VIntage Racing....ouch!

**Charley Lillard** · #1 11-07-2005, 11:42 PM

Yes it was discussed here earlier. The TA on top of the pile is Colin's. He is a sponsor of this site.

crash · #2 11-08-2005, 01:04 AM

Under the TA is a Mid year big block Vette roadster... And a 427 SC Cobra was destroyed... I got to see the in car video from some of the cars in the wreck,,,it was unbelievable...Crash

**TimG** · #3 11-08-2005, 02:08 AM

The Cobra was a 289, still valuable. I was on the inside of the retaining wall watching my friend with #64 Corvette when the accident took place. Spent the day with him yesterday in Illinois, his car is repaired and he's vintage racing it again.

lzdick · #4 11-08-2005, 03:03 AM

The #25 AC Cobra is owned and driven by Fritz Schiffmeyer (IL) and the car is currently being put back into 'racing trim' for next season.

crash · #5 11-08-2005, 03:14 AM

Sorry, your right his 427 cobra he doesn't race... A friend of mine was ahead of the crash... Watched from the food stand where you can see corner #14 and corner #5... Saw them come up the hill to start, but a long time to get to corner #5 then the race was over...Crash

nuch_ss396 · #6 11-08-2005, 04:47 AM

That picture leaves me speechless! Can you imagine the
pain of seeing any one of those cars in that condition.
To say nothing of the whole lot of them. What a sad
development. Anyone know how this happened?

Steve

**TimG** · #7 11-08-2005, 05:23 PM

Much has been written in Vintage Motorsport about this accident the last two issues. They really got into detail with the most recent issue. I've visited with a few folks involved but there is still some controversy about just what happened at the start of this race. I really thought that the driver of the '65 yellow Corvette roadster was gone when I ran to the scene. He climbed out of the passenger door with no injury.

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