who blew up a yellow Z06 on NOS... see video

Good old Nitrous backfire. IMO the insurance company will pay for the damage unless they find out it happened on a Drag Strip. If they do he's SOL. o:

IT L GO said:

Good old Nitrous backfire. IMO the insurance company will pay for the damage unless they find out it happened on a Drag Strip. If they do he's SOL. o:

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They will, and he is.

It would probably be nice that we didn't mention his name. It's his business.

it hurt watchin that video, i thought the crew was just gonna let the fire burn out on its own, they certainly took their time putting it out.

Saw a thread about this on the "other" site. He said he was honest with the insurance company about the circumstances and is awaitng their decision...I'll see if I can find the post.

Here ya go...

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1062084&forum_id=103

Never a good thing to see a Vette go down like that. Even worse was the idiotic and disrespectful commentary by the camera operator.

He was racing an old car of mine that I used to own....poor Z06

Commentator was an idiot.

Resist said:

Never a good thing to see a Vette go down like that. Even worse was the idiotic and disrespectful commentary by the camera operator.

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ignorance is probably the best way to describe the comments

Does it say anywhere what size of shot he was running and what safety equipment he had/did not have?

I have only seen one speculation that he did not have a window switch and he puddled early in the powerband(?)

Does anyone know the story?

TackDaBoat said:

Does it say anywhere what size of shot he was running and what safety equipment he had/did not have?

I have only seen one speculation that he did not have a window switch and he puddled early in the powerband(?)

Does anyone know the story?

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I have only one speculation: that you didn't read the link that was posted a few threads up.

Sad to see a Z go like that. Quick reaction by the safety crew. :roll: In the right side of the video you can see a guy with a fire bottle who seems to be scared to go near the car. Perhaps afraid of another explosion? I wish the commentator had kept his comments to himself.

Isn't nitrous non-flammable? If so, then what caused the fire?

Nitrous oxide (NO2) is Nitrogen + Oxygen bonded together. Nitrogen is non-flammable but oxygen is highly flamable.

z06_23_45 said:

Isn't nitrous non-flammable? If so, then what caused the fire?

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yes you are right. n20 is not flammable. the guy was running a tnt "wet" kit that supplies the intake w/fuel. the fuel being heavier than tha the n20 [a gas] pooled in the intake & ignited, exploding the intake.