Popsracr@aol.com wrote:
>
> Now more on the flip...a resident local racer with a white Camaro Z28 lost
> control of his car at very high speed and slid off the asphalt, then about 45
> feet across grassy surface into a drainage ditch and flipped over eventually
> landing back on it's wheel. The event came to an abrupt halt while the
> wrecker from the dragstrip made it's way out to the car and pulled it out of
> the muck. Luckily the driver was not seriously injured and the car was able
> to be driven off the course. The car was badly battered and the rear window
> smashed out.
>
Glad no one got hurt! This is the kind of thing I fear happening at our
site near Minneapolis. It is not a dedicated raceway, however, so an
occurance like this could jeopardize the site. I don't know, but I am
speculating that it is a possibility. We actually have had a turnover
already, but it had absolutely nothing to do with the site. We have had
some grass excursions, but thankfully nothing too serious yet. SCCA just
approved it as a Solo2 site. (24' wide roadways with grass, poles, and
fences all in between.) Is that an SCCA approved Solo site too?.
Patrick Washburn <washburn@dwave.net>
Wausau, WI Land of Cheese
95 DS Neon
Moooooooooo.
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