After Iddings agreed to produce the PSAs both he and Millican donated time and resources to make a two-day trip to Charlotte in August where the additional footage for the videos was shot at zMAX Dragway.

“I didn’t know Jon and James personally but I remember being 17 and how youth makes you take risks,” says Iddings. “I was honored to be involved but I felt a big obligation to ‘get it right’ and what I needed more than anything to make it complete was footage from the NHRA of the actual burndown. They came through and I was able to put together the complete piece.”

A few weeks later, at the 2009 U.S. Nationals, Iddings found out Herbert and Millican were both at O’Reilly Raceway Park and pulled everyone together to show them the finished product.

“We’re at Indy, my home track, the place where I saw my first drag race, and we’re standing in Clay’s trailer with his wife, Donna, Doug and his wife, Ginger, and I show them the PSAs for the first time,” recalls Iddings. “I wasn’t ready for the emotion it brought out in all of us, it was incredibly touching.”

Millican describes his feelings that day in Indianapolis as he watched the clips.

“At that point, for me, it had been a year long process,” Millican explains. “At Indy last year I decided to put it all behind me, and then I got the opportunity to help. When I showed up at zMAX that day to film and I saw Doug, it was like none of that stuff had ever happened. Then here I was, back at Indy, about to see the videos for the first time. It was pretty emotional to sit there and watch all of that with Doug. That day at Indy, it all came full circle.”

Herbert and Millican, who both hope to return to the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in 2010, are pleased with the videos and the message they convey. At the Second Annual B.R.A.K.E.S. Benefit Dinner in September, the drivers took to the stage to debut the PSAs along with NHRA Announcer Bob Frey.

“A lot of good things come from adversity, and from one of the great Top Fuel burndowns of all time, Doug and Clay have become friends,” notes Frey. “As a drag race fan and a parent I appreciate what Doug is doing, and for Clay to take time to offer his help is special, too. After all, that’s what drag racing is all about, helping each other.”

Herbert, who plans to work with the NHRA to show the clips at 2010 NHRA races and also hopes to feature them on ESPN2 during race broadcasts, is grateful for the support.

“The NHRA and many fellow drag racers have really embraced B.R.A.K.E.S.,” he says. “When others help me with what I’m trying to accomplish through this charity it means a lot.”

Millican thinks that race fans will enjoy the videos and hopes that they are effective in delivering their safe driving message.

“I think people will get a kick out of them,” said Millican. “I certainly hope that when teenagers see them, it will make them think harder about being safe in a car. This was something I was glad to do for Doug and B.R.A.K.E.S. It was just the right thing to do.”

Iddings, whose show Pass Time will return to the air in February 2010, explains that helping Herbert and B.R.A.K.E.S. was simply his way of making a contribution to a good cause.

“My mother always said, ‘do your part, whatever that is’,” he says. “I’m lucky enough that I have talented folks around me and access to cameras so this is ‘my part’. B.R.A.K.E.S. is Jon and James’ part, it exists because of them and everyone would benefit from more students having access to this program. Imagine if every drag racing fan skipped lunch one day this week and donated that eight or nine dollars to B.R.A.K.E.S. Jon and James did their part and Doug is doing his. Are you?”