A rough weekend in Memphis, TN in October 2000. There were 2 big fires in Funny Car and Tony Schumacher's terrifying crash in Top Fuel qualifying. Larry Dixon suffers an equally dramatic fate in the final round. I think this is one of the first shows current broadcaster Mike Dunn was a part of. It was originally aired on Speedvision, but since so few companies carried that channel it was also aired on Fox Sports Net later in the week.
Another sad footnote to this race, it was the last NHRA broadcast Steve Evans was a part of. He passed away a few weeks later.
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