Re: Camaro fire...

[Richard Kensicki <richk@spartajunction.com>]

It's good to hear your still with us to race another day.
RichK

Keith Turk wrote:

>I was down in the shop moving stuff around and was going to fire up the camaro
>to move it out and up to the trailer.... so I could store it while I worked on
>the Berkley....   I'd put the hood back on and jumped in the car... and went
>through the normal starting procedure.... cranked till I had oil pressure and
>threw the Ignition on.... ran for about 5 seconds and Pooof.... the car went
>up in flames....  shut the car down and jumped out.... used the shops fire
>extinguisher.... pulled the pins and used 10lb halon system in the car and
>then got out the water hose..... took five minutes to get out the raging
>fire..... to give you an idea of how hot it was it melted a set of mini blinds
>30 feet away....
>
>The shop sustained minor soot damage to everything and the front of the Camaro
>is gone.... all the wiring.... and rubber.... belt drive.... radiator
>melted.... both battery's ..... so on and so forth..... it's not totaled but
>it doesn't miss it by much.  the windshield burned hot enough to start the
>roof paint on fire...
>
>Don't know what happened exactly.... the car is exactly like it ran last
>weekend at Maxton.... hadn't touched a thing... so who knows..... seems like
>the fire was coming from under the car.... so maybe float bowl flooded and
>went into the headers.....  the fire was REALLY HOT....
>
>Not a pretty day at my place... the Berkley was sitting right beside it but
>wasn't really damaged other then the soot and dry chemical..... I've got most
>of it wiped off....
>
>Life is a precious commodity.... this was just a race car.... one I happened
>to be in love with.... but just stuff....
>
>Keith ( smile... I just got some minor burns on my hands and knee when I
>snatched the hood off ..... lucky I didn't have it duzed down )

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