I hate doing this with limited information:, Update: Randy is okay- bruised and broken bones Options

[mitchntx]

OMG ...

It looks like you guys touched rear wheels and it launched you.

And I'm assuming the guy that took the shot across his bow is OK?

Was there an IRB? Outcome/ruling?

[rmackintosh]

OMG ...

It looks like you guys touched rear wheels and it launched you.

And I'm assuming the guy that took the shot across his bow is OK?

Was there an IRB? Outcome/ruling?

No ruling that I am aware of. I know many people were upset at the driver who I initially tangled with and he got into a "few scrapes" with others later that day and on Sunday. Causing one driver to pull off the track and say that they would not drive if he was on the track. Like I said, I can't speak of that accident because, to me, it is like I am not in it, but that driver DID nearly push me off the track 4 times in practice on Friday....go figure.

I think he jerked over when he finally saw me and "tank slapped" my ass with his door or quarter panel when he finally DID see me. The only damage to his car was a flat front tire. The NSX had EXTENSIVE damage, but he was fine. He called into his crew to go notify my dad as soon as it happened. He walked out of that wreck. He called me on Sunday crying and was VERY UPSET and saying he was glad I was not killed. Dunno, I told him not to worry about it, but I wonder what in the hell he was doing in the center of the track going that slow.

The SCCA has this tape and some others I think. The had my camera but they either took my file, or the recording ended about a minute before I crashed. I have not heard from the SCCA about any investigation....might have been done without me...like I said...I hear there was a lot of hubub about the other driver.

[rmackintosh]

OMG ...

It looks like you guys touched rear wheels and it launched you.

I don't think the Firebird launched me. I think he turned me, while on the gas 100% hard into the side of the NSX. I supposedly tore the rear suspension off of the NSX and my tow hook tore a line down the entire body of the car. I think I was dragging along the NSX and then got to the nose of the car and it acted like a ramp for me to get up on two wheels...after that.....forget about it.....

[SVTHuh]

After seeing that video, I am just happy to see you posting on here.. My god that looked downright VIOLENT!

Glad your still with us Randy! As for the other guys.. well.. thats another story.. Im just glad everyone is alive.

[CMC #37]

Wow! I can't even imagine Randy!!! Would have to see slow mo but it looks like the red white and blue car moved left on you maybe as to block you, but reacting way too late? Indeed, limping cars thought that section of track are always on the FAR LEFT, way off line. The track is so freaking wide there there is no reason to be anywhere else! Definitely the most shit in the pants moment I have seen at T-Hill my brother!

[Chris]

OMG Randy! Thank goodness you only suffered the injuries you did... The 'driver' that veered into you, does/did he have some kind of problem with you (tried pushing you off track 4 times) or is he just that bad of a driver? Holy crap...

[Rob Hood]

Wow, simply unbelievable. Much more dramatic than I envisioned. Very glad you are still alive Randy.

[rmackintosh]

OMG Randy! Thank goodness you only suffered the injuries you did... The 'driver' that veered into you, does/did he have some kind of problem with you (tried pushing you off track 4 times) or is he just that bad of a driver? Holy crap...

I have no history with him other than he came out in front of me on cold tires from the pits in practice and was going slow, he nearly pushed me into the dirt on f4 or 5 turns up until that same hill when I got a nose in there and he got spooked and spun. I got the feeling he had NO IDEA I was there...If he was blocking on practice I worry.....

Many others have told me that car has "a reputation" for being hard to pass and "blocking"....but just hearsay to me...

As for that incident...I would just hope he did not see me.....

[Chris]

OMG Randy! Thank goodness you only suffered the injuries you did... The 'driver' that veered into you, does/did he have some kind of problem with you (tried pushing you off track 4 times) or is he just that bad of a driver? Holy crap...

I have no history with him other than he came out in front of me on cold tires from the pits in practice and was going slow, he nearly pushed me into the dirt on f4 or 5 turns up until that same hill when I got a nose in there and he got spooked and spun. I got the feeling he had NO IDEA I was there...If he was blocking on practice I worry.....

Many others have told me that car has "a reputation" for being hard to pass and "blocking"....but just hearsay to me...

As for that incident...I would just hope he did not see me.....

I would hope that he was not being careless on purpose. Maybe he needs some lessons on situational awareness? LOL. Back when I was on a dirt track racing team I saw alot of blatant things that resulted in wrecked cars, but was tame compared to yours.

[JasonWW]

Hey Randy, I'm just now hearing about this. Good to see your alive and on the mend. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/drink.gif)

Was this an actual race or an open track day?

On that seat mounting issue, a buckled floor is a real problem. You would almost need to encase your body in several inches of special foam to absorb impact and reduce g-forces. It reminds of Formula 1 seats. Most traditional race seats I've seen (and I'm no racer) have little to no padding at all. I assume that's to prevent getting slack in the harness should your body be pressed down or rearward with great force. Perhaps large, rigidly mounted seats with reinforced floors combined with a special thick foam molded to the actual driver and then have the belts critically mounted so as to not go slack when your body pushes into the foam padding. It's giving me some ideas. Hmmm.

[Unbalanced Engin...]

Hey Randy,

I've been off the board for a few days, SO glad you're on the mend and things weren't worse. My thoughts are with ya bud.

Jason S.

[AllZWay]

Holy Shit!!! that looked violent as hell. Glad you are still with us man

Absolutley.. that was a scary as advertised. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[racerx]

Holy Shit!!! that looked violent as hell. Glad you are still with us man

Absolutley.. that was a scary as advertised. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I took a violent hit at the 25Hr (T-boned on track, left side of car, 100-110MPH speed of car impacted, my speed I was stopped), but it's pale in comparison to this wreck....

[v7guy]

That video, good lord

[rmackintosh]

Holy Shit!!! that looked violent as hell. Glad you are still with us man

Absolutley.. that was a scary as advertised. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I took a violent hit at the 25Hr (T-boned on track, left side of car, 100-110MPH speed of car impacted, my speed I was stopped), but it's pale in comparison to this wreck....

Yeah...a few years ago I T Boned a 510 sliding back across the track after he lost it and overcorrected into the wall shooting directly in front of me. He was effectively going zero as he was going across the track.....I was up near 100 MPH...the skid marks were 4 feet long, so it was bad.....put him in the hospital....I was unaffected. This, however, is ANOTHER story altogether. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

[racerx]

Holy Shit!!! that looked violent as hell. Glad you are still with us man

Absolutley.. that was a scary as advertised. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I took a violent hit at the 25Hr (T-boned on track, left side of car, 100-110MPH speed of car impacted, my speed I was stopped), but it's pale in comparison to this wreck....

Yeah...a few years ago I T Boned a 510 sliding back across the track after he lost it and overcorrected into the wall shooting directly in front of me. He was effectively going zero as he was going across the track.....I was up near 100 MPH...the skid marks were 4 feet long, so it was bad.....put him in the hospital....I was unaffected. This, however, is ANOTHER story altogether. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

Randy - You are part feline...... That explains surviving as well as you have............. ;-)

[rmackintosh]

Holy Shit!!! that looked violent as hell. Glad you are still with us man

Absolutley.. that was a scary as advertised. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I took a violent hit at the 25Hr (T-boned on track, left side of car, 100-110MPH speed of car impacted, my speed I was stopped), but it's pale in comparison to this wreck....

Yeah...a few years ago I T Boned a 510 sliding back across the track after he lost it and overcorrected into the wall shooting directly in front of me. He was effectively going zero as he was going across the track.....I was up near 100 MPH...the skid marks were 4 feet long, so it was bad.....put him in the hospital....I was unaffected. This, however, is ANOTHER story altogether. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

Randy - You are part feline...... That explains surviving as well as you have............. ;-)

Hehe.....only 7 lives left! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif)

[rmackintosh]

Well here we are eight weeks into my life--post trauma--and things are looking up!

I started physical therapy last week and despite having a 10 lb. limit on my bad arm...the PT lady starts by pressing her thumbs AS HARD AS SHE FREAKING COULD onto my broken scapula for about FIVE MINUTES....left a puddle of sweat on the table! She asked "does that hurt?"....I say "damn right it does, it would hurt on my GOOD shoulder!" So she decides to press on THAT scapula for comparison! And they say WATERBOARDING is effective torture. If you have never had someone press as hard as they can on your scapula....don't!

After that and the "lighter" torture of bending my arm in impossible positions and asking how that felt, I thought we would do some LIGHT movement excersizes to get things going....she starts me out with FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF PUSHUPS!!!! Uh...lady....you DO know I can only lift 10 lbs....right??? Deaf ears. I do more push ups in the next 20 minute than I did in all of high school and dying...then, we hit the weights, the rowing machine, the excersize ball with stretches and more.....WTF???? More balls of sweat!!!

That was day one...two days later I went back for the second time of the week and more of the same....however, she says while doing the SCAPULA THUMBS OF DEATH that my scapula is moving nicely. DAMN! So we go through the big workout again, her ADDING MORE WEIGHTS AND EXCERSIZES, all the while commenting to the other PTs there "look how good he is doing." "Can you believe how flexible he is for just a few weeks?" and "I just don't know how much I can do other than make sure he stays on this program." Then she says to me " I sure can't make you ANY stronger....so let's cut this back to once a week."

HALLELUAH!!!!! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/drink.gif)

The vision is still improving. The right eye is lagging. The big issue is bright light. It makes me like snowblind. If I wear sunglasses I can see pretty normal. But I try not to wear sunglasses to force my eyes to deal with it. I have begun driving last week...just around town to my kids games and errands. And I have been working for 4 weeks...computer work at home.

So all is well....the hunt for a new racecar begins..... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

[racerx]

Well here we are eight weeks into my life--post trauma--and things are looking up!

I started physical therapy last week and despite having a 10 lb. limit on my bad arm...the PT lady starts by pressing her thumbs AS HARD AS SHE FREAKING COULD onto my broken scapula for about FIVE MINUTES....left a puddle of sweat on the table! She asked "does that hurt?"....I say "damn right it does, it would hurt on my GOOD shoulder!" So she decides to press on THAT scapula for comparison! And they say WATERBOARDING is effective torture. If you have never had someone press as hard as they can on your scapula....don't!

After that and the "lighter" torture of bending my arm in impossible positions and asking how that felt, I thought we would do some LIGHT movement excersizes to get things going....she starts me out with FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF PUSHUPS!!!! Uh...lady....you DO know I can only lift 10 lbs....right??? Deaf ears. I do more push ups in the next 20 minute than I did in all of high school and dying...then, we hit the weights, the rowing machine, the excersize ball with stretches and more.....WTF???? More balls of sweat!!!

That was day one...two days later I went back for the second time of the week and more of the same....however, she says while doing the SCAPULA THUMBS OF DEATH that my scapula is moving nicely. DAMN! So we go through the big workout again, her ADDING MORE WEIGHTS AND EXCERSIZES, all the while commenting to the other PTs there "look how good he is doing." "Can you believe how flexible he is for just a few weeks?" and "I just don't know how much I can do other than make sure he stays on this program." Then she says to me " I sure can't make you ANY stronger....so let's cut this back to once a week."

HALLELUAH!!!!! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/drink.gif)

The vision is still improving. The right eye is lagging. The big issue is bright light. It makes me like snowblind. If I wear sunglasses I can see pretty normal. But I try not to wear sunglasses to force my eyes to deal with it. I have begun driving last week...just around town to my kids games and errands. And I have been working for 4 weeks...computer work at home.

So all is well....the hunt for a new racecar begins..... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

A few more weeks for the eyes.....

[rmackintosh]

A few more weeks for the eyes.....

When you first told me your timeline...I thought....but I AM a SUPER FAST healer...which is true. But I think I may have underestimated the trauma to my eyes....folks who describe the wreck repeatedly say, "violent" and the "worst I have seen" so....maybe I underestimated the timeline and yours will be mine! ;-)