'A silence comes over the track when a driver gets killed, and it has happened so many times in the Modified division that the silence ends too quickly. That's exactly what my thoughts were at the time. 'It has reached the point where you see a crash like that and you just assume the driver has gotten killed. 'It's a funny thing,' said Ross, a five-time Modified champion at Oswego Speedway. Ross instantly realized the Modifieds had claimed another driver, and just as instantly that he was finished driving them forever. Within seconds, he was alongside Tony Jankowiak's battered wreck. On April 22, in a race at Stafford (Conn.) Speedway, Ross was driving near the front of the pack when he heard the frightening sound of a car striking a cement wall somewhere behind him. After that, if the doubts persisted, he could always reconsider.
He committed to five races in the spring. Scott Mccloud Reinventing Comics Rapidshare Downloads. So the Ballston Spa stock car driver decided to give it one more shot. Still, he had spent half his life racing Asphalt Modifieds. He had seen too many deaths, and his conscience told him something was desperately wrong with his sport. 5 years ago In 1973 or 74,I went to the local shopping mall with my parents,and my dad bought two of the first Hot wheels cars.The sillouette,and beatnik bandit.We had a local stock car track that ran hobby class cars.They were racing cars to me,and i loved to see and hear them.Anyway,when we came out of the mall,a bunch of trucks and open trailers started showing up,and i couldnt believe it!These were REAL racing cars! One of the cars fired up,and did a couple laps arround the mall.īrian Ross gave it a lot of thought over the winter. The safety of the cars has improved leaps and bounds, and the foam barriers have also played a huge role in increasing the drivers' safety. Thank the Lord, there hasn't been a fatality since Tony White's Small Block Supermodified crash several years ago. Rossburg, Ohio (April 6) - Jimmy Johnston, long time Sprint car driver, had a fatal crash on the first lap of the UMP Modifieds feature race at Eldora Speedway. The 'Ole' Gray Lady', as Oswego's steel walls were known prior to the installation of the safety foam blocks, could turn evil when she wanted to. I started going in '73, so I was there for Muccio, Gray, Shampine (my hero, I still cry to this day recounting that awful Classic Weekend), Michaels, as well as Jerry Cranmer and Pete Walker in Modifieds, who weren't included in this video. He then ordered a NEW Dates chassis for '76, which was the 'gray' colored one that Russ Gray bought from him a year later when Wilson retired. That's Scott Wilson's 1975 car, which he purchased from Kemp Dates. 3 years ago +2 The very last, the one with the zebra stripes is not Russ Gray.
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