[Nate]

Just saw on Facebook that a super late model driver in Ohio passed away earlier today after a wreck at So. Ohio Speedway over the weekend.

26 years old with a baby. Never a good thing.

From what I read the car flipped, landed on its lid and he was trapped as the car burnt.

[nathans1012]

Originally Posted by Nate Just saw on Facebook that a super late model driver in Ohio passed away earlier today after a wreck at So. Ohio Speedway over the weekend. 26 years old with a baby. Never a good thing. From what I read the car flipped, landed on its lid and he was trapped as the car burnt.

Driver is #99F Charlie Floyd. Car got up side down and caught fire. Charlie had burns to 80% of his body. From what I have read the track crew did what they could to get the fire out with foam, powder, water, ect. Charlie was also a fire fighter.
#PrayersForCharlieFloydAndFamily99F
#99FStong <> GOD SPEED.

[1021gpa]

Originally Posted by nathans1012 Driver is #99F Charlie Floyd. Car got up side down and caught fire. Charlie had burns to 80% of his body. From what I have read the track crew did what they could to get the fire out with foam, powder, water, ect. Charlie was also a fire fighter. #PrayersForCharlieFloydAndFamily99F #99FStong <> GOD SPEED.

From video i seen on Facebook Saturday morning all the track had was a couple of fire extinguishers trying to put out this massive fire that was going on every track should have proper equipment to fight a fire and get a driver out

[flatout]

Amazing that the lessons of Wolfgang's deal has been lost on promoters.

So sad for the family, thought and prayer for all those close to him.

[Charles Nungester]

Someone had the audacity to post video of it within minutes of it happening. In the video the people taking it or around him thought Charlie had been removed from the car. That wasn't the case.

Someone said that the lessons of Wolfgang and others before him and since have still not been learned or forgot. Is the track your racing at have Outfitted, Trained and Foam safety team?

Someone else posted that all NHRA advanced classes have a Halon system aboard While I don't know how feesable it is for a sprint, midget, I can stand in the doghouse of a LM and work on it so there is room.

That being said, Prayers to the family and friends There is a help page available. If I can find it. I'll post it.

[thunder31]

Here is the link to the GoFundMe page set up for his family.

https://www.gofundme.com/tczduhg4

[racegal]

So very very sorry to hear.
Praying for him and his loved ones.

[Backitin]

Its all about money and odd's.
Halon systems might or might not work. Everyone already complains about the cost of racing.
A trained foam brigade would be excellent at every track, it isn't feasible in the real world. Maybe tracks could get together and try to spread the costs out.
If you race you wonder about fire for awhile and play the odds that it wont happen to you. Too bad it happens, but it happens way less then it used to.
If I was ever upside in a racecar, I would want the least amount of bodywork on my car. I'd Imagine being upside down in a late model, your head is exposed little else. Even a small fire could be bad.

[kcarm92]

I really feel safer in my mod than i did with our sprintcar in case of a fire with fuel punp and p/s in cocjpit abd now the way sprintcars are with all the body panels this tradgity is really a eye opener maybe tracks need to take a hard look at their safety crews still a very sad deal for all involved

[Nate]

Personally, stuff like this makes me really thankful for some of the fire & rescue squads we do have around Indiana that work the tracks. Lawrenceburg's track safety crew is always quick to the scene of a car that tumbled with fire suppression equipment in hand and suited up even if there's no fire, just in case. That said, I can remember a few years back I went to see some pavement sprints at a track I will leave unnamed and I saw nothing more than an ambulance and some guys with fire extinguishers there and can remember thinking to myself, "There's no way I'd be racing at this place if I were driving tonight."

There lies one of the issues IMO, I've never been employed at a track that ran anything larger than karts and all that was required there was that we have an EMT on the grounds during racing. However we made sure we always had an ambulance and multiple EMTs when we raced just in case. But in the case of some of these tracks, I think they just do the bare minimum of what the insurance company requires which may just be an EMT or two and some extinguishers. So good on those tracks that have fire trucks and ambulances with crews dedicated to the track for the evenings events.