I forgot to add that the same #19 car was hit in the same manner at slightly higher speed the month before in turn 8 at Willow. The stock tank had been crunched and had a slight hole in it. No fire. The car was straightened out enough to race, with a "new" stock tank put in and finished second on Sunday.

I wonder if the damage the car sustained from the Willow impact weakened it enough for the second crash to be worse than it could have possibly been otherwise.

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Ed Reich
Cal Club - SCCA