Ed, Nothing like that for me. My most serious on track incident was at Blackhawk Farms in Wis. A quick right - left series of turns found me doing a 180 in the first right. I still swear today that there must have been oil (most likely from a FV) or sand on the track, as I didn't think I was going through there any faster that I had for the last 6 laps or so, but it happened so fast, that I did not even have time to put the brakes on.
Slid backwards into a tire wall at about 50, I guess. All I had time to do was look in the rear view mirrors and see the tire wall coming and put my head against the head rest. After everything stopped moving, I looked around and found that I was still in one piece and heard the engine still running. My first thought was that I had hit the wall a good wallop and could have ripped loose a fuel line so I switched off the engine. Didn't want any fires. After what seemed like 5 mins, (most likely about 1) somebody from behind me ask if I was OK. I said yea I guess. Then I ask him how bad it looked. His reply was "not to bad" and that the wheels were still about were they should be. As no flames were leaping up, I ask him to pull the rope and get me started again, which he did. Off I went, not having any idea how bad it looked back there, finished the race, one lap down. I had a pair of bruised elbows and a headache after the race, but was able to race again the next day less some body work. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "edward capullo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [F500] Re: NOT A GOOD START > 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 ________________________________ 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! ***
