the yellow car the 69 camaro and david hugo was the driver of the lumina in the right lane. the drivers get the green light and the race starts as it is supposed to. when the cars took off down the track, everything looked so smooth. kind of a relaxed run. both cars lobbed side to side. no unnecessary fishtailing and no stupid moves at all at that point in time. everything looked as it was going as normal for a drag racing. galen has been a friend and come p competitor of both drivers for years. having raced against them several times. he has great respect for their skills. tommy haas been racing since 69. he was a true racer. if the tracks were opened and there was something going on, he was there. david hugo was also a very professional driver. a very smooth driver. they had a team that would do anything for you. as far as i know, tommy adams nor david hugo has ever, ever had an accident up until that day. both drivers flawless track records are about to take a
i m contessa brewer. drag racers can go from 0 to 125 in just ten seconds. that s so quick it leaves little room for error. in the rare instances where things do go wrong, the results can be dreadful. like this heart stopper of a moment on a texas race track. a fender bender sends a drag race way off track. it looks like a model car out there coming apart and somebody stuck a fire cracker in it or something. january 14th, 2004. seely, texas. racer galen smith relaxes before his run while watching two of his fellow drivers tear up the track. couldn t ask for nicer weather. mid-70s, clear day, perfect day for racing. tommy adams was the driver of
way. it didn t look right. a drag racer since he was 14 years old, galen is no stranger to crashes. he s even had a scary one himself in 2010, also caught on camera. so, he knows what tommy s going through. losing control of the car as a driver kind of gives you an eerie feeling. just kind of hold on and stop breathing and see where you re going because at that point in time you re probably running well over 100 mile an hour and you don t know what s happening. i can t imagine what they were going to. probably felt like somebody was beating him to death. gaylon rushes down to his friend where paramedics are already working on him. they got his helmet off and they checked all of his vitals and checked all of his signs and they weren t sure if he had a concussion or if he had a neck injury or head injury or back injury. it was kind of crazy. at that point in time we didn t know how bad he was hurt because you don t know until he goes to the hospital and get checked out.
room for error. in the rare instances where things do go wrong, the results can be dreadful. like this heart stopper of a moment on a texas racetrack. a fender bender sends a drag race way off track. it looks like a model car out there coming apart and somebody stuck a fire cracker in it or something. january 14th, 2004. racer galen smith relaxes before his run by watching two tear up the track. couldn t ask for nicer weather. mid-70s, no wind, clear day, perfect day for racing. tommy adams was the driver of the yellow car and david hugo was the driver of the lumina in the right lane. the drivers get the green
light, and the race starts as it is supposed to. when the cars took off down the track, everything looked so smooth. kind of a relaxed run. both cars lobbed side to side, no unnecessary fishtailing and no stupid moves at all at that point in time. everything looked like it was going as normal for drag racing. galen has been a friend and competitor of both drivers for years. having raced against them several times, he has great respect for their skills. tommy haas been racing since 69. he was a true racer. if the tracks were opened and there was something going on, he was there. david hugo was also a very professional driver, a smooth driver. they had a team that would do anything for you. as far as i know, tommy adams nor david hugo has ever, ever had an accident up until that day. both drivers flawless track records are about to take a major hit with a heart stopping collision all caught on camera. david hugo on the right lane looked like his car moved out of