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A half-hour before lunch break at last weekend"s Formula Drift event at Long Beach, Federico Sceriffo and his FFF Drifting Department team"s dreams of a podium were dashed. At the end of the Top 32 portion of the competition, a love tap by one of Ford"s RTR team, Chelsea DeNofa, worsened an already critical issue, and cut a fuel line, which engulfed the Ferrari in a fireball that"d make most Vegas acts jealous. (Insert standard Italian-car-catching-on-fire joke here.) And although Long Beach"s fire department were quick to respond, Federico was lucky to escape the blaze. What made it much more dangerous than a standard fire was that when the car shut off, it did so with the driver door facing the race track"s wall, mere feet from its confines. If the Ferrari had stopped any closer, Federico would"ve likely been trapped. The yellow Ferrari paint had been scorched and blistered from the fiery race fuel, and the once meticulously crafted car now sat on jack stands. The crew worked as fast as their hands could move, firing back and forth to one another in the most rapid Italian we"ve ever heard. Time, however, would not be on their side.
Date written: 11 Apr 2018
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ID: 11474
A half-hour before lunch break at last weekend"s Formula Drift event at Long Beach, Federico Sceriffo and his FFF Drifting Department team"s dreams of a podium were dashed. At the end of the Top 32 portion of the competition, a love tap by one of Ford"s RTR team, Chelsea DeNofa, worsened an already critical issue, and cut a fuel line, which engulfed the Ferrari in a fireball that"d make most Vegas acts jealous. (Insert standard Italian-car-catching-on-fire joke here.) And although Long Beach"s fire department were quick to respond, Federico was lucky to escape the blaze. What made it much more dangerous than a standard fire was that when the car shut off, it did so with the driver door facing the race track"s wall, mere feet from its confines. If the Ferrari had stopped any closer, Federico would"ve likely been trapped. The yellow Ferrari paint had been scorched and blistered from the fiery race fuel, and the once meticulously crafted car now sat on jack stands. The crew worked as fast as their hands could move, firing back and forth to one another in the most rapid Italian we"ve ever heard. Time, however, would not be on their side.
Date written: 11 Apr 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11474
