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