In a bad crash at the races this week....

[RostRacing99]

Hey guys. Was in a pretty bad car wreck on Saturday. I race stock cars and this one was really bad. It was basically going from 70mph to 0mph in about 10 feet. Neck is still pretty sore and I have a bruise on my foot from smacking it into the floorboard. I was in the middle of the track in turns 3 and 4. A kid below me got tapped in the rear quarter panel and spun out in front of me. I had no where to go and less than half a second to hit the brakes. First, a picture of the car before the crash:


Now a few pics of the car in our shop on the frame machine.

Notice how the hood is folded over and the bumper is pushed waay back on the drivers side. Obviously, the fender and hood are scrap. Luckily, we have replacement parts ready to go on.





Notice the deformation of the left front rim.


Hit was so hard that it buckled the roof above my head


The floor buckled near my feet from the force of the impact. You can see the gas pedal on the left and the shifter on the right. I circled the damaged part. It's supposed to be pretty flat for the most part.


We worked on it all day today and will work on it all day tomorrow. Got to replace the lower and upper "A" arms, steering rack, rim/tire, hood, fender, radiator, hose, shroud, fan, belt, and a few other small things.

Luckily we do this type of work every day (it's our business) and we've fixed worse crashes than this. Hopefully will be up and running tomorrow night and we'll have the fine tuning done for Saturday.

[race crazy]

wow thats a big one! Hope you get it fixed and get back out there! Glad youre okay!!

[skippy]

Good luck on it.Let us know how it comes out.

[ashley832]

Good luck fixing it...and glad you werent hurt too badly.