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Thoughts for a sad day...
This wreck occured on Florida's smallest track in an under-powered car. Do you drivers really think it couldn't happen to you? Are you ready to get serious about your safety? Race for another week on old tires, and instead spend your racing budget by updating your firesuit, your helmet, your gloves, your fireproof underwear, get a HANS (I use one and am a believer), do whatever it takes so your family is not grieving one day.
Do you remember how close we have come to TWO fatalities? Bill Cleary barely survived his accident at MCS, and faces a long, painful and expensive recovery. Bill was a track worker who was hit by a car. Again, this accident happened at a small track, Soon, it will be time to move on from our grief, and we need to study and learn about what happened in TWO terrible accidents, and do what it takes to prevent others.
Many members of our racing family are hurting. The Morr family is of course, but don't forget the track staff too. I am sure they are crushed by all this, and they are people like the rest of us. When you see someone from the Auburndale family, please be extra considerate, kind and understanding. Lets leave the racing issues out of it, there is time for that in the future, for now can we please be nice? Because they are grieving too.
We can, and we should, debate the merits of kids driving racecars. However we can't overlook how the Auburndale Kids Club has overall been a very positive experience. Hundreds of kids have taken part, and so many of them have stayed in our sport. Its a fact that things could not have gone worse last weekend, but before you get judgemental or abusive about the Kids Club concept, remember that it has been great for so many families, and has been a real benefit for our sport in Florida.
Local racing is sick, and fatal accidents are like a hard shot to the gut. Can we all make sure we get out to a track this weekend? There will be memorials and prayers, but there will be fun and excitement too. I hope to take a car to Auburndale, just because they need help and support from all of us at a time like this.
Life is fragile, and life is quick. If you have something to do before you check out, I suggest to get on with it. This includes getting right with God, whatever you percieve God to be, live your dream, patch up relationships and forgive. It feels good and its the right thing to do. Besides, you may be gone in the blink of an eye.
This wreck occured on Florida's smallest track in an under-powered car. Do you drivers really think it couldn't happen to you? Are you ready to get serious about your safety? Race for another week on old tires, and instead spend your racing budget by updating your firesuit, your helmet, your gloves, your fireproof underwear, get a HANS (I use one and am a believer), do whatever it takes so your family is not grieving one day.
Do you remember how close we have come to TWO fatalities? Bill Cleary barely survived his accident at MCS, and faces a long, painful and expensive recovery. Bill was a track worker who was hit by a car. Again, this accident happened at a small track, Soon, it will be time to move on from our grief, and we need to study and learn about what happened in TWO terrible accidents, and do what it takes to prevent others.
Many members of our racing family are hurting. The Morr family is of course, but don't forget the track staff too. I am sure they are crushed by all this, and they are people like the rest of us. When you see someone from the Auburndale family, please be extra considerate, kind and understanding. Lets leave the racing issues out of it, there is time for that in the future, for now can we please be nice? Because they are grieving too.
We can, and we should, debate the merits of kids driving racecars. However we can't overlook how the Auburndale Kids Club has overall been a very positive experience. Hundreds of kids have taken part, and so many of them have stayed in our sport. Its a fact that things could not have gone worse last weekend, but before you get judgemental or abusive about the Kids Club concept, remember that it has been great for so many families, and has been a real benefit for our sport in Florida.
Local racing is sick, and fatal accidents are like a hard shot to the gut. Can we all make sure we get out to a track this weekend? There will be memorials and prayers, but there will be fun and excitement too. I hope to take a car to Auburndale, just because they need help and support from all of us at a time like this.
Life is fragile, and life is quick. If you have something to do before you check out, I suggest to get on with it. This includes getting right with God, whatever you percieve God to be, live your dream, patch up relationships and forgive. It feels good and its the right thing to do. Besides, you may be gone in the blink of an eye.
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