[nathans1012]

Originally Posted by Flatrightrear I read today of the tragic death of a 15 year old girl who slammed into a concrete barrier while qualifying her street stock or similiar class of car last Sat. night. It was her first time at the track. I can't help wondering how much experience she had before hitting a track of that size. I know accidents can happen on any size track but that is a monster place for newcomers. Of course, it was said she died "doing what she loved to do" and that she was "hard headed" but am I wrong to think that bad judgement came into play here somewhere? How young is too young to be on a big track when limited experience was probably the case? It's like when I read of skiers getting caught up in an avalanche in an area known to be dangerous but they ski anyway, I guess, figuring it will never happen to them. My heart goes out to her family but I just can't figure out why she was on a track that big.

Car was a 4 cylinder pure stock. There's a picture of it on face book. The girl had a Hans device but not a race seat to go with it. The front of the car was crinkled bad. Here is a picture of the girl and her car in her 1st race at age 15. Sad to see it happen to the young lady and prayers to her family; but we all know the is a big risk to go with that.