Fan killed @ NHRA Pheonix by Antron Brown's Slick

Old 02-21-2010, 01:10 PM
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Default Fan killed @ NHRA Pheonix by Antron Brown's Slick

Another black eye for the sport will surely come out of this.
Prayers go out to the woman's family. Sad situation!
Doesn't sound good for the way the track crew handled this either.

http://www.vintagefuel.com/news/index.html
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Old 02-21-2010, 05:47 PM
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Funny I can't find anything else.

From NHRA's site
The day got off to a rough start with rain interrupting the first round of Top Fuel, which concluded with a crash involving Antron Brown. Brown was not injured in the accident but the cleanup and subsequent rain delayed action for about two hours
http://www.nhra.com/story/2010/2/21/...hoenix-sunday/


http://www.antronbrown.com/pdf/20100221.pdf

A little more research says the woman was air lifted out.
http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story...s-at-nhra-race
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Old 02-21-2010, 05:49 PM
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According to an NHRA statement, the errant tire struck the fan and she suffered serious injuries. The fan was airlifted to a Phoenix-area hospital for treatment. Brown was checked out at the track and released, but he went to another local hospital on his own for further evaluation.

Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2010...#ixzz0gEH766N4
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Old 02-21-2010, 06:00 PM
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http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing...ory?id=4934147

Also race postponed until tomorrow due to rain
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Old 02-21-2010, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by hambone82
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing...ory?id=4934147

Also race postponed until tomorrow due to rain

Said that wasnt found.????
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Old 02-21-2010, 06:14 PM
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Try this one

http://espn.go.com/racing/
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Old 02-21-2010, 06:21 PM
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having been into left turns longer then straight line ive noticed that if something goes wrong in drag racing its a big production but in any other form of motor sports grazed over and i dont think its right . its a fact that in all motor sports both particapants and spectators get hurt and or die. but thats a price we pay to enjoy what we love
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Old 02-21-2010, 06:22 PM
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That one works. Thanks.
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Old 02-21-2010, 07:01 PM
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Here is a gallery of the accident.

http://www.competitionplus.com/index...=16001#joomimg
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Old 02-21-2010, 11:11 PM
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Here's the ABC report.

Zip.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=9905145
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