[Chris Ronson Jr]

I just saw an update on Facebook from his tire sponsor Roger Kraus racing:

Posted by Brandon K:
"Just saw a good friend of mine,Randy Mackintosh do 7 end over end in his race car. My prayers are out there for him and his family. It was one of the worst crashes I have ever seen. He was medavacked out. Hope things go your way Randy."

If I hear anything else Ill do my best to keep everyone updated, sorry to leave a cliff hanger. I read it and my heart dropped and I'm sitting here stunned. I know a lot of people here know Randy, this is why I'm posting.

Update: 2 broken ribs, broken clavicle and a broken wrist. Clavicle had surgery on it and it went good.

This post has been edited by Chris Ronson Jr: Apr 10 2011, 04:15 PM

[Blainefab]

Here's another description of Randy's crash, from http://www.v8supercarswest.com/

Saturday’s race began at 11:30 am with all eyes on the battle between Randy Mackintosh in the #35 Chevy Camaro, Andy Sutak, and Connie Bogan. The green flag flew and the drag race down the front straight kept Andy Sutak in the lead with Randy Mackintosh and Connie Bogan on his heels. Filip Trojanek in the #55 Wyotech Mustang and Bryan MacMillan in the #44 Mustang followed close behind the leaders raging their own battle.

The three front runners pulled ahead of the rest of the group running clean 1:55:00 laps until lap 4, when Andy Sutak had a sad break (no pun intended) and slowed to pull off track on the back straight with a differential failure. With Andy out of the lead, Randy took control with Connie breathing down his neck looking to strike. They made it around to turn 9 where Randy made a pass around a GT1 car between 9 and 10 and was struck in the right rear quarter causing his car to dart right sharply and strike Kip Olson’s #49 Super Production NSX that was limping along with a mechanical failure. Kip’s car spun off track as Randy had little time to brace himself for a wild ride. The Camaro shot off the track with the front end diving into soft dirt then immediately launching the car thirty feet into the air end over end. Randy must have rotated 7 times before coming to rest on the hillside upright - a shockwave rippled through the group. The red flag was thrown and the race ended while we all looked on to see if our fellow racers were safe. Kip was able to walk away from the accident but Randy suffered 6 broken bones and a concussion. It is never something you want to see happen, but it is a testament to Randy and his dad Doug that the car was properly built and the safety gear performed under such an impact. It was also impressive to see the professional SCCA medical crew and course workers spring into action. We spoke to Randy today and happy to hear he is on the mend. We hope to see him back on the track soon.

Edit by TB to fix link.

Also, more the mentioned article is here:

http://www.v8supercarswest.com/Page_5.html

This post has been edited by trackbird: Apr 12 2011, 08:22 PM