Tampa Dragstrip old video

We were going to go over the hill to Orange County Raceway one Saturday night. Nitro, Funny Cars, I don't remember exactly, plus the radio ads kept touting that some daredevil was going to attempt to jump 15 school buses or whatever the obstacle was on a Rocket Powered Go Kart :eek:. Something came up and we were unable to go. Monday morning we hear that the daredevil and his rocket powered vehicle did half barrel roll in mid flight. The outcome was not good and we were rather relieved we didn't make the trip. Just something about OCIR :realcrazy:, we saw Gary Beck bang his blower at the starting line, before the days of restraints. We saw it go straight up and out of the lights, we never did see where it landed :eek:. Armor All Rocket Car poppin' that hydrogen peroxide rocket before his run, BLOWS the plywood fence behind the staging lanes to the ground on to the pedestrian walkway from the spectator side to the pit side of the track :eek:. Crazy stuff. Glad I got to see it :D Almost forgot. Shrewsbury in the LA Dart, his usual show was a pass from start line to finish line and then a pass back to the starting line. He made the first half had an issue in the shutoff area and wound up upside down in the sand trap :steering: