Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - The longest WoO sprint car race

ajfoytfan · 9/14/09, 11:59 PM

As a young boy around 13 I helped Mike take the seat belts out of the Irwin and Rachel Cooper #79 car so he could use them in the Harold Myers car. Since my dad drove for Jim I had known the entire family since I was very young. Words cannot do justice to the way I felt to have witnessed someone getting killed let alone someone I knew as a kind person. I will never forget dad saying I can't race tonight even though we need the money it wouldn't be rite. Our family along with many other racers loaded up and left after Mikes accident to console his family. This was the night Kerry Norris won his first sprint car race driving the 5N for his mom and dad.

Tim Wilkerson

9/14/09, 11:59 PM	#35
ajfoytfan Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 17	As a young boy around 13 I helped Mike take the seat belts out of the Irwin and Rachel Cooper #79 car so he could use them in the Harold Myers car. Since my dad drove for Jim I had known the entire family since I was very young. Words cannot do justice to the way I felt to have witnessed someone getting killed let alone someone I knew as a kind person. I will never forget dad saying I can't race tonight even though we need the money it wouldn't be rite. Our family along with many other racers loaded up and left after Mikes accident to console his family. This was the night Kerry Norris won his first sprint car race driving the 5N for his mom and dad. Tim Wilkerson _________________________________________________ Last edited by ajfoytfan; 9/15/09 at 12:28 AM.