Ack!
Scary thought for anyone who tows their race car.
Still, since Jim survived the wild ride safely I feel ok in posing this
question: what brand straps did he use to tie the 'vette down? If nothing
else, he could use these photos for a testimonial (and maybe pay for
whatever insurance didn't cover) If nothing else I might use these photos
on my fellow local club member that uses 1" cinch straps for his car!
Glad that this happened without tragedy!
Cheers,
Jim 76 DM Spitfire
(with Racer's Wholesale 10,000 lbs straps holding down my 1600lb Spitfire!)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Paul Zahornasky
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 10:44 PM
> To: Lee Piccione; Team.Net; Brian Burdette
> Subject: RE: Lightning/C5 ZO6 accident
>
>
> I don't think the pictures really give an idea of how lucky Jim was.
>
> The caravan that I was with started hearing about a Corvette in
> the ditch on
> the CB about 20 miles from where the incident occurred. When we
> finally got
> to the scene, we assumed that the truck and trailer had gone off of the
> access road that you see Sam Strano's rig on in picture number 3
> of the "In
> the Ditch section." (in the upper RH corner)
>
> When we stopped at the exit immediately after, Pat told us that Jim's rig
> actually came down the hill that you see in the background of
> pics 3,4, and
> 5. I still don't know how it kept from rolling as this was a very steep
> hill.
>
> Glad to hear that Jim was okay.
>
>
> Paul Zahornasky
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Lee Piccione
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 11:32 PM
> To: Team.Net; Brian Burdette
> Subject: Lightning/C5 ZO6 accident
>
>
> As a few of you knew (and maybe most of you don't know), on the trip
> home from Nationals in September, Jim Howard (#26 SS '01 ZO6 C5)
> was involved in an accident in while driving his '00 SVT Lightning with
> ZO6 in tow. You can read a short write-up and see the photos of the
> accident if you go to the Picture Gallery within the Autocrossers Inc.
> home page....
> http://www.autocrossersinc.org.
> Lee
>
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