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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:15 AM
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There were some stills of this going around last week. Check out the video. Nice to see saftey crew right on top of things .

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http://www.big-boys.com/articles/corvetteblow.html

Sorry for the geeks and their mouth. TUrn sound off it it bothers you. I hate hearing them run off at them mouth

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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:17 AM
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"we're just gonna wait until it put's itself out and then hose it off. it should be fine."
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:24 AM
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I'll have to wait until I get home.

"This is a restricted site"
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:24 AM
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That is not a pretty sight.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by PsychoNumber1
"we're just gonna wait until it put's itself out and then hose it off. it should be fine."
God forbid that the driver was on fire, that may have required them to have a full thought.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:32 AM
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Hate to see that..... What the **** took the track guys so long to put this out???
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:40 AM
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wow, the guy with the camera was quite the jag! And oh by the way, I know a friend of the owner of that car and they think that fuel puddled in the intake and had nothing to do with the fact that he had nitrous. And no it was not a direct-port system.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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And WTF is the deal with the "safety crew" being litte more than a couple jergoffs in jeans and sweatshirts with fire extinguishers?!?!

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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by TRaj2327
wow, the guy with the camera was quite the jag! And oh by the way, I know a friend of the owner of that car and they think that fuel puddled in the intake and had nothing to do with the fact that he had nitrous. And no it was not a direct-port system.
After hearing those idiots and their big mouth, it is easy to understand why most of the import geeks have such a bad rep. Maybe that is just around here? If their car had been toasted I would have felt bad for them, not talked trash.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Perfusion
And WTF is the deal with the "safety crew" being litte more than a couple jergoffs in jeans and sweatshirts with fire extinguishers?!?!

Nice fire crew, very well trained and prepaired. Makes me mad too. In fact the entire thing gets under my skin.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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Funny thing is is that the track where that was filmed at is literally in the middle of a bunch of corn fields with nothing around it. It is just a few miles over the state line into Wisconsin from Illinois and being from Illinois I really expect nothing less of the fire crew since they were most likely from Wisconsin! Not only do they drive slow but they also respond slow when they are called on I guess.

Yea, now wonder everyone hates ricers, they are so darn ignorant you can't talk to them without their stupidity rubbing off on you. They make me want to shrug my shoulders and walk away.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:57 AM
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just goes to show you, some kids these days have no clue!!!! what race track was that? i sure don't want to go there. great lakes dragaway in union grove wi has a fire extingusier (wrong spelling) next to the trees!!! yikes!!
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 12:07 PM
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that was great lakes! you poor wisconsinite.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 12:15 PM
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Blocked Site I will check it out tonight
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 08:27 AM
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I can't believe the dudes with the extinguishers!! If I was the owner I would have grabbed the extinguisher out of his hand and put it out myself. It looked like they didn't know how to operate it! Duh!!!!
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 08:36 AM
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"awesome"??? What a bunch of fo¢k tards!!!! I've seen the after math of that video several times, but never saw the video. My heart goes out to that guy... that has to suck
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 10:09 AM
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sucks to be him
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by kwik_ta
"awesome"??? What a bunch of fo¢k tards!!!! I've seen the after math of that video several times, but never saw the video. My heart goes out to that guy... that has to suck
Can you imagine how he felt later that night? If he is married, how do you explain that to your wife? "Aaaaa yes honey, drag racing is safe, no really..."
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 11:17 AM
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Bastages
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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Here is another video of the vette. It was posted on the drag racing part of the forum. It is much better and much more respectful.

http://www.spdkilz.net/downloads/pa...download&id=101
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