[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

[John_D.]

Randy, very sorry to hear about the accident, very glad to hear you came out of it as well as you did.

[racerx]

Randy, very sorry to hear about the accident, very glad to hear you came out of it as well as you did.

Not to divert the direction of this thread, but everyone please take a moment to look at your racecars and safety gear. Look at it to see not only is everything is good, but also what you can do to make it better.

After the wreck of another board members car at T-hill about a year ago(he walked away too), I had Alan upgrade my cage to improve it based on lessons learned there, and we added a Wilwood column, and a full containment seat.

After my big wreck at the 25 (T-boned at 100-110mph) and I walked away (although the survive the 25 show said I was knocked out which was incorrect, I had a concussion though) I again had Alan look at what we could do to improve safety again, and he converted my driver side cage to a NASCAR COT design, with both high impact foam, and intrusion protection plates.

I don't know all of the people on this board, but accidents happen, and I want to always hear our members walked away or with an absolute minimum injuries.

Racing is dangerous, but we all can do things to ensure the best chances of survival, and lower the risks of injuries.

I implore everyone to always look at safety improvements they can make to their cars, and gear.

[Chris Ronson Jr]

Randy, very sorry to hear about the accident, very glad to hear you came out of it as well as you did.

Not to divert the direction of this thread, but everyone please take a moment to look at your racecars and safety gear. Look at it to see not only is everything is good, but also what you can do to make it better.

After the wreck of another board members car at T-hill about a year ago(he walked away too), I had Alan upgrade my cage to improve it based on lessons learned there, and we added a Wilwood column, and a full containment seat.

After my big wreck at the 25 (T-boned at 100-110mph) and I walked away (although the survive the 25 show said I was knocked out which was incorrect, I had a concussion though) I again had Alan look at what we could do to improve safety again, and he converted my driver side cage to a NASCAR COT design, with both high impact foam, and intrusion protection plates.

I don't know all of the people on this board, but accidents happen, and I want to always hear our members walked away or with an absolute minimum injuries.

Racing is dangerous, but we all can do things to ensure the best chances of survival, and lower the risks of injuries.

I implore everyone to always look at safety improvements they can make to their cars, and gear.

I completely agree. Unfortunately my Corvette is very limited with how the door bars can be made, so I too had the intrusion plates welded in over the off season. I may talk to Alan about the high impact foam as I haven't seen this anywhere. I also added a full containment seat to the car, which makes entry and exit more difficult (especially through the window with helmet and hans where they both already are very tight fits) , but I've been practicing

[racerx]

Randy, very sorry to hear about the accident, very glad to hear you came out of it as well as you did.

Not to divert the direction of this thread, but everyone please take a moment to look at your racecars and safety gear. Look at it to see not only is everything is good, but also what you can do to make it better.

After the wreck of another board members car at T-hill about a year ago(he walked away too), I had Alan upgrade my cage to improve it based on lessons learned there, and we added a Wilwood column, and a full containment seat.

After my big wreck at the 25 (T-boned at 100-110mph) and I walked away (although the survive the 25 show said I was knocked out which was incorrect, I had a concussion though) I again had Alan look at what we could do to improve safety again, and he converted my driver side cage to a NASCAR COT design, with both high impact foam, and intrusion protection plates.

I don't know all of the people on this board, but accidents happen, and I want to always hear our members walked away or with an absolute minimum injuries.

Racing is dangerous, but we all can do things to ensure the best chances of survival, and lower the risks of injuries.

I implore everyone to always look at safety improvements they can make to their cars, and gear.

I completely agree. Unfortunately my Corvette is very limited with how the door bars can be made, so I too had the intrusion plates welded in over the off season. I may talk to Alan about the high impact foam as I haven't seen this anywhere. I also added a full containment seat to the car, which makes entry and exit more difficult (especially through the window with helmet and hans where they both already are very tight fits) , but I've been practicing

chris - Do you have the quick release tethers for your hans? If not - this makes a huge difference in getting out time. as you can quickly release them and get a little more mobility to get you out faster

Alan posted the pic's of the work he did on my car with the COT impact foam. see thread on my car in engine/powertrain on forums

This post has been edited by racerx: Apr 15 2011, 05:58 PM