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Racing Discussion => Racing Discussion => Topic started by: Dawn on July 19, 2005, 06:16:55 AM

Title: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: Dawn on July 19, 2005, 06:16:55 AM
http://www.pbase.com/atrltd/bric2005

Here's another picture....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/CaptCrunch/46317629.jpg

 :(
Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: StumpysWife on July 19, 2005, 06:20:31 AM
#21 is a friend of Greg's.   :-/

He did the graphics, of course.

Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: OmniGLH on July 19, 2005, 08:03:46 AM
Ouch!

WTF happened?
Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: Chuck on July 19, 2005, 08:49:45 AM
Hope no one was hurt, lord knows that's a fast section... :o
Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: SliderPhoto on July 19, 2005, 09:16:21 AM
You can see in the gallery that at least one guy in a cobra seemed to be pinned and they took more than one guy away on a stretcher... I've spun my cobra first time I auto-crossed it. Got light and the thing spun like a dime.
Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: motobenco on July 19, 2005, 10:39:45 AM
Suddenly I don't feel so bad about my parts bill for last weekend.
Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: Woofentino Pugrossi on July 19, 2005, 11:28:01 AM
QuoteOuch!

WTF happened?


Botched start.
Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: Dawn on July 19, 2005, 12:03:02 PM
From another board.....

QuoteBelieve it or not all the drivers are ok. My dad talked to a few drivers/crew guys from other teams today. Sounds like they waved off the race start (no green flag). So the front guys started to speed up and when there was no green they backed off. But the problem was that the guys farther down the field couldn't see there was no green flag and pinned it!! Our old car was only on the 7th row and he couldn't see it because of how steep the hill is and where the flag stand it. He said everyone was just coming over the hill and hitting stuff.

Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: Super Dave on July 20, 2005, 04:28:48 AM
If you race really expensive former factory machines, or even replica's, you have to recognize that it could all go away in a wreck.  If you don't...well, you're not living in reality.

Blows, but it happens.
Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: Jeff on July 20, 2005, 05:40:28 AM
QuoteIf you race really expensive former factory machines, or even replica's, you have to recognize that it could all go away in a wreck.  If you don't...well, you're not living in reality.

Blows, but it happens.

Indeed...  As one good friend told me when I got into this.  "If you can't handle bringing it home in a box, don't take it to the track".
Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: spyderchick on July 20, 2005, 05:42:25 AM
QuoteIndeed...  As one good friend told me when I got into this.  "If you can't handle bringing it home in a box, don't take it to the track".


Amen to that.
Title: Re: What a shame at Road America....
Post by: tzracer on July 20, 2005, 08:58:28 PM
I was given 2 pieces of advice when I started racing.

First was about taking it home in a box.

Second was to never expect to ever win any money racing. If you can't afford to pay all of your bills, don't bother racing. Anything you win will then be icing on the cake.
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