BAD, BAD wreck at Porsche Club event yesterday - MSR-C

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Originally Posted by Al Fernandez

It would be an interesting and worthwhile experience to get out on a corner station for a half day or something. You could learn first hand what the communications are like, how things look on the ground, how fast/slow it is.

Back in the day we actually used this as the penalty for blowing off yellow flags etc. I've never done it myself (the being a corner worker part...blown off my share of yellow flags...) but I think it'd be worthwhile. Any others interested?

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Being an experienced corner worker does have its DISADVANTAGES... I blew a yellow one time and K. Mix met me afterwords and with finger pointed said "Why did you make a pass under yellow?!?... You of ALL people, should know better!!!!

But really.. I would be more than happy to share corner working duties with any of you... I'll even drive to Cresson for a TDE event or pca event if you are serious about understanding what goes on "out there"... and for those of you in Houston area, I'm available for almost all events at TWS and MSR-H... the bonus is that some groups pay $60-80 per day.

I would love to post the experiences that got me into this crazy sport... that would be a cool thread.. "How we got here"...

If anyone is interested, the driver of the car that spun and got hit is an experienced instructor and racer. His wife was in attendance at the time of the accident. The driver is still in the hospital in Dallas with multiple injuries. His crew told me that he needs pins in his pelvis (broken in 2 places), multiple ribs on his left side are broken, and he has a blood clot in his brain that they are watching. He is concious and recovering, but could use some good thoughts and prayers sent his way.

The driver of the other vehicle had some soreness, but was, otherwise, fine.

Oh man ... I had hoped for better news.

Thanks for the update ...

thanks Misty. bad new. hope he recovers.

Damn! I'm truly sorry to hear that and hope his condition improves.

Understanding the risks involved with our hobby, something like this still makes me ponder what more could be done to prevent such accidents or further protect the driver in the event of such accidents.

Many good points have been made in this thread and I agree with all. But geeze, still hate to hear of things like this.

Boudy

Mitch, I was talking about riding out the spin. :o

I have been in similar situations not a fun place to be. I would certainly believe he saw the hit coming. :cry:

I wonder if he has Door Bars?

Because I'm just now getting into this roll cage thing and we're building based upon other people's knowledge base, I really wanted to look the car over and see what moved and how far.

But, it didn't feel right doing that, so ...

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Originally Posted by mitchntx

I really wanted to look the car over and see what moved and how far.

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My thinking was on these same lines. I'd really like to know what all he had protecting him.

Boudy

Ask him to see it.
I bet AJ or (what is that gals name that runs a Porch with us at MSRC)
has info to help.

jb

Misty has connections w/ the Valkery guys. i would love to see some pics.