This one really saddens me. She was totally cute. Smart. Brilliant really. An engineer. She was a pro racer too.


From the NYT...

Jessi Combs, a television host and professional racer, died on Tuesday in Oregon while trying to set a world land speed record.

Ms. Combs’s death was confirmed in a statement by the Harney County Sheriff’s Office, which responded to the scene of the crash in the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon on Tuesday afternoon. The office said it did not yet know the cause of the crash.

In a statement provided to Jalopnik, the car publication, and others, her family said that Ms. Combs, 39, had been driving the North American Eagle, a 56-foot-long jetlike car capable of generating over 45,500 horsepower. The crash occurred on a dry lake bed.

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That's probably a little bit too fast to be safe.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Asshole.

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Thread is worthless without pics.

As one of the few on this board that has actually raced vehicles, I can more accurately express feelings of sadness as she and I essentially shared the same metaphorical foxhole. From one racer to another, RIP.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I can only assume that she appreciates the fact that you thought she was cute before anything else.

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"Woman Driver Dies"

Go figure.

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I expected a “I’m sure that was the last thing that went through her mind, other than the engine” reply

She was.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I imagine she's hanging out with Ryan Dunn & Bobby Phills right now.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

If she had stayed in the kitchen, this wouldn't of happened to her.

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CSFMB: Home of the small minded

And the "Fast and Furious " guy

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I'm not as fast as I used to be, Reader.

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Oh, yeah ... forgot about him.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Well CFMB feels relived.

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