Jerry Yeoman has seen a lot during his drag racing career. The former mountain motor Pro Stock standout  wasn't accustomed to seeing a flash fire up close and personal.

Yeoman had his opportunity during Friday evening qualifying at the PDRA Under the Lights event at Osage Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma. As the Galena, Kan.-based briver left the starting line his turbocharged Corvette burst into flames.

A dazed Yeoman slowed to a stop and pulled his Corvette out of the groove, unfortunately preventing emergency crews from opening his driver's side door. Yeoman exited the car and was transported to a local hospital to be checked out.

Jerry Yeoman has seen a lot during his drag racing career. The former mountain motor Pro Stock standout  wasn't accustomed to seeing a flash fire up close and personal.

Yeoman had his opportunity during Friday evening qualifying at the PDRA Under the Lights event at Osage Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma. As the Galena, Kan.-based briver left the starting line his turbocharged Corvette burst into flames.

A dazed Yeoman slowed to a stop and pulled his Corvette out of the groove, unfortunately preventing emergency crews from opening his driver's side door. Yeoman exited the car and was transported to a local hospital to be checked out.

"It was very, very bad," son John Yeoman said via Motormania online television. "

The cause of the massive explosion has been determined to be a line blew off of the transmission into the transmission cooler causing an explosion. The resulting spilled oil on the headers produced a massive fire.

Yeoman said the smoke and fire entered the cockpit where his father suffered burns to the face and some smoke inhalation. He didn't reveal the extent of the burns or smoke inhalation.

"We didn't get the computer turned on and then the motor over-revved, and that's what caused the problem," Yeoman added.

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