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  1. 06-17-2007 06:35 PM #1
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    I feel as sorry for Troy Critchley. He will have to find a way to live with this decision, and the failure to control the car. That will be a heavy burden. :-(
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    Quote Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT
    I feel as sorry for Troy Critchley. He will have to find a way to live with this decision, and the failure to control the car. That will be a heavy burden. :-(
    In today's society, he will also be sued. Whether or not he wins the suit (not likely) it will cost him tens of thousands of $$ in legal fees.
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    So sad.

    Why the he!! did he stay on it so long? If the throttle stuck, he should have hit the kill switch. Looks like driver stupidty to me. Hard to believe a 20 year vet would be ' showing off ' like that.
    Sincere prayers to all, including the driver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Rifle
    In today's society, he will also be sued. Whether or not he wins the suit (not likely) it will cost him tens of thousands of $$ in legal fees.
    Yep, everybody will be gettin' papers on this one......
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    I watched the TV news footage of this accident today. What a stupid, stupid decision on everybody's part to allow this to even be considered. To see that funny car blasting full bore between rows of onlookers was something I can't believe.

    Also, every headline is reading "drag racing accident, " when it was not actually a drag race at all, just one car doing an exibition run. It is sure to have far reaching reprocussions for the sport and the image the NHRA and street rodders have worked so hard to build.

    Heads will roll on this one, and lawsuits are an absolute certainty. So sorry for the victims and their families. This should never have been allowed to happen.

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