At 09:10 AM 7/12/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I noticed two things immediately:
>
>1) course worker sitting down
>2) other course worker not watching car go past him.
>
>Doesn't seem right too me. Was this a sanctioned
>event? Anyone know where it was?
We e-mailed real tv looking for more info....here's their reply, direct
from the horses mouth (what a concept! ;)):
>My name is Bo Mountain and I am writing from the TV show Real TV. I
>am the researcher who got in the autox mishap tape. When it aired on our
>show we gave background story on it. I have not seen the version on the
>website but will pass along the need for more information to our webmaster.
>The shooter did not know the guy and the time constraints of our show did
>not allow us time to find him. I can tell you the man in the video
>survived. Despite biting through his tongue and suffering some bumps and
>bruises he was OK according to the shooter. It happened in Bowling Green
>Kentucky at the annual Corvette gathering. The autocross was held in a
>parking lot next to the corvette assembly plant in Sept. of 1999. As a
>person who was a member of the BMWCCA and someone who has participated in
>these events before, I had a special interest in getting this story on the
>air. It underlines the need for corner workers and observers to be aware of
>the cars on the course. Thank you for your interest and I hope this clears
>things up.
Contact submit@realtv1.com for further info.
Karl
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