A Fencing Ordeal
Current NASCAR
I wish I were smart enough to have the answer to that question, Johnny. This is the nightmare we all pray will never happen.
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From Dale Jarrett John Ervin
Stock Car Racing History
R.I.P., John. Prayers to family and friends. John was around NASCAR for many, many years.
Praying for Daytona Grandstand Fans
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From the Daytona Beach News-Journal On-line:
A Halifax Health Medical Center official confirmed just before 6 p.m. that 11 spectators are being treated in the hospital's emergency room and two of them are critically injured. Spokesman Byron Cogdell said all 11 were stable. Four of the patients were on trauma alert and five are being treated as non-trauma cases, the official said. Cogdell confirmed another patient was being treated at Halifax Health in Port Orange.
Lindsay Rew, spokeswoman for Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center, confirmed that one patient was being treated there and three more were on the way.
Praying for Daytona Grandstand Fans
Current NASCAR
Yes, he did. Listening to NASCAR News Conference update with Joie Chitwood, III of ISC and Steve O'Donnell of NASCAR and all questions about injuries and fans'conditions are being deferred to Halifax Medical Center. They, of course, won't answer any media questions and NASCAR & ISC both know that. 14 fans were transported off premises according to Chitwood.
Praying for Daytona Grandstand Fans
Current NASCAR
The outcome of the event seems monumentally unimportant at times like these. I feel certain that fans and competitors around the world are praying for these injured spectators. At times like this you just want to join hands with all your fellow fans, shed your differences and band together for the common good.
Praying for Daytona Grandstand Fans
Current NASCAR
It was amazing and extremely gratifying to see Kyle Larson, thankfully, so quickly take down his window net. That snoutless car on the track prompted awful flashbacks to the Don MacTavish car in the same event.
Praying for Daytona Grandstand Fans
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Hope there are no serious injuries or worse.
Crappy job by Daytona crew of cleaning up Speedy Dry. Way too much dust. They should have taken more time to get track clean before restarting race.
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM
A conversation with Tiger Tom Pistone
Stock Car Racing History
Thanks for the interview recap, Chase.
I was very fortunate in 1966 to see Tom set a NASCAR Grand National Stock Car racing record that shall never be broken . With two 4-bbl carburetors bolted to the manifold of his 427 cubic inch wedge in a two year old 1964 Ford, Tiger Tom set the all-time 1-lap qualifying record of 70.978 mph on the old half-mile dirt Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway. He then proceeded to lead the first 22 laps of the 1966 Richmond 250.
From the King's 200th victory at Daytona in 1984, to Kyle's first Cup win to Tom's all-time Richmond dirt record run, I have been fortunate to see some real racing history.
A little recap:
http://racersreunion.com/community/forum/general/8632/tiger-toms-never-to-be-broken-record
Today Kyle Petty Scored 1st Cup Win When Earnhardt Booted Waltrip at Richmond
Stock Car Racing History
I am sporting my annual (back then) winter mustache, wearing a red 7-Eleven jacket with blue sweater beneath & standing to the left of Glen Wood in this obligatory "Winston hat" photo in Richmond's Victory Lane that day.
Today Kyle Petty Scored 1st Cup Win When Earnhardt Booted Waltrip at Richmond
Stock Car Racing History
27 years ago today, February 23, 1986, Kyle Petty became the first and still only 3rd generation driver to follow in the footsteps of father and grandfather to win a NASCAR "Premier" series race. Richmond, Virginia - NOT Daytona -remains the only NASCAR racing venue to claim the distinction of having three generations of winners in what was then the NASCAR Winston Cup and NASCAR Grand National Series.
It was a cold and raw Miller High Life 400 afternoon in Richmond when 25,000 fans witnessed Dale Earnhardt in the blue & yellow #3 Richard Childress Wrangler Jeans ride hook Junior Johnson's red & white Budweiser #11 driven by Darrell Waltrip in the closing laps, crashing them out and opening the door for 5th running Klye Petty to score his first big time win.
In my garage, I still have the walnut "Winning Car Sponsor" trophy shaped like the Commonwealth of Virginia presented by the late Paul Sawyer at the old half-mile fairgrounds venue. The win also put Virginia's Wood Brothers team back in victory lane after a prolonged absence.
updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM