LRP incident tuesday

[BruceG]

I was at LRP Tues to watch the 1936 Auto Union 12cyl get fired up(whole other story and it will be at LRP this weekend for the vintage). There was a Club at Lime Rock track day and one of the club members(to remain unnamed, even though he was driving the spec miata I sold him...LOL) managed to spin at the end of no name. Not quite sure how one does that, as I have spun in other areas at LRP but never there! Anyway...poor Sam Posey was right behind him in his wonderful restored club ford, with no place to go but into the wall. They took Sam away in the ambulance but he is ok I heard...the car is totalled!!

I think some of the club members style themselves as racers(like me...ar...ar) but there are never more than about 5 cars on the track at anyone time(envy,envy) so it doesn't appear to be a problem with racing room. The spec pinata driver had no damage to himself or his car!

[StephF]

Um, at the risk of using an over used phrase, shit happens. Maybe there was some oil or debris that he found, maybe driver brain fade, maybe tires gave up, maybe something mechanical, who knows?
I spent over ten years flagging Tuesday test days at LRP, and I saw a fair amount of really serious shunts happen. You get a mix of cars and skill levels, some serious closing speeds, people shaking down cars that may not be 100% and you have a recipe for stuff like that. I saw it happen with 20+ cars on track and I saw it with 3 cars on track.
I came away with a healthy respect for watching my mirrors, watching the other drivers out with me and watching my ass. Tune and test days can be much more dicey than an actual race groupings.

[BruceG]

Um, at the risk of using an over used phrase, shit happens. Maybe there was some oil or debris that he found, maybe driver brain fade, maybe tires gave up, maybe something mechanical, who knows?
I spent over ten years flagging Tuesday test days at LRP, and I saw a fair amount of really serious shunts happen. You get a mix of cars and skill levels, some serious closing speeds, people shaking down cars that may not be 100% and you have a recipe for stuff like that. I saw it happen with 20+ cars on track and I saw it with 3 cars on track.
I came away with a healthy respect for watching my mirrors, watching the other drivers out with me and watching my ass. Tune and test days can be much more dicey than an actual race groupings.

No Test and tune last tuesday, Stephanie...The Club at Lime Rock
track day...Sam is an honorary member. These members rack up some serious track time(lucky dogs)

[StephF]

Still going to be the same kind of situation. Stuff...happens. Sorry to hear Sam stuffed his car, but that's the risk we all take. I haven't been there to see the "Club Days"...not sure I want to. Too many memories of LRP from back in 'the day'.

[BruceG]

Still going to be the same kind of situation. Stuff...happens. Sorry to hear Sam stuffed his car, but that's the risk we all take. I haven't been there to see the "Club Days"...not sure I want to. Too many memories of LRP from back in 'the day'.

Sam had surgery on his hand yesterday. Must have hit the steering wheel hard!

[dave parker]

I will ask the question since no one else has. Why were closed wheel and open wheel cars on the track at the same time?
Has the "Club at Lime Rock" forgotten one of the primary tenants of auto racing, Thou shalt not run open wheel and closed wheel cars together?

Of course that does not even address running spec pinatas with any other cars, but that is a different issue.

I hope that Mr. Posey is ok and recovers fully.
cheers
dave parker