I'm now taking this personally. Ted and I are what I consider "racing
buddies" and he's helped me numerous times when I've been racing at
Waterford. I'm devastated...you feel terrible when a fellow racer is killed
but when they're part of what you consider to be your immediate racing
"family", it strikes deep. It's going to take a while to come to grips with
this news...
Does anyone know how to reach them to offer condolences?
At 12:08 PM 24/06/97 -0400, you wrote:
>The woman's name was Mary Wollesen, 54, from Clarkston MI. Her husband,
>Ted, was also running his Mini during the session. The group included all
>GT classes (1-5). There were complaints from drivers on Friday that it was
>just too dangerous having these classes grouped together. The qualifing
>session was black flagged for about 1 1/2 hours. A story in the Milwaukee
>Journal Sentinel said the Chief Steward indicated she probably died
>instantly. The Chief Steward was quoted as saying "We don't believe the
>size (disparity) of the cars had anything whatsoever to do with the
>incident. It wouldn't have made any difference what size it was." To that
>I say Bull ****! It might not be too much of a problem on a shorter,
>slower course but not one like Road America. This was the second fatality
>in the Kink area in the last couple of years - a driver was killed during a
>Skip Barber school session.
>
>There was also a red flag in the FA/FC race when a bunch of cars (8-10?)
>tangled in turn 5. One flipped but there were no injuries.
>
>What with the rain and the fatality it was not a happy weekend.
>
>John Utter
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