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Old 05-22-2009, 08:57 PM   #11
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Old 05-22-2009, 11:25 PM   #12
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It's a terrible, terrible tragedy. May they rest in peace. My prayers go out to their families and friends.

There was a standing yellow. T4 is a blind hill. There's a corner worker station at the top that you always aim for when you come up the hill from T3. It's a sweeping uphill right hander. He went out to collect a dead bird that was in the race line, and she crested the hill on the throttle. It must have been horrible.
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Old 05-23-2009, 12:27 AM   #13
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It's a terrible, terrible tragedy. May they rest in peace. My prayers go out to their families and friends.

There was a standing yellow. T4 is a blind hill. There's a corner worker station at the top that you always aim for when you come up the hill from T3. It's a sweeping uphill right hander. He went out to collect a dead bird that was in the race line, and she crested the hill on the throttle. It must have been horrible.
From your description, it sounds like it happened quickly for both of them, not like that's much consolation, but...

I'm wonder why it was just a standing yellow, if there were corner workers on the track? A situation like that calls for a waving yellow at least.

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Old 05-23-2009, 03:53 AM   #14
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From your description, it sounds like it happened quickly for both of them, not like that's much consolation, but...

I'm wonder why it was just a standing yellow, if there were corner workers on the track? A situation like that calls for a waving yellow at least.

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All of that is exactly what I was thinking.

How horrible. I thought about this all day. BIG discussion...
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Old 05-23-2009, 10:07 AM   #15
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From your description, it sounds like it happened quickly for both of them, not like that's much consolation, but...

I'm wonder why it was just a standing yellow, if there were corner workers on the track? A situation like that calls for a waving yellow at least.

JC
Waving yellow, debris flag and another corner worker keeping a look out.

Unfortunate incident for both.

RIP.

I hope Gas Man is wrong. It was a tragedy but a law suit will only make things worse.
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Old 05-23-2009, 06:57 PM   #16
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Damn. RIP

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Old 05-24-2009, 04:54 AM   #17
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Old 05-24-2009, 05:05 PM   #18
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Wow.

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But you know I'll be right...
this is the USA afterall so someone will get sued.
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