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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Hi all, a couple things come to mind
here.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">First, most vintage groups require towing eyes
on the cars, front and rear. They should be clearly visable and marked;
Pegasus and others sell "Tow" decals. Paint the tow eyes a contrasting color
for easy ID. Make the holes 2" in diameter for easy hookup. Put two
front and two rear and use them for tiedowns. Jack Woehrle of SVRA put
out a couple of rants, justifiably so, a couple years ago on their web site
about tow eyes.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Make it quicker and easier for the safety
crews to hook up and go; may save another incident like this one.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Nextly, as far as I know, nobody has gone from
vintage to F1. Are we getting too serioius about winning? Just a
thought. Vintage is supposed to be about having fun; losing our fellow
drivers doesn't fit that description. Drive your cars hard but remember
that those other guys are probably your friends.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">And the HANS is a great investment.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Hope I didn't offend anyone; not the
point.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Take care, Bill -----
Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=BillDentin@aol.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=susank@141.com
href="mailto:susank@141.com">susank@141.com</A> ; <A
title=fot@autox.team.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 22, 2008 9:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Sad news from Road
America</DIV>
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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="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!
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