It had a front mounted alloy fuel tank which ruptured and fuel went
everywhere.
Cheers,
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| '69 Datsun 510 | Web: http://turbovan.com/ |
| '80 Escort Van SR20DET | Work: http://wattlesoft.com/ |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul W. J.
> Stanley
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 February 2001 10:25 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: The Judge "RIP"
>
>
> I wonder what caused the fire after the crash. When he crashed it looked
> like fuel went up everywhere in a huge ball of spray. Would that be simply
> from huge amounts of fuel pressure in the lines needed to run the
> thing? And
> yeah I think that's tragic that there was no marshals around, and
> no one to
> put the fire out. I've raced in small autocross tracks and there were
> marshalls there...you can still roll it at 50k/h. I wouldnt think any v8
> would stop in that amount of space at high speed? I've seen v8s in a 1/8
> mile "go to whoa" lock up for half of the track.
>
>
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