My father-in-law is Koos Hailey, who drives alcohol funny cars as a hobby. In 2006 he had a slight crash when he raced against Michael van Rensburg(son of the owner of Tarlton International Raceway).
Today I finally managed to convert the dvd to upload onto YouTube. Here’s the video of the accident. Apparently the tires got cold as they waited too long before actually jumping from the line.