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<DIV>Jim Austhof's is sure getting a Baptism of Fire. His description, of
course, is accurate, as is his counsel concerning the Hans devise.
Not sure it would have been quite as effective in this case because of the 'side
impact', but there certainly would have been increased stability. Vintage
racing is not a high speed parade. Its risks are serious. The
biggest thing I was reminded of is the fact that when we race we make a lot of
split second decisions. And we don't get to do them over. Serious
stuff!</DIV>
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<DIV>I had raced many laps with Dr. Surjit Hermon. In my opinion, he was
very conservative, raced at 8/10ths, and was particularly courteous to
other racers. I was in that Friday practice session as well, and have to
assume he may have missed a waving yellow and standing white at the Thunder
Valley worker station. You can't see the apex to 13 coming up that hill,
and I suspect he was surprised by the commotion and lost control of his
car. So sad these things should happen.</DIV>
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<DIV>As such, we choose not to do the 'missing man' pace lap in honor of Jack
Drews on Sunday morning.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill Dentinger</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 9/22/2008 7:44:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
susank@141.com writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>This was
on the MGVR Yahoo list:<BR><BR>*****************************<BR><BR>I have sad
news to report from the Vintage Fall Festival at Road America <BR>this past
weekend. We have had another fatality in the vintage racing <BR>community. We
lost driver Surjit Hermon on Friday afternoon in an <BR>incident near turn 12
(under the now non existent Billy Mitchell <BR>bridge). Surjit lost control of
his Eastlake 11, skidded right-left- <BR>right and impacted a Mini Cooper
which was well off course and in the <BR>process of being hooked up for a flat
tow. The safety workers had to run <BR>for their lives when they looked up
from trying to find a attachment <BR>point for the flat tow and saw a skidding
car coming at them.<BR><BR>My second weekend as a Driver Committee Chairman -
second fatality!<BR><BR>Watch your flags, remember the 80% rule, and if you
were contemplating a <BR>Hans device let this be a warning.<BR><BR>Jim
Austhof<BR>Red #1
MGB<BR><BR>*****************************<BR><BR>Susan<BR><BR>-- <BR>** Oh, I
would just KILL for a Nobel Peace Prize!
**<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>http://www.team.net/donate.html<BR><BR>Fot
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