a fender-bender sends a drag raceway 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 smith relaxes before his run by watching two of his fellow drivers tear up the track. probably couldn t ask for any nicer weather. mid-70s, no wind, clear day. it was about a 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
he really lost the excitement and didn t want to get back in a race car again. the horrible accident leaves spectators in shock and leads to a lot of second guessing and finger pointing among racing pros. it would be easy to say one of the drivers might have drove a little bit over his head or something. we didn t see anything unordinary. it could have been car failure. it could have been something got underneath the tire. we really don t know, it happened so quick and so fast that it s hard to say exactly what happened. the cause of the crash is never determined. as for tommy, his stay at the hospital in houston is brief. luckily it wasn t as bad as it looked. he had bruises all over him and kind of hard for him to get around for a few days, but no broken bones. amazing to walk away from something like that. matter of fact, i talked to him about two weeks after that and he was already looking for parts to get another car back together. the driver, tommy adams, returned to ra
point in time. everything looked like it was going as normal for a drag race. he s 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 there was something going on. he was there. david hugo was also a very professional driver, a good, 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 the groove towards the right guard rail and tommy looked like he was going right down his lane and david s car actually darted across the track and kind of hit
if you got a sudden thump to the system or shock to the system the heart could stop beating all together. reporter: there was no defibrillator on the playing field. his father had just dropped him off. he was a learning disability kid who made strides to become an all-star. here is his friend what they have to say. he was a good kid. he liked baseball. he used to hang out with a lot of people who play baseball. i feel bad, they were close to him. i used to study with him. he was a good kid. reporter: 16 years old. nobody with an absolute answer on what happened to 16-year-old tommy adams. megyn: so sad. trace, thank you. after this break, a kelly s court verdict on a story that had you talking. captioning made possible by fox news network
small businesses that are set to expire. we ve got to make sure that we are coming up with a solution, even if it s not a hundred percent of what i want, or what the republicans want. there is no reason that ordinary americans should see their taxes go up next year. we should also extend [applause] unemployment for workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. that is a priority. [applause] megyn: while the president wants to hike taxes on those who make more than $250,000 a year he has said that he will agree to drop that request if republicans get behind extending unemployment benefits, among other things. we ll have details on those other things and new reaction from the gop as it comes in this afternoon. it is a high court case that could change the entire debate over illegal immigration. welcome to america live on a monday, everybody, i m megyn kelly. the united states supreme court in two days hearing arguments on whether to strike down an ariz