Spidey2721 Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 We lost a driver today. NHRA driver Darrell Russell died today at 35 after a wreck in which one of his rear tires exploded and tore his car apart just after the finish line in St Louis. He was taken out of what was left of his car and taken to the er via life flight and died shortly after. Any of you that made it to the NHRA race at National Trail two Sundays ago got to see him win his last race there on his team owners (Joe Amato) b-day. He was a real joy to watch and I was a big fan of both him and Joe's Later, jay http://www.nhra.com/dragster/Cover22.gif http://www.amatoracing.com Here is a qucik news article about it. MADISON, Ill. (AP) - Drag racer Darrell Russell died Sunday after his car broke up and burst into flames during a Top Fuel race at Gateway International Raceway. The 35-year-old driver had just lost to Scott Kalitta in the second round of eliminations at the Sears Craftsman NHRA Nationals when his dragster came apart while running about 300 m.p.h at the end of the quarter-mile strip. Russell was unconscious when he was removed from the wreckage and taken to the St. Louis University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about two hours later. Russell is the first participant to be killed in competition at an NHRA national event since Blaine Johnson died in a crash during a qualifying run in the 1996 U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. Sunday's event continued after a 45-minute delay. Russell, the 2001 NHRA rookie of the year, had six career Top Fuel victories, including the Pontiac Excitement Nationals two weeks ago in Columbus, Ohio. In his 2001 season, he became the third driver in NHRA history to win in his first start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balian Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Man that really sucks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash1647545504 Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 yea i was watching when he wrecked... too bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BIG BIRD Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 thats unfortunate, he was too young... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 That wreck was really bad, I didn't figure anyone would have made it out of that. It sucks seeing wreck like that in a sport that I love and participate in. God speed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgels Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Originally posted by Theoretic: yea i was watching when he wrecked... too bad +1 That's really sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHIEF Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Man that sucks Anyone have the vid for it? I didn't get to watch any of the race this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt B. Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 check ESPN-its on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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