Price you pay to play - 727

That blown Cuda shoud be running a glide with a special case and housing and not that 727. I don't believe anyone makes hardware and cases for a 727 that will accept that kind of power. There are glides build just for blown high HP applications. My brother has one behind a blown alcohol 396 in a FED that runs upper 6's @ 215 and it has had no problems. Garlits' car is why you need something reliable. The guy in that cuda is lucking he and spectators are in one piece. Both blankets and shields carry the same SFI rating so in his case it would not do any good. I have seen blankets ripped to shreds also.

I'll bet he would have won a Db drag from the sound that thing made when it went off.