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Dave DeLangton was rushed to the Pomona Valley Hospital emergency room after jumping from the burning Coupe on the dragstrip. Damage to the Coupe was minimal considering the severity of DeLangton’s injuries. Hot Rod magazine’s technical editor, the late Ray Brock, was just arriving at the L.A. County Fairgrounds when he saw the Coupe hurtling toward him without a driver. Brock says, “When I realized it was coming straight toward me, I put my car in Reverse and started backing up. The car sort of laid down the chainlink fence and snapped the barbed wire across the top of the fence, and the barbed wire came around and hit my tire, causing it to go flat. The car went across the street, hit the embankment, and stopped.” From the Chuck Griffith collection View Related Article
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