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My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar )

Posted By: deaks

My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 05:24 PM

Just got email from my cousin, Vern Foyt, hit both walls at Brainerd in his Corvette, fortunately he isn't badly injured but he is very sore and had to go to er, car is a real mess as well.
Mick

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Posted By: deaks

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 05:26 PM

Car before the run.

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Posted By: smokinwoody

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 05:33 PM

that car looks almost all stock...what happened...he blow a hose and has antifreeze in it?...or oil..
Posted By: rickstershemi

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 05:34 PM

BIG OUCH......Glad he's OK

Rickster
Posted By: dragram440

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 05:57 PM

I wasnt there but a good friend saw it. He said it hit so hard it wrecked the concrete barrier and they closed the track for the day until they got the barrier replaced. That really sucks! What happened.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 06:00 PM

So he found out racing rheumatism sucks

So did his 35 year old seatbelts fail or had he updated?

Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted By: deaks

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 06:19 PM

Not sure on the causes yet, He is 62 and is pretty sore, shook him up a bit and frightened the hell out of his wife and grandkids who were also there.
He hasn't raced in a long time but used to run a B/MP car nationally in the 70's after returning from vietnam.
Compared to the first message i received from his wife, very dramatic, the second one from him, played down the accident. He is a very hardy guy anyway.
Car has ran 12.81 at 110.
Mick

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Posted By: FastmOp

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 06:30 PM

Best wish's to him and the Vett.
Posted By: Steve1118

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 08:25 PM

I hope he's OK...the Vette looks like it's a total write off.

Folks throw numbers and ET's around on this board like they are meaningless, it is easy to forget just how quick and fast one is really talking about. A twelve second car is plenty fast enough to get someone hurt real bad.
Posted By: tubtar

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 10:37 PM

Sorry to hear that........Glad he's O.K. , but the car looks bad.
12 seconds is a pretty stout street car in reality.
I know there are much faster cars with tags on them , but if your sled is capable of 12's , you are significantly faster than 99.9% of the cars you pass.
Getting into trouble in one happens too.........typically after something broke , but the wallop is still pretty strong.
Posted By: deaks

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 10:53 PM

We visited them in 91 and he had the car then but no interest in racing at that time.
He's now retired, pulled the car out and stepped the motor up a little, i hope he doesn't go back into retirement again.
Mick
Posted By: Jeepmon

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 11:00 PM

Glad to hear he is ok..
Posted By: jim sciortino

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/30/11 11:02 PM

Good to hear he's alright. Everything else is just money.
Posted By: roadhazard

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/31/11 03:57 AM

Sorry for his misfortune. Hope he recovers soon

12 second car is rippin pretty good
Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/31/11 05:15 AM

Bummer... glad he wasnt hurt bad... being a 12 second
car he probably didnt have any roll bar or anything
and that makes it worse
Posted By: tboomer

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/31/11 12:00 PM

Mick...Sorry to see this!! Glad he is ok..Did you ever hear how it happened?
Posted By: bonefish

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/31/11 12:12 PM

it just goes to show,no matter how slow your car is anything can happen.i see so many guys w no helmet or they dont have it buckled.glad he,s ok,bummer bout his vet,.
Posted By: deaks

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 08/31/11 10:31 PM

I'm hoping he'll tell me when he finds out, his wife tells me he was apologising to people because they closed the track after the accident, she would like him to stop racing.
I know he's not a mopar racer but thanks for showing your concern.
Mick
Posted By: rowin4

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 09/01/11 02:14 AM

Quote:

We visited them in 91 and he had the car then but no interest in racing at that time.
He's now retired, pulled the car out and stepped the motor up a little, i hope he doesn't go back into retirement again.
Mick




Mick, it's be 20 years, time to come back for a visit.
Posted By: aarcudaden

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 09/01/11 05:05 AM

I hate to see that happen to anybody. Glad hes okay but man that could have been much worse.
Posted By: deaks

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 09/01/11 09:11 AM

HI Steve
We did the florida thing about 5 yrs ago, i also went to bradenton but i'm planning on another visit, maybe next year.
If i'd known you were coming here, we could have hooked up somewhere.
Mick

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Posted By: 69B3GT

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 09/01/11 09:17 AM

Quote:

HI Steve
We did the florida thing about 5 yrs ago, i also went to bradenton but i'm planning on another visit, maybe next year.
If i'd known you were coming here, we could have hooked up somewhere.
Mick





Good thing he is alright, bummer about the car





On a side note: That dart is awesome lookin
Posted By: rowin4

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 09/01/11 03:04 PM

Quote:

HI Steve
We did the florida thing about 5 yrs ago, i also went to bradenton but i'm planning on another visit, maybe next year.
If i'd known you were coming here, we could have hooked up somewhere.
Mick




Might make another trip across the pond, lot of things to see in merry old England, had a great time. It was to bad that Santa Pod was rained out the day I drove up there.
Posted By: dragram440

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 09/01/11 04:01 PM

Someone said he went to click it into neutral at the end of the run and clicked it into reverse. I dont know if that is true, Just what I heard.
Posted By: deaks

Re: My cousin crashed at Brainerd ( not mopar ) - 09/01/11 05:28 PM

Matthew
He may be a little embarassed to admit that so i will wait to see if he comes back to me with anything. How would that person know that, would a car that old have reversing lights ?, please keep me in the loop if you would.
Steve
If you decide to come over again, let me know when you might be coming and i'll fill you in with any event details.
If you come by Nottm for a couple days we can always find room for you and your wife, providing we are not away ourselves.
b3
Thanks for the compliment, it's no show car but i'm fairly happy with it.
Mick
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