A cheeky young bloke who could get away with it. That is how the family of Brody Ford remembered the 26-year-old, a day after his tragic death in a high-speed racing crash.

“He was a cheeky kid with attitude, but everyone loved him for it,” Mr Ford’s devastated mother Lynda said.

“He was just so young. The world was his oyster. He worked hard and he had the cash to go out and do the things he wanted to do, but he still had a lot of stuff up his sleeve that he wanted to tick the boxes for as well.”

Mr Ford was pulled from the wreckage of his modified Ford Mustang about 11.30am on Sunday. His vehicle failed to stop at the end of a drag strip, slammed through a fence and burst into flames.

His parents, who are motoring enthusiasts, were at the Albany track and saw the horror unfold.

“We saw the gravel dust and knew that he had gone off the track,” Mrs Ford said.

“We just jumped in our car and just flew down there. It’s devastating. No parent should ever have to see their child having CPR in a paddock that is on fire and a mangled wreck.”

Mr Ford was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, but his mother said that was done so his organs could be donated.

“We realised in Albany that there was no coming back from how bad he was injured,” she said.

“We sat with him until the early hours and then we took him off the ventilator and that was it.”

Mrs Ford said her son was passionate about cars — something he shared with her and his father Hank Morrison.

Maddison Shanhun, Mr Ford’s former girlfriend who remained a close friend, said he was “honest, driven and committed”.

“His cars were his biggest passion, she said.

“His family and friends loved him unimaginably, his dog Holly was his best friend. He will be missed and thought about every day.”