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i think he was trying to avoid the 60 car that was loose

Honestly bro he didnt really have a choice after he got unbuckled and ready to get out the fire was already creeping up. Even if the car was still mechanically capable of engaging reverse its more of a fight or flight decision that he made and that was to get out while he could. Im sure looking back he would’ve tried to but theres nothing you can change after the fact. And even if he did safety crews seemed to be no where in sight to put out the inevitable trails of flames that would ensue.

Really? How long did it take the fire crew to arrive at the scene?

@@ash27slick74 Not long. 30 seconds to maybe a minute. The problem was this was when cars raced back to the line. So they had to wait for all cars to drive past before they could respond. The rescue crews weren't that far away but they had to wait before they were cleared to go out on the track to respond. After they were cleared it took another 40 or so second to get out of their rescue vehicles, grab the fire extinguishers and start blasting the fire which by that point was huge. They got it out but by then it was too late. The worst was watching the flame ignite from the bottom of the track and crawl up the banking to the car where it ignited the whole fuel tank. Everyone knew what was going to happen and there was absolutely nothing anyone could do about it. The rescue crew was one of the best in the business. They tried to get in there but there was nothing they could do. The whole thing lasted maybe 3 minutes. Horrendous accident.

@@kowalski3769 Wow, that's obviously very horrible. I asked that question because I've seen videos where the safety crew at various motoring events over the years has taken over a full minute to get to the crash site. I was just seeing if the response time has improved. During the '80s and '90s and early 2000's, I was a regular at Raceway Park, Englishtown New Jersey. I was just a regular guy racing my street vehicle but I did attend pretty much all of the major events especially when the big dogs came to town; Don Prudhomme, Kenny Bernstein, John Force, Don Prudome etc. Sadly, I was in attendance in 2008 when Scott Kalitta died in his funny car in 2008 during qualifying. He was traveling over 300 miles an hour when the incident happened and it was completely horrific. The safety crew got there as quickly as they could in this particular incident but there was nothing they could have done to save his life. Also, at the drag strip I've seen minor incidents but the safety crew was usually spot on with the arrival time. I'm guessing in that particular racing event that you were at, it's a lot more difficult to have the safety team arrive at the accident safely, not to mention slowing all the other cars down.

@@ash27slick74 A fellow Englishtown, NJ fan!! I used to live in the area and went to the flea market there anytime I could. Never was able to go to a race there unfortunately. Back to the wreck. They didn't have far to go from where the emergency crew was stationed at the bottom of turn 4 and the entrance to pit road . They just had to pretty much drive right across the track and go another 100-200 yds to the wreck. The cars were racing back to the line so there were a bunch of cars that had to pass before they could get there. I can't remember if they had a guy fully dressed in a whole fire-suit on 1st arrival truck or not. Even if they did it would have been impossible for him to help Batson. The way the car was wedged made it really hard to access quickly. It would have been extremely difficult to get him out of there under 'normal' conditions. Now throw a huge fire into the mix??? Even if a responder was in a full fire suit and got there, it would have been impossible to extract him. The fire was so big and hot that fire extinguishers didn't really help that much. They tried but they really needed something with a lot more extinguishing power and unfortunately that truck was a little further away. The rescue units at CMS was/is top-notch!!! They responded the quickest and best way possible. It all happened so fast that there really wasn't a whole lot anyone could have done. It was just a horrible, horrible accident.

Heavy damage to the steering I would imagine. 🤷‍♂️