There were 2 separate crashes where a car spun down pit road and landed in the first pit. First time a woman was hit - looked like she was sitting on some tires and the car hit the tires. She was up and walking but they took her to the hospital as a precaution.
Then several laps later another car came spinning down pit road & slammed into the car that was pitted there. No injuries on that occasion either.
Craziest and scariest thing I've ever seen. The pits, especially the first few off pit road, are very vulnerable to cars who lose control coming out of turn 4 and have to lock up the brakes.
Took in my first King of Wings and first ever Supermodified race today and sorry to say it will be my last. They were certainly hauling the mail and nary a pass and then the spins into the pits. Left after the second one figuring there is no way they could get that lucky twice the same day. Winchester is going to have to take a serious look at that area.
Another question which probably did me in the most, it took 15 minutes for the sprint cars to get pushed off, after the victory lane ceremony for the supers. I know it was a beautiful day but would have like to get a few other things done. Didn't look like anyone really cared if they raced or not. Sorry but won't be back or to any other Must See event. Must Not See in my mind.
Love the track but will only be back for non wingers and taxi's.
In the program it said autograph session after the super mods & before the sprints. They obviously decided to skip the autograph session but I don't think all the drivers knew that. A few were pushing to the front stretch for the autograph session and then found out it wasn't going to happen. I think that was the "confusion" the announcer was talking about.
What a show!!!!! Can't wait for the next!! The pit entrance mishaps could havehappened at any event, this is something the track needs to fix, in no way was it an issue related to the MSR group.
Originally Posted by ossuks:
What a show!!!!! Can't wait for the next!! The pit entrance mishaps could havehappened at any event, this is something the track needs to fix, in no way was it an issue related to the MSR group.
Totally agree that it was not the fault of the MSR group of the spins and I would expect Winchester will fix it before the ARCA race next month. What a show?? 3 supers running at the end and then 5 sprints. Only had 10 mods show up but the compact race was really good. Glad you liked it but like I said, I wont be back. We had no speakers down in turn one so had no idea what the hold up was between races. If an autograph session was planned maybe they should have done that during the half-hour intermission.
