goto here and see whats going on. You'll here the drivers side of things,
the eye witnessess, the marshals,ect..
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Unfortuately there was nothing that could of helped Gags survive and the
Mosport safety team saved Gary Longo's life.
> They left in a hurry, but from the tape, the leaders made one lap at
full
> speed before taking the full course yellow, and then made another lap at
> caution speeds behind the pace car....Other than wave thier arms and join
> them in the help symbol, the marshalls did not approach either car until
> after the pack went by a 2nd time. As the cameras cut back to a pit lane
> shot, ONLY then, two laps after the accident, did the first ambulance roll
> by...
> Justin Bell started to comment on that, but then the "corporate racer"
> mode kicked in and he backed away slightly from his first comments.
> dave henrie
> > > I'm just now watching the Trans Am Race from last week on tape. I
> only
> > > got a portion taped, I was hoping I missed the wreck that killed the
> driver
> > > Mike Gagliardo. But it just came up.
> > > first let me say I'm not one who usually comes in late and rips
> > > officials...but the S-L-O-W response time of both trackside marshalls
> and
> > > emergency crews was frightening.
> > That's weird, internally all the marshalls are patting each other on the
> > back for a job well done?! I wasn't able to see the situation from were
> > i was, the outside of ten, but when the extraction crew and the two
> > ambulances left they sure as shit left in a hurry. Then when i watched
> > the race first thing i though was the turn 1 and 2 crews should have
> > been waving yellow like mad because of the dust. Insiders note: there
> > was like 2 or 3 novice marshalls at each turn, think that helped any. Oh
> > well, death is all part of the game...
