Those guys need to learn from the fellows in the Wendover fire truck at the Shootout. There was a hot bike starting from about the two. He went through the gears and was about to enter the timed mile when he turned up the wick. There was a huge POP and a pretty good ball of flame out the left side that seemed to get bigger as seconds marched on. The bike slowed faster than I thought possible, but then I was watching, it wasnt my pants on fire. Then the rider laid it down on its right side and stepped back a ways, then he stepped back a ways further. Smoke was big and black, and from two miles flame was growing fast. When the driver of the fire truck got there, the fellow in the red suit walked in and the fire was out in a split second. Amazing how fast the fire went away. I hope the rider was OK and bought the fire crew a round. The Wendover fire crew impressed the hell out of this old guy.
