Susan:
I was there working black flag. I'm not sure what caused it but it occurred
at the start of the race yesterday morning. There was a total of 17 cars
involved including Karl Schiffmeyer's cobra. It was hard to see if someone
got out of line but I saw cars going sideways into the barriers and then saw
them getting piled up. A wheel came at me and after running away from it,
I picked up an extinguisher and went over the wall onto the track.
Fortunately there was no fire.I saw a few drivers getting out of cars (from
the bottom of the pile). Certainly one of the worst situations I've seen in
road racing. I heard at the end of the day, all drivers were released from
local hospitals.
Dave Kettler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Kahler" <spitfiresuz@141.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 8:39 PM
Subject: BRIC -- Huge pile-up!
> Hey everyone,
>
> We just saw that there was a huge pile-up of Group 6 cars (big bore guys,
> including an original Cobra) at the BRIC -- maybe 15 or more of them, and
> apparently there were injuries as well. Anyone know what happened? It
> was apparently on the green flag.
>
> www.pbase.com/atrltd/bric2005 for photos. Get your Kleenex before you
> look -- you WILL cry.
>
> Susan :)
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