Indy 500 Fire put out with Cold Fire

At the 2009 Indy 500, Vitor Meira in the 14 car for ABC Supply/AJ Foyt team had a good sized ethanol spill and the fire threatened to engulf the entire vehicle and driver. The Delphi Safety Team and pit crew acted quickly, spraying Cold Fire from extinguishers and buckets on the flames, extinguishing the whole thing in about five seconds. The driver never even bothered getting out of the car, and was back in the race like nothing ever happened! Amazing! This is why Cold Fire is being used at more and more racetracks around the country. For more info, see www.coldfire.biz/racing.htm .

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Science & Technology

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• cold fire
• racing
• fire fighting
• foam
• wetting agent
• nascar
• car fire
• pit fire
• formula one
• indy
• indy 500
• vitor meira

[hoosierredneck1]

The smartest thing Indy Car ever did was switch to ethanol. You can actually see that fire.

[Peskdale61]

@elgranfox

His team were actually putting the fire out on the refueler.

[elgranfox]

LOL his own team were all sleeping, that other team wearing black clothes were the ones taking care of the fire....

[nascarpenny]

holy crap scary