Sorry, but Brian did NOT make his other two runs in another car.
He told me he had offers, but just didn't feel comfortable doing so.
A quick check of the results show his south course runs as DNF,
DNS, DNS. Heck of a way to learn the tough side of the sport.
The "Thrill Ride" was near the end of his first ever Nationals run.
Apparently he got into the corner too hot, yanked the wheel anyway,
caught a little lip in the concrete, and..... Two of the photographers
caught him bicycling bigtime..... A bent hub and some alignment
problems were part of the best possible outcome from such a
scary situation, IMO.
Brian's co-driver, David Pearson (only because his own water pump
had expired the day before) ran all 6 of his runs in another Saturn.
Alan Sheidler
Watched it happen,
Knew the driver
Talked to him after
Original Message:
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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:40:45 EDT
From: GSMnow@aol.com
Subject: Re: Nat's Stories (was AM "winged" rollover?)
Brian Berryhill wrote:
<< Well, its good to know he's alright, and I assume his car received the
minimal damage you could expect from a rollover.
If that was the worst thing to happen out of almost 1100 cars, I'd say that
is pretty good. >>
There was at least one other close call at this years nats.
In heat three on Tues., an ES Saturn got way up on two wheels, and when it
came down he broke a wheel hub. He completed his runs in another car, and had
his fixed to make all his runs on Wed.
I was running in ES also, and in my car at the time, so I did not see how or
why this one happened.
Gary M.
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