Pro Stock Dodge Daytona Crash

The car you are watching is the "Matchmaker" IHRA Pro Stock Dodge Daytona that was campaigned by Jeff Wick in the early 1990's. The car was later sold to Dean Stevens who kept the red, white and blue paint scheme and renamed the car "Mopar Madness". Dean later repainted the car in candy green. Dean sold the car to John Genovese who, unfortunately, destroyed the car in a wreck at the 2006 Mopars At The Strip event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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• Dodge
• Daytona
• Pro
• Stock
• IHRA
• NHRA
• Drag
• Racing
• Crash
• 426
• Hemi
• Wedge
• Mopar
• Plymouth
• Chrysler
• Cuda
• Challenger
• Charger

[28kar]

Thats not in Daytona. That is Las Vegas! I helped build that track!!!

[OneBadSuperbird]

Ummmmmmmm...dude, the CAR is a Dodge Daytona, not the TRACK! I'm full well aware that the track is The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. We're there every year in March for the annual Mopars At The Strip event.

[genovese99]

This was a very devistating crash and has left me with some permanent disabilities and I found the driver of the Red Cornet to be very unprofessional and further more very offensive. Thank You John Genovese

[OneBadSuperbird]

John, thanks for filling in some of the blanks. The whole thing is just a bad deal all the way around. It's a major bummer but that's racin'. Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.

[vegasskullz]

did it hit the back of the other car?

[OneBadSuperbird]

Yup, it sure did. It clipped the lower rear of the left hand quarter panel of the red Coronet and took out the Coronet's wheelie bars. The driver of the Coronet kept the car straight and was able to continue racing that weekend. On the 2006 Mopars At The Strip/Las Vegas Part 2 Drag Racing video, I believe I have a shot of the quarter panel of the Coronet when he pulled into the lanes later in the weekend. Damage was minor but it still had to be scary for a moment or two.

[MrBaldridge1988]

i remember watching dean and his daughter race at kd dragway in south webster ohio in this car and she was jr drag along with her brother

[GeneralCuster14]

Poor guy :O Glad to see he's ok after that one. Sorry to see it happen :(

[genovese99]

A huge thanks to Phil&Jill Painter and all the staff at Vegas for all their help and support.I hope to see you all one day again in my travels and express my appreciation in person.

Thank You

Barbwire Racing

John Genovese

[genovese99]

The data recorder showed I hit the wall at 154 MPH and it drove the engine forward pulling full throttle and I was then on a ride past the finish line where I hit the wall a second time after glancing off the rear quarter panel of the charger.I am still on my road to recovery and still bracket race a little on a smaller scale.

[genovese99]

I thought I would post what was found to be the cause of the wreck. The left front lower control arm broke when the front wheels came down after the launch. I had no control over the steering as you can see the parachute turnbuckle weaving as the car has a mind of its own as to where its going. Next post

[biggrizz09]

at 1:17 you can see the red car has no wheelie bar on it, he should be ashamed of him self for being a dick head, i wouldnt have asked you for anything, as long as every one was ok, thats all i would worry about.

[Voluster]

you were way out of the grove.

That guys car had no wheelie bars on it. and if he's so worried about his car he should just run solo.

Chance we all take going down the track that our car or the car in the next lane could wreck

Glad to hear your alive was a nasty wreck