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SteevoZ
09-23-2007, 12:52 AM
Was anyone at Island Dragway on friday 9/21/07 to see that new Corvette go up in flames?

edit: added video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOhVVPhzhU
noclutch
09-23-2007, 11:27 AM
A friend of mine was there, he said it was insane. Apparently a nitrous backfire?
martang
09-23-2007, 12:16 PM
Damn I was supposed to go, I wish I did.
Specnomore
09-23-2007, 05:53 PM
My friends were there also. He said everyone had their video cameras out. Has anyone found the video on youtube yet? I cant find it.
SteevoZ
09-23-2007, 06:06 PM
just found it on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOhVVPhzhU
Renegade_
09-23-2007, 06:09 PM
A friend of mine was there, he said it was insane. Apparently a nitrous backfire?

Nitrous isn't flammable.
SteevoZ
09-23-2007, 06:20 PM
Nitrous isn't flammable.

True, i heard that the guy had been having some kind of problems with the motor prior to the race so whatever it was could have been the cause of this and not so much the nitrous.
mylosteclipse
09-23-2007, 06:54 PM
i was there not this past friday but the one before. and a muscle car nearly hit a mustang crazy.
noclutch
09-23-2007, 07:41 PM
Nitrous isn't flammable.

What does that have to do with it? Backfiring in the intake manifold can easily rupture fuel lines. There's alot of ways this car could've burned down if it had a nitrous backfire.
Specnomore
09-23-2007, 07:51 PM
My friend said he was in the staging lanes when it happened. He said that the owner didnt turn off the car after it happened. So that would explain why it burned so much.
noclutch
09-23-2007, 07:58 PM
Ouch.
SteevoZ
09-23-2007, 10:57 PM
i was there not this past friday but the one before. and a muscle car nearly hit a mustang crazy.

i was there that night too, it was that purple car right?
Simmons-Racing
09-24-2007, 11:21 PM
i was there that night too, it was that purple car right?

I was there that night also. I was driving the 97 Camaro Black with silver stripes