One hell of a ride

[Brian4]

And the winner was a 4.05 sec 313 mph run

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gakKYv3Rkg

 

[BMBabe]

Omg

 

[GazHyde]

Going by the slow mo section, those chutes were the difference between incredibly scary and certain death! The way the car corrected as soon as they deployed is bloody impressive.

At this point the car is sideways on the track

 

[Low Rider]

Incredible how the driver was able to have held the driving line. Awesome video footage from all directions. Love it

 

[Low Rider]

Thankfully the exhausts helped to give stability to

 

[Dino D]

No that's a good safety reason to fit side exit exhausts!

 

[t-tony]

At what age do you have your brain removed to be able to do this?

Tony.

 

[oldcarman]

Now that's my kind of race! Luckily he pulled it off but had he not he probably would have been safe in the cocoon designed for just this kind of accident. And @t-tony I would have loved it, not much different than stocker racing only safer and faster!!

 

[NZ00Z3]

Those chutes just saved the roll over. They pulled the rear end back under control.

 

[Shelly]

My goodness

 

[Antm72]

Recovering that was impressive he was a very lucky man that could have been very nasty
..

 

[Althulas]

Yep if it weren't for those exhausts I reckon he would of rolled before the chute deployed. I wonder what state the chassis was in with all those forces you can see in the slow motion play back.

 

[Zeti]

No need to play the lottery in the next twenty years; he used his luck plenty!
Spectacular, but never want to do that...

 

[Gundun]

I think the car didn't roll over thanks to the lowered center of gravity given by the driver's massive pair of b**ls...

 

[Brian4]

Here's another good one

Comment from the officials at the track from the video.
' Breaking: Top Fuel driver Larry Dixon walked away from this spectacular crash at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville. Dixon was checked and released by NHRA emergency service officials at the track.'

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0xVHPiKRec

 

[oldcarman]

Thankfully all the safety features built into the car worked as they were designed! JIM

 

[Redline]

Combination of the chute deploying and some quick reactions pulled that back from the brink.
Guy at work races top fuel dragsters. All I can say is he can only think in straight lines too

 

[hard top]

Cant beat an F1 crash though....

View: https://youtu.be/o02s_g5AUUE
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[Zeti]

Scary, what water can do!
And we were there... What a lovely circuit on low speed...

 

[oldcarman]

The more vehicles involved the scarier it gets!! JIM