Jeff Colvert picked the biggest stage in drag racing to experience his first crash.

Colvert, from Arkadelphia, Ark., crashed his 428-inch powered, 1969 Mustang when a brake failure sent his 3300-pound Super Stock/F entry into the catch nets where it came to a stop on its roof during Wednesday qualifying for the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.

Colvert was checked out by medical personnel onsite and released with minor injuries and soreness.

"I'm fine, just a little sore," Colvert said. "That's what happens when you have no brakes at 141 miles per hour."

Jeff Colvert was largely uninjured in his Wednesday crash but the same couldn't be said for his phone and prized 1969 Mustang. Jeff Colvert picked the biggest stage in drag racing to experience his first crash.

Colvert, from Arkadelphia, Ark., crashed his 428-inch powered, 1969 Mustang when a brake failure sent his 3300-pound Super Stock/F entry into the catch nets where it came to a stop on its roof during Wednesday qualifying for the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.

Colvert was checked out by medical personnel onsite and released with minor injuries and soreness.

"I'm fine, just a little sore," Colvert said. "That's what happens when you have no brakes at 141 miles per hour."

Colvert's classic Mustang traveled through three nets before striking a row of water barrels where the elasticity of the nets turned the car over backwards.

"I was wondering as I got closer to the nets how the impact was going to feel," recalled Colvert. "I had the brake pedal to the floor and it just wasn't slowing down. I was holding on and had already killed the motor.

"The car was off and out of gear coasting. I shoved it back in gear and started swerving back and forth. I was just trying to scruff off some speed. I finally got it back in gear, but the clutches we run on these cars are so light when the motor isn't running, they just slip. Getting it back in gear didn't help at all. When it hit, it hit hard. I just hung on."

The damage to the nets halted Wednesday's Super Stock qualifying for nearly three hours as the Safety Safari worked to repair the damaged net. At first glance, Colvert's classic Ford will require more than three hours to repair.

"Somebody could probably fix it, it's pretty beat up," said a disappointed Colvert. "The sheet metal, body is damaged badly and the frame is pretty tweaked behind the pillar. It's bent right now."

Colvert has been racing Indy since 1985, when his machine won the SS/F class in its first outing.

"It breaks my heart to see this car like this but it could probably be fixed and definitely can be replaced," said Colvert. "I guess you just have to look at the positives in a clearly negative situation."

A clear positive for Colvert was on the fateful run, he qualified tenth out of 168 entries. 

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