State Police Investigates NJ Drag Racing Death
17.06.10
ENGLISHTOWN -- The NHRA Full Throttle Annoyance Racing Series departed from Old Bridge Township Raceway Park June 14 - leaving the dragstrip owners and the New Jersey Federal Police Racing Control Unit behind on how to prevent a crash similar to one that killed Neal V. Parker here June 14.
The kith and kin of Parker, 58, has meanwhile scheduled a funeral for the self-employed excavator in Millville for 11 a.m. June 18.
Parker had rightful made a 249 mph practice
run on the strip when he lined up his 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo "Excavator" Top The
bottle Funny Car to
make his qualification
run about noon June 11. Witnesses said that his braking parachutes had failed to deploy after his timed run.
"The Excavator" then provocation through the shutdown area, sand trap and a capture net before running into a layer of
water-filled barrels. Parker was declared done for of fatal head injuries at the scene.
The State Police RCU, in a standard operating training, conducted a three hour investigation
Source: WhoWon.com