Sorry to add more. A driver was killed in a 40's car, he hit a wall =
with no roll bar at Pittsburgh a few years ago. One died against an =
unprotected planter in Colorado (Steamboat, I believe). The second =
driver at Moroso was Jack McGregor. His Allard flipped and contacted a =
light pole which was protected by Armco and tires, but he was airborne =
and made contact helmet first at about the six foot level. The current =
death at Summit involved trees. =20
It would seem that avoiding street courses and courses with many =
obstacles like Moroso and Summit is almost more important than all the =
safety things we do to the cars.
Apparent heart attacks caused deaths at CHR around '88 and at Mid-Ohio =
last year. Let's not forget checkups for ourselves as well as our cars.
Racing regards
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: mike jackson [SMTP:grand_wazoo@flinet.com]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 1997 7:57 PM
To: Annis, Casey
Cc: vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Vintage Racing/Fatalities, we are all luckier than we =
realiz
Annis, Casey wrote:
>=20
> Yet against these seemingly grim odds, their has not been a =
vintage
> fatality in the US in over a decade, as far as I am aware.
>=20
> Cheers to you all,
>=20
> Casey Annis
> Vintage Auto Racing Association
I am sorry to report that this is not accurate. I was at the track when
two deaths that I can recall occured. One was my good friend Greg
Hinton, it occured during a local Florida SCCA vintage race that had
nothing but us locals that all know and race with each other regularly.=20
The second was at an SVRA event here in Florida and I'm sorry I don't
recall the drivers name, I vaguely recall that the car was an Allard I
think. I also recall hearing about a death in California a few years
ago. There may be others.
Boy, this is more macabre than I intended.... Our beloved sport is fun
but dangerous, drive carefully, watch who you race with, be aware of the
risk.
mike jackson
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