Crash Sequence - CCS - 6 SEP 08 - EX#1 - Arnie Hastings

[magicrat]

Wow! Today's races ... when they finally got going due to the weather ... were no kidding edge-of-your seat, stuff.

I was camped out in T1 & T2 and got a great view of the action ...

I'll be posting a more of what I caught with my camcorder over the next few days ... but here's a clip of Arnie Hastings.

After getting a great start, then running off (in T10, I think), then getting back on track, then catching a bunch of folks working his way back up the line, he eventually went down in T1.  He's just fine.  It was great watching him fight to make back positions.

I think 9 or 10 people started that race ... only 3 finished. 

It was in that wet/"not-so-wet" transition period that always seems so hard to deal with.

Afterwards, I tracked Arnie down in the pits. I said, "Arnie, that was about a 100 mph crash."  His response (with a smile) was, "yeah".

You racers just are not sane people. LOL.

Good luck to everybody tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be perfect. Wish I could be there, but got another film gig.

The Video (give it about 30 seconds to load):

http://www.magicratvideos.com/magicvideos/video/ArnieCrash/ArnieCrash.html

[LilJayRR]

I heard there were some spectacular crashes in T10 too.. Not sure if it was the same race or not.

[kl3640]

I like that Magic Rat graphic at the end, very cool looking.

[ahastings]

Thanks for posting the footage. awesome job

[magicrat]

Thanks for posting the footage. awesome job

Woot!

[ahastings]

are you going to be at vir next weekend for the last round?

[LilJayRR]

are you going to be at vir next weekend for the last round?

Are you hinting at an on-cor performance?