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Why NHRA Funny Car driver J.R. Todd is calling for parachutes on Pro Stock Bikes

Check out the video of a scary incident that happened this weekend at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals near Charlotte

Jerry Bonkowski

Why NHRA Funny Car driver J.R. Todd is calling for parachutes on Pro Stock Bikes
Why NHRA Funny Car driver J.R. Todd is calling for parachutes on Pro Stock Bikes /

Just a few weeks after he was involved in a wreck with legendary John Force, followed by a massive kablooey-like engine explosion in his car, NHRA Funny Car driver J.R. Todd -- who is very active on social media -- posted the following tweet Sunday on why he believes Pro Stock Motorcycles (also known as Pro Stock Bike) should have parachutes to slow them down at the top end of a drag strip, just like Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock.

Here's Todd's tweet: Do you agree with him?

Oh, and by the way, watch how the bike that rolled into the sand trap and tipped over just B-A-R-E-L-Y missed a track safety worker as well as a couple of his fellow PSB competitors from the same run:

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