1300 hp mercury comet brake failure crash

Phreakish said
The critical difference is that as soon as you noticed a problem, you addressed it.
Riding the brakes in a car with a sticking throttle is at best suicidal. A 1300hp car in that condition? Smoothbrain move.

In aviation, there's a thing called "getthereitis", where the urge to just "get there" overrides good judgment. This guy had "influenceritis" where he wanted more to be on YouTube than to have a functional car.
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That's why I disagree that the hp doesn't make a difference. I believe it does. What did that engine produce at 2200 if it made a peak of 1300? 350? More? That would be TOUGH to hold back with brakes, generate HUGE amounts of heat in the calipers and boil the fluid. That's where the pedal went. You cannot compress brake fluid vapor. All speculation of course. I'm sure we'll never know.