It isn't thirdgen related, but more safety related. For anyone who wonders why sanctioning bodies have strict rules about safety equipment this is a good example why. And the guy walked away. Pictures are about half-way down the thread.

Try this one. http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=424

 

gotta register care to post the links to the pictures here?

 

I was able to view the pics without registering.

 

That car was cherry too. Judging by the amount of damage, I'm sure the owner cried. I know I would.

 

I saw them too.

 

I changed links to a different one so thats why.

 

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Wow... my heart dropped when I saw the car wrapped around the tree. Glad to know he is okay!

 

 

the hood still looks good!

but damn, guys luck to walk from that, looks like the top of the passenger-side a-pillar/halo bar was in his lap

 

brings a whole new meaning of "wrapping a car around a tree"

 

wonder if the tail lights are for sale?

 

Although it looks like a race car, did the accident happen at a track? Since it's wrapped around a tree, it looks more like it was street driven when the crash happened.

I still feel safer in my car going down the track at 140+ MPH than I do in my truck going down the freeway at 60-70 MPH.

 

holy crap that looks really really nasty!


thats worse than the mustang that blew over about a month or so ago. that thing was nasty too

 

It was an eighth mile track somewhere around Dallas called Yellow Belly drag strip. Its a **** poor excuse for a track from what I have heard. Guy lost control and hit the tree around 125mph after the stripe apparantly. Took paramedics over an hour to cut the guy out too. Word is if you have a car faster than 9s in the eighth don't bother going to this place. Don't know why anybody would want to either, theres at least a half dozen REAL tracks around to pick from.

 

Yeah, Yellow belly's pretty bad. Real good place to get stabbed/shot. Also, as you can tell from this video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euap_...eature=related safety is not exactly paramount there. I can't believe the way folks stand within touching distance of the cars in the water box and staging lanes.

Dan

 

Wow... That drag strip looks more dangerous than where folks out my way street race!

 

when you read the post. you think of hood rats..lol..me chizzle

 

Ghetto... That is all I can say.

 

around here only one person is even near the cars on the street and its setup better than our local tracks

 

Its more dangerous than the old airfield where I autocross. On a bad day you might hit a gully washer pothole at the end of a run. Were surrounded by cornfields on all sides and the only really dangerous thing to hit near the track are the pads for the old marker lights that are raised only an inch or two above ground level.

 

That was terrible wrecked!!!! Glad the guys is okay. So you have to be careful not to be like that.

 

That guy who walked away from the Nova wrapped around a tree is a very lucky man.

Now why are there trees that close to a drag strip?

 

Why have the law not shut down that **** hole yet?

 

For those who don't know what Yellowbelly Raceway is.....

Here is a link. I bet about 90% of the people are packing heat. Big gambling track. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuD9bj1RYLs

Is anyone 100% sure that's where it happened. It looks like it was on the street

 

It was for sure at yellowbelly.