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Old 02-27-2012, 11:10 PM
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Juan Montoya hits jet dryer on track and causes an inferno

This is just ridiculously insane.
JPM was catching up to the pack at what looks to be over 100mph during a caution and something broke in the car and it spun right into the jet dryer, which then exploded. The jet dryer supposedly had about 200 gallons of jet fuel in it. I am shocked the track seems to be OK after having been on fire for what had to be over 5 minutes.







 
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wow, i was wondering what the delay was for and now i see why
 
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Old 02-27-2012, 11:33 PM
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That was just insane.
 
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That's crazy
 
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The simple point that he and the truck driver walked out of that is amazing!
 
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I saw that on TV just a little while ago. Crazy weird.
 
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Why was he going so fast while safety cars were on the track?
 
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Originally Posted by blissat9k
Why was he going so fast while safety cars were on the track?
He had some problems with his car and spent some time in the pits and was just catching up to the rest of the cars.
I think this will precipitate some changes to future races like fuel cells in the safety vehicles, less jet fuel on board, safety gear for the drivers of safety vehicles - helmets, fire suits, etc, but I don't see them implementing a speed limit for drivers catching up to the pack.
 
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