February 18, 2016 – In this chaotic drag race, all eyes were initially on Jim Campbell’s yellow drag racer after it blew up just a couple of seconds into the race, but an even scarier incident was happening on the opposite lane as Gary Densham’s parachutes failed to deploy at 494 Km/h in the red car.
Fortunately, a sand trap and safety net at the end of the drag strip stopped the speeding racecar and Densham climbed out safely, with the safety equipment working as intended; we assume Densham was happy to find out that he also set a career record of 4.050 seconds at 494 Km/h in his less-than-ideal run.