Terrible crash at NJ Motorsports Park today in the Grand Am DP/GT practice. Pruett's car destroyed
08-28-2008, 11:03 AM
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Terrible crash at NJ Motorsports Park today in the Grand Am DP/GT practice. Pruett's car destroyed
but he is apparently OK.
Not my picture, but another photogs (we're still in China, arrive at track on Sat).
Here's what a member of our crew wrote:
"With about 5 minutes to go in the first rolex practice, Scott Pruett and and GT Porsche touched approaching the entrance to the pits, spinning Scott into the tires which exploded away leaving him to hit the end of the pit entrance wall, sliced the car in half, Scott rolled down pit lane and came to rest here.
Someone said he was talking and moving.Medical was very slow, clean up crew was lost. Grand Am has now stopped everything until they figure out how to reconfigure the track, repair the wall, can clean up the gas and antifreeze at pit in."
Let's all hope Scott is OK.
What's left of Scott's Daytona Protoype:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/1113/pruet.jpg">
Not my picture, but another photogs (we're still in China, arrive at track on Sat).
Here's what a member of our crew wrote:
"With about 5 minutes to go in the first rolex practice, Scott Pruett and and GT Porsche touched approaching the entrance to the pits, spinning Scott into the tires which exploded away leaving him to hit the end of the pit entrance wall, sliced the car in half, Scott rolled down pit lane and came to rest here.
Someone said he was talking and moving.Medical was very slow, clean up crew was lost. Grand Am has now stopped everything until they figure out how to reconfigure the track, repair the wall, can clean up the gas and antifreeze at pit in."
Let's all hope Scott is OK.
What's left of Scott's Daytona Protoype:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/1113/pruet.jpg">
08-28-2008, 05:47 PM
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They canceled all racing for the rest of the day and the team owners had an emergency meeting
at 5pm last night.
Apparently the track is far from safe or well staffed, from what I heard from more than a few people on different teams.
Waiting on meeting results. Just woke up here in Shanghai.
Mike S
Apparently the track is far from safe or well staffed, from what I heard from more than a few people on different teams.
Waiting on meeting results. Just woke up here in Shanghai.
Mike S
08-28-2008, 07:26 PM
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Considering ALL that is racing this weekend, someone told me that track will be
ground up, dug up, grooved, and in general undriveable.
Looks like that is so far a true statement.
Looks like that is so far a true statement.
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08-31-2008, 07:50 PM
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I'm here at the track. They poured new concrete from 6pm-4am, trying to fix the terrible surface
The whole track was peeling up.
I don't recommend anyone waste their time at NJ Motorsports Park. It was about the worst track I've ever been to, honestly.
Mike S
I don't recommend anyone waste their time at NJ Motorsports Park. It was about the worst track I've ever been to, honestly.
Mike S