I’ll bet a lot of wheels are turning since the John Force wreck

Richard Petty was not racing in NASCAR due to rule
changes that made it impossible to compete with a Chrysler
product that year back in the 60's.

He built a Mid 60's Hemi Cuda exhibition drag car (43 JR.) to keep
his hand in racing. He lost control of it and it crashed through the flimsy
guard rail and hit the stands killing a young boy (Maybe others -I cannot recall anymore).
He took the Damn car and cut it into a bunch of pieces and buried it behind his
shop.

Somewhere around the same time frame, the "Pollution Packer" jet dragster (Tony someone
I no longer remember his last name) down South flew over the guard rail and hit the stands
and kill a number of fans down in the South part of the country.


I have more stories, but my son tells me Lunch is Over AND we need to build
some more trailers today and I have a Thermoquad I promised to inspect and
mail out today from the B Forum!

However, I do understand that the way Politics is changing our Country = Auto Racing
might soon be a thing of the past at least how we know it!
Come November: Vote Early and Often!!!

Deaths unfortunately happen in racing, although less due to improved safety rules.
Here are a few more that I have my own self personally witnessed:

Joe "The Jet" Jackson and Mike Sorokin (Surfers) both Top Fuel @Lions Strip in Long Beach Ca.

Les Ritchey (Perf. Associates) Funny Car @ Fontana (I think but might of be Irwindale) Ca.

Mike Bell (Dragster) @ Old Las Vegas Track before the new strip.

These are only those I have seen myself 1st hand that I recall at the moment.
I am sure that there are Dozens or probably Hundreds that I did not witness in my very limited experience
at the tracks compared to the number of events that have been run throughout the world!

My own worst accident some years back (Hitting the Tree) broke an number of Ribs and
required a 12 hour Surgery on a damaged Kidneyin which I died three times on the table during the operation
but yet was able to be resuscitated.