V8 car explodes at start from perth today - video

rotorhoe, May 1, 11:42pm

dasfi, May 1, 11:47pm
Ouch, pretty hard hit, lucky man alright

mrfxit, May 1, 11:58pm
LOL holy crap

1 very lucky driver to get out of that in 1 piece.
no mention of the other drivers condition.

rsr72, May 2, 12:01am
-- minor burns I think.
The great danger of using alcohol fuel.
Flames can't be seen when burning on skin and clothing.

serf407, May 2, 12:16am

bill-robinson, May 2, 2:25am
funny I could see yellow flames on my TV. Does tour set need adjusting! Have you ever seen an alcohol fire!

kingfisher21, May 2, 2:27am
They don't use alcohol based fuel, it's pump gas, E85 ethanol.

bill-robinson, May 2, 2:30am
pray tell us then, What is ethanol!

roys351, May 2, 2:34am
the first guy with the fir extingusier didint seem to be in much of a hurry did he

rsr72, May 2, 2:36am
It's Alcohol-based fuel.
He was beating at his clothes as he ran and one couldn't see flames on him.

speedwayfan1, May 2, 3:14am
If it's the same stuff they use in the Sprintcars, Modifieds, Super Saloons etc in Speedway then yes you can see the big fires, the small ones are invisible and can only be seen by the heat blur you get with every fire.unless it's on you, then you can feel it!

rsr72, May 2, 5:59am
No I haven't as it hasn't been allowed on our tracks, (Speedway excepted), during my years of race involvement, but I have seen the effects of it over years of coverage of Indianapolis accidents and flare-ups in their pits. V8's use E85 which may have slightly more obvious flames than pure alcohol.
Reindler was clearly beating at fire as he tried to get his gloves off and being rolled on the ground yet visible flames were not evident on the video .

dave653, May 3, 9:27pm
It'll buff out!

ct9a, Jan 10, 7:10am
another shrimp on the barby