CAUGHT !

Longtime northeast drag racer Leroy Dewdney was anticipating a routine single run during testing at the Mopar Eastern Classic when his Pro Modified 1963 Corvette lost control . Dewdney ’ s supercharged machine started the pass in the right lane before getting crossed up and shooting across the centerline between the 330-foot and eighth mile cones . The fluids on-board erupted into a dramatic ball of fire upon impact with the left-lane retaining wall . Dewdney escaped from the fiery carnage shaken up and with severely singed safety equipment , but without injury .

P H O T O G R A P H S B Y A . J . P I N D E R

M A R Y L A N D I N T E R N A T I O N A L R A C E W AY | B U D D S C R E E K , M A R Y L A N D | S A T U R D AY , O C T O B E R 2 9 , 2 0 1 6

52 | Drag Illustrated | DragIllustrated . com Issue 117