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Man that is just not good at all. Glad to see the fella climb out OK. The scary deal to me was the only people you see coming to the rescue were other racers or spectators, no ambulance or fire crews or track personel anywhere. The other bad part was did you see that guard rail tear loose and fly around? Again just glad he wasn't hurt. RM
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If I'm not mistaken, this is the old Carlsbad track. It's since been shut down, but it was a pretty old place. My son raced there once or twice. I heard the traction was pretty bad. Looks like this car lost traction around half track and couldn't recover. Things just happen so fast at that speed!!
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I've hopped that fence and ran to a car once. It takes awhile for safety to get there. I know this track had a lot of history, but it did lack some safety.
I've hopped that fence and ran to a car once. It takes awhile for safety to get there. I know this track had a lot of history, but it did lack some safety.
Looks like the guy panicked and backed completely out of it. You can't do that running big slicks and a spooled rear-end. The tires change shape and your inertia gets all kindsa screwed up. I've had a few runs get more sideways than I wanted and fortunately had the presence of mind to pedal it and drive out of it.
Ya, the best thing is the guy walked away, but man, hate to see such a beautiful car get destroyed.
I've hopped that fence and ran to a car once. It takes awhile for safety to get there. I know this track had a lot of history, but it did lack some safety.
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I seem to remember that.
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Originally Posted by '69Novajoe
Oh yeah, me too!!
Things sure do happen quick and a 1/4 mile is a long way to run on foot when you want to get there in a hurry.
I SURE did appreciate having my Nova buddies there.
I couldn't imagine what goes thru thats guys mind thinging about what happended and why
That was a gorgeous big block/stick car that hauled a**--Not long after that, the engine was for sale; it was about all that survived. That's been a few years now. I think John gave up racing too. His wallet was mortally wounded in the accident!
We just had a '67 Chevy II hit the guardrail this weekend out around the 660-1000'. Usually runs high 8's in the quarter. I guess the steering linkage let go somehow. The driver was fine and the car was bruised up, but it looks like it can come back. Never under estimate safety requirements.
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