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Jt fished this one. Roy and Don Gay were teenage brothers who ran at the lol drag strip Dickson Texas back the sixtys. Their father owned Gay Pontiac also loted Dickson Texas. Dickson is loted south east Texas, jt about half way om Hoton to Galvton on what was ...

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THE DAY FUNNY CAR’S DON GAY, JR. NEARLY DIED AT DENVER 30 YEARS AGO

Funny Car rookie Don Gay, Jr. suffered one of the worst fir NHRA history at Denver 1989. The near-fatal cint was documented on CBS' Rcue 911 program. * don gay jr drag racer *

Among those the p area was a young Don Gay, Jr., whose father, Don, Sr. The send-generatn Gay had peted prevly Competn Elimator and Top Alhol Funny Car, where he’d won three tim before steppg up to the nro ranks 1989. The then-20-year-old Gay, Jr.

DON GAY JR VS. ED MCCULLOCH

Watch Don Gay Jr's Awful Funny Car Fire At The 1989 NHRA Mile High Natnals. Amazgly, Gay survived and revered om the awful crash and blaze. * don gay jr drag racer *

Wh mimal experience a vehicle of this liber unr his belt, Gay, Jr.

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Don Gay Jr the Gay Pontiac / Pontiac Firebird vs. Ed "the Ace" McCulloch the Larry Mor / Miller High Life Olds Cutlass at the 1989 NHRA Mopar Parts Mile-High Natnals at Denver's Bandimere Speedway. This event was Gay's last race as he later crashed heavily wh the r then beg stroyed by fire while he was pulled unnsc om the r. Elsewhere my photostream is a shot of the r on fire the distance." data-dynamic="te * don gay jr drag racer *

The Safety Safari, unaware that Gay, Jr.

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In a still-ighteng scene all the years later, the fire bottl the nose of the chassis, which were never released by Gay, Jr., me unr creasg prsure om the heat of the fire and epted like a pair of bombs — thankfully dog so before the Safety Safari uld return to the scene. In a heroic move, Pdhomme, still clad his fire su and helmet, climbed om his mache and dove to what remaed of the burng Pontiac, assistg the Safety Safari removg Gay, Jr.

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The footage ptured at the scene went far closer to the panmonium than what was shown on the Diamond P verage, pturg great tail the Safety Safari’s race agast time to brg Gay, Jr.

Gay, Jr. His brother, Shane Gay, later raced Super Comp and Top Alhol Dragster.

DON GAY

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’s reer-endg accint, the Gay fay had teamed wh the Angel brothers to found the Hoton Raceway Park, another of the new super-tracks of the sport along wh the all-new Bandimere facily.

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The Gay fay remaed volved at the Hoton track until the early 2000s. Don Gay, Jr.

The day Don Gay, Jr.

Longtime drag racg fans know well the story of Meyer, how the Texas lad began racg nro Funny Cars as a teen and went on to bee a huge succs and today owns the fabled Texas Motorplex, but before we get to his story and the stori of the others the lumns ahead, let’s take a step back a earlier to another Texas teenage terror, Don Gay, who wowed fans Funny Car and, cintally, also beme a racetrack owner. He passed away June 30, 2007, at age 60, but his legacy liv ’s parents, Carl and Marie, owned the succsful Gay Pontiac alership Dickson, Texas, on the Gulf Highway halfway between Galvton and Hoton.

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The Day Funny Car's Don Gay, Jr. Nearly Died At Denver 30 Years Ago .

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