[Tigers] Roll Bars and Seat Belts

[A. C. Tynes]

Gary and all,

I used to do flags and communications in the early sixties. Our flag stations
were right next to the pavement on the inside of the turns. 

We always had two flagmen standing facing one another so we could warn each
other if an out of control car was coming either way. The instructions were
always, "Never run, because the drivers can try to miss you if you stay in one
place. Just jump at the last second."

There were a couple of close calls, but the worst experience was the noise from
a six-cylinder Mercury outboard in a Modified. The engine was laid on its side
with six pipes coming out the side about a foot from us. It was a beautiful
little car, but brutal with a hangover after the Saturday night party.

I sure am glad I was still immortal then because I wouldn't trade the memories
for anything!

A. C. Tynes
New Orleans



-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Gary
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:14 AM
To: tigers at autox.team.net; Paul R Sheahan
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Roll Bars and Seat Belts

I love the crowds who are protected from the race cars by bales of hay... or
nothing at all.

--- On Thu, 4/5/12, Paul R Sheahan <sunbeamtiger at prodigy.net> wrote:


From: Paul R Sheahan <sunbeamtiger at prodigy.net>
Subject: [Tigers] Roll Bars and Seat Belts
To: "tigers at autox.team.net" <tigers at autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 5:54 AM


For those of you who don't believe in roll bars and seat belts..........

http://devour.com/video/vintage-race-car-crashes/




Paul
Paul R Sheahan
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