Officials baffled by drag strip crash that killed driver and son
TULSA, Okla. Racing officials are stumped by a freakish accident at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, drag strip over the weekend. An alcohol-powered dragster on a test run flipped over and shot back on the track to the starting line before slamming into a parked chase car.
The wreck killed the female racer, Shelly Howard, and Howard's son, who was in the Saturn chase car. Officials estimate the dragster was going 250 miles-an-hour.
Racing officials say they're surprised the dragster held together after the flip. They say the cars are designed to break apart in a crash.
The International Hot Rod Association's president says he's never heard of anything like it in more than 40 years in racing.
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