1300 hp mercury comet brake failure crash

I read that too. As far as he knows... the people weren't seriously injured?
Seem his insurance people would have known for sure. Strange

I've had ratchet shifters, been a while, but I don't remember not being able to downshift...just a reverse lockout.
Maybe he had a special race one. I dunno...and yeah a throttle sticking at 2200 RPM is a big deal even on a "normal" car.