| I usually blog about the 59 Prostock, the car, the crew, and how we are doing as a whole.This time I'm going to blog about?safety.Last night atThompson CT, we took the night off because of budget restraints, the mods had the Dodge Dealers 150, and in that race a man lost his life.John Blewett III, 33, of Howell, N.J. a tour mod guy.I didn't know him personally, but I felt I should say something about him and the sport.Our sport is dangerous, there is no getting around that fact, every single one of the drivers, crew and even the fans know deep down, ?there is a possibility that when they go to the track, they might not be coming home.The drivers are going 120-140 down into a corner and they could be two wide, if either of them screw up you can end up head on at 120 mph, which makes for a bad day.Still these guys load up and take the risk every week.With all the advancements in the sport, all the rules and modifications to make the car safer, people still die.Crew guys go over the wall onto a poorly lit pit road with pissed off guys driving 40-50 mph down the pit road, race cars fly by the end of the jack handle 6-12" away, its not safe. |
| Crew guys go over the wall onto a poorly lit pit road with pissed off guys driving 40-50 mph down the pit road, race cars fly by the end of the jack handle 6-12" away, its not safe.Nothing can be done about this aspect of racing, I'm sure rules and a new sticker will emerge but they can't make the sport safe.John Blewett I'm sure given the choice of going out with a whimper at 80 sitting in a rocking chair not knowing who you were, or going out the way you did, you would have chosen this way.I'm also sure that you would have wanted to go out after many more years, but we don't always get to make those choices.We should all be so lucky as to do what we love at the end.Good luck John, where ever you end up.11:31 AM0Comments
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