Blower Explosion
This is a picture of a poster hanging in my garage, I wish I had shot this photo.
On 11/12/99 at Pomona CA. Top Fuel qualifying was halted Friday afternoon by a violent blower explosion that occurred when Doug Herbert left the starting line. His dragster traveled less than thirty feet when a devastating supercharger blast erupted unlike any witnessed in NHRA history.
According to NHRA reporting, fourteen spectators were treated for injuries with ten being transported to area hospitals. The blast was so intense, segments of the rotor casing landed hundreds of feet outside the race facility. Fans and racers inside the facility were showered with debris that littered the area of the return road from the starting line hundreds of feet forward.
Blower Explosion
This is a picture of a poster hanging in my garage, I wish I had shot this photo.
On 11/12/99 at Pomona CA. Top Fuel qualifying was halted Friday afternoon by a violent blower explosion that occurred when Doug Herbert left the starting line. His dragster traveled less than thirty feet when a devastating supercharger blast erupted unlike any witnessed in NHRA history.
According to NHRA reporting, fourteen spectators were treated for injuries with ten being transported to area hospitals. The blast was so intense, segments of the rotor casing landed hundreds of feet outside the race facility. Fans and racers inside the facility were showered with debris that littered the area of the return road from the starting line hundreds of feet forward.