This all sounds like at least three or more incidents, all of which caused
injury! A serious roll-over, an exploded clutch/flywheel, and Phil Cull
heavy into a tire-wall. Can someone summarize what happened? Any common
causes?
I sure hope everyone is on the mend, with no lasting serious
injury! Canada had Thanksgiving on Sunday - I'd sure like to be thankful
for that!
Cheers, Brian
At 02:22 AM 10/9/01 -0400, Jack W. Drews wrote:
>Rick Gurolnick and I were having a wonderful race. More wonderful for
>him than for me, because I was chasing but couldn't pass him -- he's too
>good.
>
>As we came through the hairpin we were lapping the rear of the field,
>and as we were about to pass the red Turner driven by Steve Garrett, it
>suddenly reared up and rolled twice. Joe's pictures capture it well, and
>our in-car camera (and Steve's) should provide good documentation on
>what happened.
>
>When I pulled off I could see that the driver was not moving and was
>slumped over, and Tony is right -- perception of time is all screwed up
>at a time like this. When I stopped I could see him in my rearview
>mirror and I couldn't comprehend why it was taking the workers so long
>to get to him. It then seemed that it took me several minutes to get
>out of my belts. When I got to Steve he was just coming to, I kept him
>from moving hes head, and about a half hour later the emergency guys got
>there. Of course, the whole sequence of events really took less than two
>minutes.
>
>Steve called me yesterday and is fine except for the broken wrist. His
>doctors and wife didn't think he should drive a race car for a couple of
>weeks. Steve is a very experienced driver in a variety of cars. He has
>no idea what caused the rollover. He got just a little sideways, like we
>all do from time to time, and he said it felt like his left front tire
>suddenly gripped and the car then rolled. We'll have to see what it
>looks like on the tape. His Turner can probably be rebuilt.
>
>I'm having some second thoughts about the whole sequence of events
>myself. I couldn't get out of my gear fast enough because my (new)
>gloves have Velcro straps on the back that I can't grip with my fingers
>in the gloves, and my (new) belts have little Velcro hold-down straps on
>the buckles. I think they are all going to be snipped off. I also should
>have grabbed my extinguisher, and I should have found his master shutoff
>switch -- but all that is really important is that Steve is okay.
>
>--
>
>uncle jack - red, white, and New Blue
>
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