A NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) drag racing meeting held on Sunday, 21 February 2010 at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Arizona, was marred by the death of a spectator.<br /><br />During a first-round NHRA drag race for Top Fuel dragsters between Troy Buff and Antron Brown, the left-rear wheel of Brown's "Matco Tools/U.S. Army" dragster sheared off and flew from the dragstrip into a crowd, killing a female spectator and then crashed into some support vehicles.<br /><br />The victim was identified as Sue Zimmer, 52, a resident of Rice Lake, Wisconsin. She was flown by helicopter to Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where she was pronounced dead.<br /><br />On the run, Antron Brown’s dragster appeared to lose power when the No. 5 cylinder of the engine broke, shortly after accelerating from the starting line. The car went through severe tire shake, flipped onto its right side and its left-rear wheel came off. The dragster slid across the track, hit and climbed the left-lane retaining wall. There was a flash of flame from spilled fuel as the car came to a stop. The driver was not injured in the accident.<br /><br />R.I.P
