# wow **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 17, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036 "2007-06-17T10:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Static](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/static/32/7340_2.png) [@Static](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Static)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/1 "2007-06-17T10:50:55Z")
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**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/2 "2007-06-17T10:56:40Z")
Thats really horrile. I cant even imagine being involved/responsible for that. "Amateur video of the crash, broadcast on WMC-TV in Memphis, showed the car’s engine revving loudly before the vehicle sped down a highway lined with spectators on both sides. After a few hundred feet, the smoking car skidded off the road. " I guess Im having a hard time understanding why they thought it was a good idea to send a 2000+hp drag car down a highway lined with people and no barriers. ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/3 "2007-06-17T10:58:02Z")
That really sucks. Wonder what caused the driver to lose control? Uneven road? Those things generally track fairly straight during burnouts. ---
**Author:** ![BDR5oh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bdr5oh/32/7315_2.png) [@BDR5oh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDR5oh)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/4 "2007-06-17T10:58:06Z")
I just caught this on another site …vid link …[http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6669328](http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6669328) ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/5 "2007-06-17T11:04:48Z")
[quote=“Violator,post:2,topic:31036"”] I guess Im having a hard time understanding why they thought it was a good idea to send a 2000+hp drag car down a highway lined with people and no barriers. [/quote] Yeah, that was REALLY dumb. It shouldnt take a tragedy like this to make them realize that… ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/6 "2007-06-17T11:12:39Z")
Lets add a little laugh to this thread: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1410922587302463309](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1410922587302463309) I hope those who were injured in the original accident will be ok. ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/7 "2007-06-17T11:39:52Z")
[quote=“Violator,post:2,topic:31036"”] I guess Im having a hard time understanding why they thought it was a good idea to send a 2000+hp drag car down a highway lined with people and no barriers. [/quote] Where did they say they “sent the car down the highway”? > during an “exhibition burnout” at a Cars for Kids charity event Saturday in Selmer, Tenn. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/8 "2007-06-17T11:42:07Z")
Amateur video of the crash, broadcast on WMC-TV in Memphis, showed the car’s engine revving loudly before the vehicle sped down a highway lined with spectators on both sides. After a few hundred feet, the smoking car skidded off the road. ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/9 "2007-06-17T11:45:16Z")
Still doesn’t say anything about anyone “sending them” or the intention to “send them”. It is amazing how many people have absolutely no reading comprehension. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/10 "2007-06-17T11:47:27Z")
doing a burnout for a couple of hundred feet, is just as dangerous as sending them. 1. the wheels are spinning already, easy to loose it 2. ITS A 2000+ HP CAR, BE FUCKING CAREFUL Its amazing how people just can’t realize the risks of things ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/11 "2007-06-17T11:48:52Z")
meh Im sure they all signed waivers to get in… ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/12 "2007-06-17T11:53:30Z")
great idea, lets do a 60mph burn out, on a city street, among spectators, using a car that is menty for a perfectly smooth AND PREPED track and lets do it without a gaurdrail … without a “safety zone” … and while were at it we’ll just let people cross the street while the dragster is doing its pass :bloated: sorry to hear that the dragster hit innocents, and not the people who planed this / thought it was a good idea [quote=“fairgentleman Z,post:7,topic:31036"”] Where did they say they “sent the car down the highway”? [/quote] it wasnt a burnout done while the car was stationary, they did a rolling burnout that was a good couple hundred feet long traveling forward on a highway at highway speed = sent down the highway ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/31036/13 "2007-06-17T11:55:22Z")
[quote=“fairgentleman Z,post:7,topic:31036"”] Where did they say they “sent the car down the highway”? [/quote] it wasnt a burnout done while the car was stationary, they did a rolling burnout that was a good couple hundred feet long traveling forward on a highway at highway speed = sent down the highway