Mid Ohio Race 3 Start (cash) 2013

[SMRacing]

If anyone is interested in seeing what that debacle looked like from toward the back of the field, look no further. I couldn't see the wreck unfolding. Michael Johnson in front of me could. He got on the brakes and I had no idea there was a problem. I couldn't react quickly enough - I tried to yank the car out to driver's left but I couldn't make it out from behind him quickly enough. I checked with Michael's crew afterwards to see if he was ok and they told me he was, but someone else told me he was taken to the hospital later, hopefully just as precautionary measures. He is paralyzed from the chest down so hopefully it was just to make sure that everything was ok.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MZa-RKwaxA

[RPAUL6]

One 'avoidable contact'. Eleven cars destroyed. Trying to stay calm.

[greg pizzo]

I saw that 11 cars all got in some sort of dust up but didn’t hear what happened, this some of the story ... anyone know the rest of it .. looks like Neil A was scored LAST and started on the front row .. ??

[iamuwere]

That sucks. I have seen some interesting screen captures from this further up. Cars nose to nose in a still shot look very odd. Cars in the air, everywhere.

That sucks. He checked up very quickly there. Not much time to react, unfortunately. Between F2kcs at Watkins Glen and that crash, VD has to be working overtime.

[Dennis Valet]

I see the starter waving a whole bunch of yellow flags - is that in reaction to the crash up front, or was there some sort of wave off?

[Steve Bamford]

It wasn't a wave off from what I read. Mid Ohio starts a lot series events on the back straight which I have always found the starters stand hard to see when the green is shown.

[a. pettipas]

Alberico pinched Portante and spun himself... does this link work, because it's from FB?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater

[iamuwere]

That us a hard stand to see and I don't usually have crew to radio that start to me.


Interesting title to this thread. Typo to crash or is it really the cash?

[Dennis Valet]

Geeze, that was one tight pack. The two columns of cars were less than a tire width apart. Crazy.

[SMRacing]

I see the starter waving a whole bunch of yellow flags - is that in reaction to the crash up front, or was there some sort of wave off?

The yellows were in reaction to what was happening. I have no idea if they had come out and Johnson in front of me saw them but I definitely did not. The starter's stand was still so far away, and I had a face full of rear wing.

[SMRacing]

Geeze, that was one tight pack. The two columns of cars were less than a tire width apart. Crazy.

Welcome to USF2000 racing. It is ridiculously close, and I mean physically. It's pretty fun but when it goes wrong it goes wrong big.

[Dennis Valet]

View from Newey's car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4QSrzzFkM

[SMRacing]

View from Newey's car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4QSrzzFkM

Days Of Thunder

[Jimmy Simpson]

If anyone is interested in seeing what that debacle looked like from toward the back of the field, look no further. I couldn't see the wreck unfolding. Michael Johnson in front of me could. He got on the brakes and I had no idea there was a problem. I couldn't react quickly enough - I tried to yank the car out to driver's left but I couldn't make it out from behind him quickly enough. I checked with Michael's crew afterwards to see if he was ok and they told me he was, but someone else told me he was taken to the hospital later, hopefully just as precautionary measures. He is paralyzed from the chest down so hopefully it was just to make sure that everything was ok.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MZa-RKwaxA

Holy cow he completely stopped at a 10 pedal for zero reason, a simple lift and gradual brake would have been perfect. You had no time to do anything but rear end him. wow

[a. pettipas]

Another... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPBs...WS5H6&index=12

[Matt M.]

So thats what life at the back looks like at one of these deals..... Hmmmmmmph

Isn't the first big one - won't be the last at that kink......

Watched the TV show on NBCSports the other night.......Not a bad take.... Format was a little jumbled to me - but a good "show" none the less.....

[glm34]

The initial post indicates that one of the drivers was taken away by ambulance. Does anyone have an update? Our prayers go out to him.