Pro Nitrous racer Doug Reisterer was uninjured during a Friday evening crash. The veteran driver from Victoria, Texas, moved around within the right lane before his car shot across the centerline and impacted the left lane retaining wall. He barely missed Don DeFlorian in the left lane. Fortunately for DeFlorian, this was the one run he made it to the finish line after repeated bouts with tire shake during testing.
 
“I think the track was so good that it couldn’t get on the tire and it shook,” Reisterer said. “I felt it shake and thought for an instant it might drive through. By the time I figured out it was too late. Luckily I wasn’t going too fast.” Pro Nitrous racer Doug Reisterer was uninjured during a Friday evening crash. The veteran driver from Victoria, Texas, moved around within the right lane before his car shot across the centerline and impacted the left lane retaining wall. He barely missed Don DeFlorian in the left lane. Fortunately for DeFlorian, this was the one run he made it to the finish line after repeated bouts with tire shake during testing.
 
“I think the track was so good that it couldn’t get on the tire and it shook,” Reisterer said. “I felt it shake and thought for an instant it might drive through. By the time I figured out it was too late. Luckily I wasn’t going too fast.”
 
Reisterer estimates that he was 60 to 100 feet out when he made contact.
 
“My head and neck are fine thanks to the Hahn’s device,” Reisterer admitted. “I appreciate the ADRL making them mandatory a few years back.”
 
Reisterer told CompetitionPlus.com that he believes the car is totaled but won’t know for a sure for about another week. He’s not certain he will return either.
 
“Right now I feel like quitting,” Reisterer joked. “It’s pretty tough on my wife because I had to call here and tell her I crashed the car. I don’t know what I am going to do. I love racing and I love the ADRL.”