Everyone knows that there is always a possibility for mishaps when it comes to drag racing. What we don’t get to see too often, however, is that mishap resolving itself before anything bad happens. And that is exactly what happened to Tim Slavens at Georgia Motorsports Park’s Lights Out 12 drag racing event on Wednesday.
Slavens’ car, a 1969 Chevy Camaro, is said to be pushing around 3,500 hp (3,549 PS / 2,610 kW) from a fully built V8 engine with two 102mm turbochargers according to Autobahn. That’s a lot of power, and it allowed Slavens to set the radial tire world record back in 2019. However, with great power comes great responsibility, and on Wednesday’s run that same power resulted in the Camaro’s nose lifting up enough for it to take flight.
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We can see the car’s front bob up and down briefly before takeoff, which might suggest Slavens was aware of the issue and trying to correct for it. But what was the most unusual yet fortunate part of this incident was its recovery. With help from the parachute, Slavens was incredibly able to land the Camaro back on its wheels and correct his slide after flying nearly perpendicular to the drag strip. Thankfully, he was reported to have walked away unscathed.
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All in all, this situation could have turned out much worse, and we’re happy to hear that no injuries were reported in a crash that could have had much more dire consequences. And if Slavens’ quick-thinking maneuver wasn’t impressive enough on its own, just one day later he went on to run a 3.893-second quarter mile at 193.52 mph (311.44 km/h) without any issues.
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