Big Turnout for Turkey this weekend

[rcorby]

I wonder why it took an hour to get the fire under control, even if the fire was both Class A and Class B (gasoline). Does anybody know if the fire crew was using FireAde or Cold Fire?

[DoubleXL240Z]

The reason it took over an hour to get under control was that the fuel started quite a number of tires on fire. All that takes is hundreds of gallons of water or lots of foam. The track fire team and the corner workers ( which are the best there is) are/were not set up to fight that type of fire. Even the trucks that carry water tanks were showing up to a gunfight with a pointed stick in this case. Being there from the beginning, and being a former firefighter, I believe the county should have been called quite a bit earlier. Hindsight is 20/20 though.

[splats]

LOOK/LISTEN to titianum's (?) video. You can hear his scanner. Early on (I think) Race Control was asked if they wanted another Fire Truck & he said NO. WHY??

[rcorby]

The reason it took over an hour to get under control was that the fuel started quite a number of tires on fire. All that takes is hundreds of gallons of water or lots of foam.

If the CW's and the Fire Crew were using Hydrocarbon Encapsulators, the fire--even rubber--could have been put out a lot quicker than an hour, and with much less than 100 gallons. Hydro Encaps not only encapsulate the hydrocarbon molecule, preventing combustion, but also cool the burning material due to the superior surfactant properties of the mixture (3-6% Hydro Encap + water). Reignition is therefore prevented.

BTW, I don't work for any of those companies, I am just a Corner Worker, but I have been through training with FireAde vs. Dry Chem, water, etc. There's really no comparison, and I can't understand why ALL tracks don't use those products.

[Mazmarc63]

Some video clips from the weekend.

The lap of the big crash. Watch my mirror as I drive away - for the explosion.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrkJTr81mTk[/ame]

First two laps of the Sat group 3 race.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCc1U3q5dNw[/ame]

[mattbatson4570]

vid of my contact with mr brown in the ITB race...turn 1.
I think I ran that over in my head many times afterwards to determine what it was that got me in that position....
sorry again about the crash, i was definitely fighting the car to keep from getting into you...

http://www.vimeo.com/2459781