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maggifinn:
THis is indeed a sad day for racing and for the racing fraternity.
As the person assisting her with PR and web master for her new site it pains me to think I will not have the conversation I want ed to with her after testing her new car this weekend. It was just her third lap on the car and it looked to be a very good race car that was going to haul ass.
Before any more speculations get out there, I would like to clear a few things up.

Shelly's parachutes were not deployed when the blow over happened.
Basically when the car started to lift at around the 900 foot mark, she actually got out of the throttle (eye witnesses that I have talked to said the flames went out and there was silence) the air got under the car and the left side body panels started to come off. It (they) probably acted like a rudder which turned the car 180 degrees and back down facing the starting line. But by the time it started back up the track it well well beyond the finish line, probably 1500 ft (there was a time that came up on the scoreboards), the car being one of the nitro variety are hard to shutoff to begin with, but Shelly was probably unconscious from the violent spin and crashing back down to the pavement, so hitting the kill switch or the fuel shut off were probably not an option. The car refired when it hit the ground and was under full acceleration from all reports (including Tom Conways statement to his son Shane) as it headed back toward the starting line. It did hit the wall a couple times in the same lane she started the run in, and basically stayed in that lane until it tragically struck the team tow vehicle which had son Brian in it. It hit at a very high rate of speed, as the flames were as high coming back as they were going down track (I am not going to speculate, but you can do the math).

I am going to post a memorial page on her new web site which has been up and running for just over a month. I am going to post a few of the comments that are here as well as anyone that emails me at this email address
Any photos you may have as well are appreciated.

I am sorry for the long post, but I wanted as much of the facts out there as possible as too stop any speculation and rumors.

God Speed Shelly and Brian, and may all our thoughts be with Paul, Tracy Jennifer and the rest of her family.
Shelly will be sorely missed by many in the racing world.

Dean

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