[NJSPEEDER]

jsut got home from teh track. lots of action, unfortunately some of it involved the 99 and 17b.
randy in the 99 was set to start 14th in the rookie feature tonight. got a really good start and picked off 7 cars in 3 laps. he didn't make it to lap 4 though.
he passed a car on the outside coming out of turn 4 and down the front stretch. when they got to turn 1 the guy decided he wanted teh spot back, so he drove into randy's left rear quarter. that spun randy broadside in the middle of the track where another car couldn't avoid him.
bent up a lot of tin, left side rub rails, and a few rods. all repairable, but it ended the evening.
the 17b had a much worse accident. he was in 5th place in his consolation race, the top 5 finishers get to transfer to the feature. he was looking good until they went back to green after a caution. another driver hit ej about halfway down the front sstraight and never bothered to lift out of the throttle. the result was the 17b going over hard in turn 1.
ej is ok, but the car is hurt bad. busted up the rear, all teh body work and most of the body mounts are macked, the front clip is pushed over, and the front axle is now u shaped. needless to say there were more than just words exchanged with the other driver.
looks like several of us will be spending a lot of hours up at the shop this week working on the cars.

later
tim