Quote Originally Posted by jerry clayton View Post
I've been trying to stay away from this one----but---It will be looked at very carefully

Some of the things about this accident---the owner built his own car----
Both chutes were attached at a single point so both failed, why??? because there was twice as much strain on the mount so when the failure occurred, both went---

The design of the front of the frame was wrong--there wasn't a balance of strength in the area just forward of the foot area of the cage and the whole front of the car folded vetical there instead of just collapsing from the front back--I read somewhere that the tubes folded into the cockpit and crushed him.

As much as I like to build my own stuff, there is an area that shouldn't be crossed---the regular builders of the dragsters and funny cars are a group that with SFI, NHRA and other builders consult, discuss areas of concern and methods---this car escaped that scrutiny and obvious to me had flaws that went un detected
Wrong design or not, it still passed tech inspection...