Monster Burnout
Jim Blair is one of the stars of the Nitto Super Street 10.5W in the NMCA who is famous for his long-distance burnouts. At the end of this burnout, flames began to lick at the bottom of the front bumper. It took a few seconds for Blair to realize he was on fire because the flames were below the level of his windshield. As soon as he realized what was going on, he began to shut down the car's systems and popped open the door. From our viewpoint, you could see Blair having trouble getting his feet out of the car. The door opened, closed, then opened again before you could see him sliding between the rollcage and the windshield. He finally crawled onto the track as the NMCA starter opened the fire extinguisher. Blair walked to the ambulance, gave the EMTs his address, and told them he knew he was at Milan-making us think this wasn't the first time he'd been in a car fire. Two hours later, he was pulling the chutes against Dan Millen, and his car looked mint. For Blair, this was no big deal-just another day at the track.