Chuck, isn't hindsight 20-20? Be thank full, as I'm sure you are, that you and the car, weren't any worse... The other thing about the pros pulling their hands off the wheel before a crash, they don't pay to fix the car, and them not in the seat while a hand injury heals, means somebody else gets the ride.... I would have tried to save it too... CR PS Think of the money you're saving but sitting out a couple races....
Chuck McAbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Richard - Once I acknowledged to myself what was happening I tried to remove my hands from the steering yoke, however, with my right hand being down against my lower body in a right hand turn, and probably my pitifully slow realization of exceeding my abilities of catching the spin, I wasn't able to get my right hand far enough away from the steering yoke to prevent the injury. I was able to get my left hand, which wasn't down against my body at the time, a clear distance from the yoke. In as much as I was about 10 feet from the wall when the spin started there was not a whole lot of time for this feeble brained dolt to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. Chuck McAbee SEDIV #16 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Schmidt Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [F500] Re: NOT A GOOD START 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" To: 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" > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: > >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 --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
