A look back at that moment of unplanned nitro combustion from Adam Layton’s Top Fuel Harley at the recent Nitro Champs. Drag News photographer Joe Maday was on point as usual at the precise moment of detonation.
“Let’s run nitro they said, it will be fun they said.”
Layton was unhurt in the explosion, riders wear ballistic vests for this very reason, and damage was relatively minimal, limited to the cylinder.
