Drag Racer Mike Austin in Crash Today at NHRA Winternationals

Top Alcohol dragster Mike Austin was making a run during the first round of eliminations at the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona today when his car veered of course and crashed.

Halfway through his run, Austin's car swerved, sailed over the right-side guard wall and skidded until it came to rest next to the right scoring tower at the end of the quarter-mile drag strip. Rescue workers immediately came to his aid.

Austin, from Medford, Oregon walked away from the horrific incident.