Rich
I've had several crashes. In most cases my thumbs actually survived but I
had two severely sprained ankles and sore feet for a week after hiitting the
tire wall backwards off the downhill at LRP in my S2 "In a spin both feet
in"...sure. That btw is a 105mph corner in an S2 or it was back in 86. In 88
I had a young lady in a FF spin right in front of me just before the bridge
out of West Bend at LRP which is another high speed section. I impacted her
head-on broke both my wrists and turned the Momo wheel into a Taco pushed
the front of the car including the tub almost back to the front rollhoop and
sent her off backwards for another 150ft. The guys later ribbed me for
"hitting" on younger women..(I was going with a girl 20 years younger than I
at the time) In 84 I flipped an Atlantic end over end off the embankment at
the section between the top of the uphill and the entrance to West Bend. I
was trapped underneath the car (how does it feel to have the car settle on
your head when the roll bar is settling into the soft dirt and grass..the
fire bottle set off by the impact is slowly raising a blister from a "cold
burn" on your knees and you can just picture the fuel dripping out of the
carbs behind your head..talk about cockpit religion..) I had shattered my
left arm and now have a steel plate holding my left arm together. I cracked
my helmet in 2 places and sent it back to Bell. They sent me a new one and I
will not wear anyone else's helmet as I have already "field tested" the Bell
and know that it works. That kept me out of a race car for most of the 84
season until Labor Day when I got back into a GT4 Datsun 510. (You should
have seen me flying my Bonanza with my left arm in a cast)The last most
recent hard impact was into the wall backwards at New Hampshire when I spun
the Invader at the first wet cold race of the season in April06 My thumbs
didnt break but are still sore particularly in damp weather.
Capt. E
From: "Richard Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [F500] Re: NOT A GOOD START
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:37:49 -0600
OK, I'm asking
I always like the incar views on TV when they show a car crashing into a
wall or whatever, of course these a almost always pro's, so maybe it comes
with conditioning, but I notice that most if not all, get their hands off
the wheel just before the big Boom.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "edward capullo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [F500] Re: NOT A GOOD START
> Rich
> Chances are you won't. It is instinctive to brace. Ask me how I know.
> Ed C.
>
>
> >From: "Richard Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: [F500] Re: NOT A GOOD START Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007
18:50:59
> >-0600
> >
> >Chuck,
> >
> >Sorry to hear about your injuries, yours and your car.
> >
> >Unless it is to painful, can you let us know how it incident happened,
and
> >how is it that your thumb is the only part, of your body, that was
damaged
> >?
> >
> >We maybe all able to learn something from this. Every time I get into
the
> >car, I remind myself that if it looks like you are going to hit
something
> >with the front of the car, to pull up my feet and take my hands off the
> >wheel.. Thank goodness, I have yet to learn if I will remember this
if
> >it should ever happen.
> >
> >Wishing you a fast recovery,
> >
> >Richard
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