My WORST FEAR… Unicorn C5 ON FIRE

Every racers worst nightmare is to lose their investment or be injured while racing, and fire is definitely one of the worst ways for that to happen. The Unicorn C5 project is no stranger to issues and complications like any project car, but no one was ready for the car to erupt into flames on the top end of the track! Running in the Stick Shift class of the final I-29 No Prep of 2017, the Unicorn C5 was finally getting some SOLID passes after some suspension & wheel/tire changes and some much needed seat time! Thankfully the track team at I-29 Dragway was able to stop the fire from taking a beautiful C5 Chevrolet Corvette into a pile of ash, but there was still significant damage done. The Unicorn C5 will live to race another day and we’ll be here to keep you updated as the rebuild progress unfolds!

For people curious about the cause… It’s hard to say exactly what happened, but the fire was fueled from an injector o-ring that was protruding out of the top of the fuel injector spraying fuel towards each fender under the hood. It wasn’t leaking when we started the car (with the hood open) before that pass, but once fuel pressure increased with boost (on the 2-step) the fuel started spraying, and was ignited about 100 feet down the track as you can see in the mid-track footage. The car died on the shut down as I was stopping the car and preparing to eject, so I didn’t think about turning the key off (this is where a battery cut off would be helpful) so the fuel was continuing to be pumped out of the injector until the ignition was shut off completely. The root cause was likely in one or two components of the fuel system not being 100% tight… in the end we’re going to redo the fuel system just to be safe with components that fight much more naturally.

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31 thoughts on “My WORST FEAR… Unicorn C5 ON FIRE

  1. @1320video any idea of the t-shirt at 8:50 that says Gudfar? Maybe not related at all but Gudfar is Godfather in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish 😛

  2. I would recommend an underhood extinguisher system. They are not that expensive when you consider how much the vehicle is worth.

  3. Hey Kyle, you have to see a 410 Sprint car race, 950+ hp, 1400lbs, my family and I both run sprint cars, I’m currently in 305s and he races 410s which I also crew for. We grew up drag racers and I race two drag cars still. You always have an invitation if you ever want to check that out!

  4. Stratford speedway is our local for stockcars here in Taranaki, be cool if you did a New Zealand tour and checked out the Fast fours and Rotors national car show and drag racing

  5. Out the gate excuse for getting smoked by cleetus. Should not have named the car unicorn, and should have tested before racing. Smells like bullshit!

  6. LOL $100 upgrade and an interstate battery!!! Love it ran those and Diehard during the 60's, 70's!! Glad you're okay and car is a little boo boo. Turbo always concern me about fire. Great eye open video for safety!!!

  7. yea dirt track racing is way more fun than drag racing cuz you get to go flat out for laps not sec. but it coast a shit load of money new tires every race and motors don't last long but its fun man Kyle should tr late model racing

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