<VV> Let's be careful out there! - road america?

[J R Read_HML]

Hey Rich,

How you been.  Long time, no see.

Has there been a discussion with the driver who "checked up"?  If so, do you 
have any information on the outcome of that?

Attachments (if any) are scanned with anti-virus software.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "corsa180" <corsa180 at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Let's be careful out there! - road america?


>
> I was there working Flagging and Communications at
> corner 3 & 3A (yes, Race Official!). The race was red
> flagged either just before or just as the green was to
> be shown.
>
> Initial reports conflict, but it appears that the
> second place car may have checked up abruptly after
> the first place car had gotten somewhat of a jump at
> the start. This may have been an attempt to make the
> jump appear larger than it was. The result was a chain
> reaction crash at the Start-Finish. The race was never
> restarted. There were 17 cars involved in the
> incident.
>
>
> Rich Roberts,
> SCCA F&C,
> and a coupla Corvairs.
>