Grand-Am Round 7 at Road America - June 23-24

[mwilson7]

Grand Am is heading to Road America next for two exciting days of racing June 23-24.

Follow-along online at http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/event.cfm?series=k&eid=2377

TV - Jul 3, 1:00 PM ET, SPEED

Lots of Boss's at this race including a new one sponsored by Miller Motorsports Park.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Re: Grand-Am Round 7 at Watkins Glen - June 23-24

Watch out for The Kink and Canada Corner!

 

[VoodooBoss]

Re: Grand-Am Round 7 at Watkins Glen - June 23-24

Good luck to all the Boss 302R's this week.

 

[LateApex]

Re: Grand-Am Round 7 at Watkins Glen - June 23-24

Just got back from this race at Road America. It was a total bloodbath, honestly. Three times in a row, at one point, they came off a yellow flag and had another wreck within the first lap. No spoilers for those who will watch next week, but...well...damn.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Re: Grand-Am Round 7 at Watkins Glen - June 23-24

Just got back from this race at Road America. It was a total bloodbath, honestly. Three times in a row, at one point, they came off a yellow flag and had another wreck within the first lap. No spoilers for those who will watch next week, but...well...damn.

Cautions breed cautions.

 

[cloud9]

A bunch of my track buddies just got back from there a few days before I was at BIR last weekend. Seemed like I was getting a text about every other hour about another wreck. What the heck's going on over there? I've been told it's one of the safest tracks around.....but dang.

 

[BossJockey]

Anybody watch the Rolex race? A Camaro flew over the fence in Turn 1.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C8qErq29Rdw[/youtube]

Anybody know the status of Joe Foster?

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Holy shiznit. This is on my DVR, gonna have to watch it later today!

I'd imagine Foster is OK, going sideways in the sand trap probably scrubbed quite a bit of speed before he hit the tires. I'm amazed he didn't roll.

 

[BossJockey]

Foster was airlifted to the hospital complaining of neck pain. They had to cut him out of the car. I think he has been released.

 

[cloud9]

Man, I've heard of a number of similar situations on that Turn. Losing brakes is scary. I lost them once going into a Turn at around 100...no fun. Fortunately I was able to bleed off enough speed and put it into a skid in the infield where there was plenty of runoff. At a buck 60 you're going for a ride. Just really glad he walked away. Sounds like Foster will be ok and glad to hear he was treated and released.

 

[LateApex]

Was there for all of it. I just think people aren't used to the track as they haven't hosted Grand-Am in a decade there. It's a safe track, sure, but it's also a fast track, and has a few sneaky technical turns as well.

It was a horror show of a weekend, but no serious injuries at least. Having said that, can't wait for the NASA event there!

 

[PJWANNABE]

It was a horror show of a weekend, but no serious injuries at least. Having said that, can't wait for the NASA event there!

I plan to come up for a NASA event there sometime. There are also a few Bullittheads in the area to hang out with so it would make a great trip.

 

[Dean#4AI]

I plan to come up for a NASA event there sometime. There are also a few Bullittheads in the area to hang out with so it would make a great trip.

It looks like NASA will be there October 7-9th. October is kinda sketchy weatherwise but as of now, I plan on going.

 

[mwilson7]

Joes ok and will be back behind the wheel at Laguna Seca. It was quite a ride for sure.........

Joe's a great guy and I'm glad he's ok.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Great news. Also I heard Will Turner say that Bill Auberlen is OUT for Laguna Seca...so one less real competitor on track to deal with

 

[svttim]

I plan to come up for a NASA event there sometime. There are also a few Bullittheads in the area to hang out with so it would make a great trip.

It looks like NASA will be there October 7-9th. October is kinda sketchy weatherwise but as of now, I plan on going.

As long as the car gets put back together, I will be there also. Look me up #16