[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by The Boss

Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed the truck series too & was at the race at Daytona in 2000 when Jeffrey Bodine wrecked. The "real" racing in that series is due more to the drivers willingness to race than it is the vehicle. Take those same drivers & put them in classic cars & I think the stands would be filled again.

Man,
I had come home for lunch that day, and turned on the idiot box (which I normally did not do...). If i remember correctly the engine completely separated it self from the rest of the vehicle, and was rolling like a bowling ball.............Mr. Bodine was never the same after that ordeal....

Oh, I remember now, I was watching because it was the first truck race @ Daytona. I turned it on because I was hoping to see some exciting racing... and did...

[arbys]

Originally Posted by 77 TRASHCAN

..Mr. Bodine was never the same after that ordeal....

He wasn't the same before either. LOL

PS I never cared for him.

[The Boss]

Originally Posted by 77 TRASHCAN

Man,
I had come home for lunch that day, and turned on the idiot box (which I normally did not do...). If i remember correctly the engine completely separated it self from the rest of the vehicle, and was rolling like a bowling ball.............Mr. Bodine was never the same after that ordeal....

Oh, I remember now, I was watching because it was the first truck race @ Daytona. I turned it on because I was hoping to see some exciting racing... and did...

More like a bouncing beach ball! Spinning & turning spewing smoke well beyond where the cage came to rest - it took a lot of the potential energy with it too.

We were in the stands about mid way between where the cage came to rest and the engine. Nobody was talking, the whole place was holding their breath, we were certain somebody had just died. When they put him on the stretcher & started to head towards the ambulance to put him in he reached up to adjust his oxygen mask - the place erupted!