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Old 2006-08-28, 11:03 AM   #74
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When was the last time a "well planned" street race had emergency workers on standby?

Saturday at the track a WRX wagon went off course due to a brake failure. Kid plowed through 100 feet of runnoff and ended up in the weeds, which caught fire due to the hot headers under the car. The course worker was at the car in seconds with a fire extinguisher, and the fire truck was at the scene in about a minute or two and prevented the car from buring to the ground. And since the driver was wearing a helmet, he was awake when the car caught fire and able to get out quickly.

If that brake failure had happened at a street race, you'd be reading another post about someone burning to death.

Tell me again how well planned street races are.
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