fatality at little river dragway

[SMKR]

seemed like he was trying to power shift, car broke loose right before 1/8th mile, turned right and hit guard rail and ramped over into a tree where car was cut in half. -- from friend who was there at track.


ive seen ALOT of cars lately get extremely loose right there at the 1/8 mile but this is by far the worst i can recall in a long time.

I noticed that too earlier this year at that exact same spot

[1carcrazyguy]

Don't worry about the dip at the 1/8th mile. It will be hard to notice it once they lock the gates and bulldoze the place. That is what it sounds like most people that run there are asking for.

[BoostedD1]

RIP... my God he must have been hauling some arse. Would a cage have helped? I sure would think so. At least he went out doing what he loved...

[95DRGT]

Yep been down it a few times and thought it was suspect at best- shutdown area is sketchy

[soap]

wow that's sad. Specially with his brother there.

[likeitfast55]

Maybe the Little River Band will play his funeral.

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[Roscoe]

I've been there before... Back in 2001-2002ish - It was the only track that I got there, unloaded the car, made one pass, reloaded and went home. It's a shit track.

RIP to the driver and best for his family.

[Phoenix]

Don't worry about the dip at the 1/8th mile. It will be hard to notice it once they lock the gates and bulldoze the place. That is what it sounds like most people that run there are asking for.

Would that not happen if people stop going there?

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[Captain Crawfish]

Sounds like they know about the end of it but won't fix it.RIP

[1carcrazyguy]

Would that not happen if people stop going there?

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Very few racetracks get closed due to racers staying away. Most are due to lawsuits and political BS either from the city or county.

[tribaltalon]

theyve actually repaved it and gone through several owners and layouts in just the last 10 years. IMO the track is fine for 11-12 sec cars but much faster then that starts to get sketchy on the big end.

[appelingogt]

naa..it wont close...too many old schoolers still love that place...but they do need to clean it up. No fuckin way would I make a pass with little to no room between the track & those trees

[YALE]

theyve actually repaved it and gone through several owners and layouts in just the last 10 years. IMO the track is fine for 11-12 sec cars but much faster then that starts to get sketchy on the big end.

There are getting to be a ton of cars that run faster, now. That's unacceptable.

[BP]

They ran a top fuel car there a couple of months ago and it used to be on the regular TOPMA circuit.

RIP to the driver.

[Rreemo]

Says the guy was out of Killeen and the car was an 08' - http://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_...7a43b2370.html

Another (crappy) picture - http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/C...274984801.html

Anyone find it ironic that they post on their FB page almost every day, yet nothing at all on the 12th (not even condolences?).... https://www.facebook.com/littleriver.dragway ....apparently still the classy place it's always been.