Space Station commander tweets shout out from space to IndyCar, F1

There are cool things and then there are cool things that are out of this world.

U.S. astronaut A.J. “Drew” Feustel — commander of the current International Space Station mission Expedition 56 and obviously a huge motorsports fan — took to Twitter this morning to give a shout out from space for Sunday’s INDYCAR race at Iowa Speedway and Formula One’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Check them out:

Sure to be a tight race at @iowaspeedway filled with frequent passing and lead changes. We will be watching from @Space_Station. #FWB150 #IowaCorn300 #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/YASlu4sKnv

— A.J. (Drew) Feustel (@Astro_Feustel) July 7, 2018

A beautiful setting as viewed from @Space_Station for the iconic @F1 @SilverstoneUK. A cornerstone race in the heart of F1 motorsports territory. Ready for ‘Lights Out’ on Sunday! #BritishGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/DILyJVYIu3

— A.J. (Drew) Feustel (@Astro_Feustel) July 7, 2018

Former NHRA Funny Car champ Cruz Pedregon was a happy man coming into Friday’s qualifying for this weekend’s Dodge NHRA Mile-High Nationals in Morrison, Colorado (a suburb of Denver).

The reason Pedregon was feeling good was he had a brand new Toyota Camry body atop his Funny Car chassis. It was state of the art, it looked fast and it was prepared to run fast.

A heartbreaking first run for the Snap-on Tools team. We have a long night ahead of us and will be back at it tomorrow. https://t.co/hFYd5SC0h4

— Cruz Pedregon (@CruzPedregon) July 21, 2018

And everything really looked good as soon as Pedregon hit the gas in his qualifying run vs. Tim Wilkerson.

Well, for a few seconds, that is.

As the two drivers hurtled down the 1,000-foot drag strip, Pedregon’s brand new body was destroyed in a massive explosion.

Fortunately, Pedregon was uninjured.

Check out the big ka-boom: