Thread: NASCAR at the Glen!!!!!

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Prayers and condolences to family and friends of the young man who was killed last night...

Today, the race goes on! Regan Smith will be driving Smoke's car, he looked good in the Nationwide race yesterday. Last year Kyle Busch and Marcos settled it all on the last lap and both are in stout cars for today..... Hope it's as good a race as it usually is at the Glen!!!!!!!

Saw this blog on one of the "MANY" Youtubes that are hitting the web.

"I was there last night and Saw it with my own eyes. What Nobody is saying the the driver that got hit HAS A REPUTATION and has been WARNED about going on the track after he has spun out and crashed. This was his third time the season doing the same s*** he did last night. "

Thoughts and prayers for Both Families.
meller

Dave, did you watch the pre-race and did they elaborate on it any?

Em

Originally Posted by MelloYello

Dave, did you watch the pre-race and did they elaborate on it any?

Em

I did watch the pre-race, all the announcers did was state the incident happened and that Tony decided he would not race at the Glen today. I've heard some ding-bat media types on other networks talk like they knew what was going on and they obviously didn't!!!! Doubt most of them even knew what a Sprint car was till this morning!!! Unfortunately in our society it seems more important that we have someone to blame when something goes wrong before authorities determine what it was that actually went wrong, and what should be done to prevent it in the future!!

Marcos and Jeff Gordon are putting on a driving clinic so far!!! Takes some real ability to throw a 3500 lb. car with 800+ horse around a twisty-turny track!!!! I noticed some teams still put a "ringer" in a car for the road race courses, used to work a generation back but not so much anymore!!!!

And now Gordon has a dead car?!?!?!?!

Bummer!!!! Think Jeff might have had something for Marcos, now who's going to chase him for the win????

KING KYLE!

He almost got it done yesterday...

Kyle's out!

WOW!!! Three cars crash and the guard rail is scrap!!! Nasty, nasty wreck!

Looks like McDowell's car left one wheel and tire, 1 track bar, and half the rear end housing hanging on a post!!!! Tough built cars!!!! Oops!!! Guess that was the entire rear end hanging on the fence!

Man Oh Man.. that was BAD!

Let's see now, one red flag now means 2 yellows and a green-white-checkered finish, right???? Side by side restarts on a road course is interesting!!!!!

I know that these guys are Pros but don't you think that yesterday's tragedy has to be in their heads no matter how disciplined they are?

Em

As an ex-driver who's lost a number of friends due to racing deals, it's always in your head----but when the green flag drops your focus and attention is on the current race and not on what happened yesterday or might happen tomorrow. The brain is just too busy going through all the options and challenges in front of you on the current lap and even just your current position. On a red or a long yellow your mind will wander a bit, but when the green comes back out, all your attention is on right here, right now! After the race and on the long ride home is when all those other thoughts get their chance.

It's been exciting so far!