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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins View Post
That's Eddie Hill, isn't it?
Yuppers. He held the blown fuel hyro record at 229 mph for years, but then he blew it over and nearly got killed.
He told his crew chief to explain exactly why it crashed and what he did to prevent it from happening again or he (Eddie) wouldn't get back in the boat. He never did.

Instead he went back to top fuel dragsters where it's safe.





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