He was racing his ZR1 going well over the speed limit and was using a wet nitrous sytem. He said he saw a fireball come from under the hood and then heard a loud bang. This is what happened:



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Here is the link to the topic. http://www.corvetteforum.cc/ubb/Foru...ML/000606.html


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I feel sorry for that guy
Ive seen just as bad at the track though, Once a guy was running NOS on a chevell hit the button and pop pop boom as the carb flew up into the hood fiber glass hood shatered.
SSC

 

i am currently sad
a zr1 is dead because of no2

 

Holy ****, he blew the top off that intake. that had to be a lot of pressure.

 

well at least nobody was hurt right.

 

I went and read that post on the vette board and I guess he was running a wet system and had a small backfire through the plenum that ignited the NO2. All that at excess of 170 That would scare the **** out of me.