Watkins Glen Video (Capizzi/Gregory/Monroe crash)
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Hi .... I started a new thread so the other one can focus on all the various
video viewpoints of the (at least) two Pro-IT crashes ... and this one can be the
repository of the Sunday Group 5 crash videos ... then, after a few days a moderator
can combine the threads :)
WGI Sprints race 2/2 Sunday 22 July 2012 Group 5 (ITR/ITS/ITA/IT7/STU/STL)
Glenn Lawton #14 ITS RX7 ...Started 2nd finished 3rd...with a 2.17.2 best lap time
I had a minor shifting problem at the busstop exit on lap 1, causing me to lose 5 ITS Class
positions from 2nd back to 7th ... but I picked up 4 of them during the race, to finish 3rd / 12
This delay put me back a bit just enough to get a great view of the beginning of a remarkable crash
at the off camber left (turn 9) on first lap, Tom Capizzi (yellow/green miata) unintentionally does a pit
maneuver on Mark Gregory (red/wht/blue RX7) which then involves Tyler Monroe (green/black BMW)...
...and evidently lots more happened after I squeaked through unharmed....(Jim? Ben?) Slechta came
by afterward to say his video showed me just making it by inches, while his 300zx was whacked
head-on by a spinning BMW behind me ... I'd love to see that video!
anyway, this caused a several lap double yellow to clear the carnage, and after a restart I was able to
get by a bunch of other-class cars, as well as Matt Fassnacht and Joe Stadelman, and to close on
but not catch Tim Estes, who finished 2nd. ... John Hainsworth was in a different league, running with
the fast ITR cars and winning ITS in both races handily, as well as in the ProIT race.
http://vimeo.com/lawtonglenn
as always, if you have a slow connection, or an old PC, cycle the HD off
ps. yes, I know I have to get the wiper switch fixed
pps. yes, I know I was out of line before the green :shrug:
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