. RIP for those that didn’t make it.

The video in post 30 confirms that, you can't hear an engine, the fact that you immediately hear sirens tells me the fire department already knew there was going to be an emergency landing.

 

[whiteworks]

It appears the absorption of energy by the crushed pickup significantly reduced the severity of the event. The outcome would have been tragic if the fuel tanks had been breached and a post crash fire had ensued.

I hope the injured mend quickly.

I’m gonna remember that trick if the need ever arises. Between the roof collapsing, the suspension loading, air in tires and the truck moving forward about 20’ from where it was impacted a lot of energy was bled off for sure.

 

[thmterry]

Austin Prock just ran 341.68 MPH for fastest run in history!!

 

[was thatguy]

Why is everyone calling it the Winternationals?
The winternats are in March.
This is the NHRA Finals

 

[oldschool]

Why is everyone calling it the Winternationals?
The winternats are in March.
This is the NHRA Finals

Who’s everyone?

 

[oldschool]

Austin Prock just ran 341.68 MPH for fastest run in history!!

Glad the beat Tasca to it! Incredible run.

 

[was thatguy]

Who’s everyone?

Read it like 3 times in this thread I think?
You know how shit like that bothers me!

This is the most bad ass racing of the entire year.
Beckman runs his all time fastest MPH…and is still 5 MPH behind Prock.
Capps had track record yesterday…for one run.
The entire top half of FC was in the .80’s.
A 3.70 in TF puts you on the trailer.
Just sick.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Austin Prock just ran 341.68 MPH for fastest run in history!!

Holy crap that's fast

 

[RitcheyRch]

Crashed close to my where my friend Mike from QMP is parked in the pits.

 

[boatnam2]

So much for slowing the cars down lol

 

[DWC]

Daughter and family went for a while this morning. I thought she just saw the news report and sent it to me. Sounds like a hell of a day.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

I’m gonna remember that trick if the need ever arises. Between the roof collapsing, the suspension loading, air in tires and the truck moving forward about 20’ from where it was impacted a lot of energy was bled off for sure.

Pick the softest thing you can find, be as slow as you can and still maintain control and fly it as far as you can into the crash... And wear your shoulder harness.

 

[rvir4us]

 

[rvir4us]

Kid met the legend

 

[SkyDirtWaterguy]

Isn’t that thing in the front supposed to spin around?

Not when you run out of fuel!