John,
NO points for altitude, NO style points, NO factor for degree of
difficulty.
Glad you're OK!
Bill
On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:56:06 -0400 "R. John Lye" <rjl@gt-classics.com>
writes:
> Well, not Lime Rock, but Summit Point. I had a very soggy
> start to the weekend. The practice day on Friday was so
> wet that I didn't even bother to go out. Both qualifying sessions
> on Saturday were wet as well, and I was pretty much a moving
> chicane in both sessions. The car just had no stick at all.
> It dried up Saturday afternoon, though, so the Sunday race
> was dry. Unfortunately, my race ended at turn one of the
> second lap, when my left front tire contacted the right rear
> tire of another car and launched me into the air. The corner
> workers told me that I performed three rolls in the air before
> coming back down right side up - no marks on the roll bar
> at all. They added that if I had been able to stick the landing
> a bit better, they would have awarded me a perfect "5", but
> could only give me a "4.8" as it was. Lots of fiberglass
> damage, and the suspension on the left side is all gone, but
> most of the expensive stuff looks OK. I'm fine, all the safety
> gear did its job. I'm not even sore this morning. I definitely
> believe in the HANS device now, though. I'd hoped to never
> have to test it, but I'm sure glad that I had it on now.
>
> Stay safe,
>
> R. John Lye
>
> rjl6n@cstone.net
>
>
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