Who's Z caught on fire yesterday???
 

I went to Maple Grove Raceway in Pa. yesterday because I entered my car in the "East Coast Nationals Finals" car show. Well after I got my car all set up and clean I went and sat in the stands to watch all the action. There was a CS Z with huge NISMO decals on both sides of the car. I know he had race pipes on it, drag radials and nitrous running. He ran a 12.25 I think. Well on his second run his car caught on fire half way down the track. I heard from someone that he had blown an oil line. I never did get to see the extent of the damage because the judges were at my car and I had to leave the stands. There was a lot of commotion going on I heard with the fire truck and all. I went back to look for the Z but I couldn't find it. Was this anyone that post on here? If so exactly what happend? I felt so bad but at least my man got to tear up a low 12.

Dayum, that sucks.

I believe that was Smithtown Nissan's car, but they claim to have ran an 11.3?!?! Check out the Racing section, there is a link to the picture of the car with NISMO decals on the sides.

BTW, congrats on your second triumph!! Did you get any runs in?

Thanks 02trex! No I didn't get any runs in. I was hoping they did a fun run but they didn't. Plus I promised myself that I wouldn't run unless I had drags on. They had all the finals going on yesterday which was pretty awesome. Remember that supra that Vinny Ten ran and broke a world record at MIR? He broke his own record again yesterday twice! He did it on the last race of the day with a 7.36 I think @ 179 mph. That dude is sick! As for the smithtown nissan, it is very possible that I may have missed a couple of his runs since I didn't see all all of them. The first time I saw him run may have been his 2nd. The lanes were right behind me so I knew when the Z was up for a run. That did suck though. Hopefully it's not ruined.

Yeah, his motor is toast. He posted a link to the video a little while ago as well as some pics.

http://www.theexperience.com

Can't find the video. Anyone have a direct link?

you gotta sign-up to download the video, but believe me its well worth it!!!! this video is craaazzzyyy!!!:icon28:

found a direct link that should work.
http://www.theexperience.com/global/...-28-BOOM_H.wmv

here are some pics too! http://www.evotuners.com/albums/idrc...W_9357_001.jpg

http://www.evotuners.com/albums/idrc...3/CRW_9358.jpg

http://www.evotuners.com/albums/idrc...3/CRW_9360.jpg

evotuners.com has all the race and show coverage.

Holy crap! Those pics are pretty wild. If that's bluefish's car, I can't wait to read what happened, step by step. :D

Edit: Yup! That's Smithtown Nissan, alright. :)

DAMN! That video is silly! Thanks for posting the link!

lol that sucked, why the heck did he have the front tires as big as the rear? that was unnecessary. saving every inch of weight counts.

300shot :icon22:

try 375!

Since when is turning your 350z into an 11.38 drag car "ricing out?" Maybe you didn't like that huge stock spoiler or you don't know what rice means?

1. thats not a "drag car"
2. that Z wont do the 1/4 mile in 11.38
3. I do not like huge spoilers
4. It looks riced out to me (mainly the decals, especially the big *** Nismo)
5. You dont want to know my definition of rice, because I bet "CF emblem inserts from Reen" are rice

The Z did do an 11.38.

If anyone would frequent the Hell Hole

umnnnn yeah whatever :rolleyes:

you need to be educated on the term ricer.

that Z did run 11.38. Go see for yourself. Video is on the left hand side of the page:
http://www.theexperience.com/videos....=3f788cf314024