Dave Darland had just won his heat and ended up stopped on the track afterwards, between turns 3 and 4. He got out of his car and one of his lower legs was on fire. It was burning pretty well, too. He dropped and rolled on the track, but it kept burning. Next, here comes Shane Cottle. He dives onto Dave's burning leg and basically smothers the fire with the chest of his driver's suit. It was an incredible act of unselfishness and bravery. Dave appeared in a Twitter post later helping get the car ready for the feature, so he seems to be alright. But it could have been a whole lot worse.

And Cottle's currently leading his midget heat, so it looks like he's alright, too.

Jerry

I'll admit I'm not normally a tear up kind of guy but watching Cottle jump out of his car and rush to Dave and try to get the fire out brought tears to my eyes. One of the greatest things I've ever seen someone do at a race track.


Shane was already one of my favorites but this really elevates him in my book. Can't wait to talk to him at Springfield.

Hopefully this 24 hours of Kokomo thunder cars will be over before Springfield starts Sunday afternoon.

Top 5 in sprint feature
Clinton Boyles
Shane Cottle
Dave Darland
Jake Swanson
T-Mez

Like I always say.... SHANE COTTLE RULES!!!
And Tye Mihocko does too!! Thank you both!!