Etown is my home track. We run there every Sunday. The shut down is not as long as others but it is not as short as others either. In fact many teams have made it down and slowed without incident. It’s a well designed track. With that said, this is drag racing... the object is to get from point A to point B quicker than your opponent. If they shorten the track (competition distance), then you'll just have crew chiefs reinventing the wheel to get their cars to 330 at the 1000ft mark.... and so on. It’s a tragic loss, no doubt. Scott has been involved in racing since he was in diapers.
But my take is, the explosion probably knocked him out with his foot on the throttle and the body tearing is what caused the chutes to deploy. Unfortunely the car was engulfed in flames and incinerated the chutes and at that point he was on a guided missile. At that speed, nothing would have prevented the horrific disaster that we all saw. It’s unfortunate but in this case with all the particulars of this crash, I don’t think it could have been prevented. I believe there is no blame. Just a horrible loss.
He was a huge part of drag racing history and will be missed.
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