July 4th, 2008

Well the night started like every other Friday, fast paced, exciting and good racing.

22 Mini Stocks came out for the '50 Lap Feature'.
Heats were won by:

 Shanna Moroney (#29)
Doug Mould (#27x)

Semi Feature was won by Dwight Lavoie (#0)

and the Feature was won by Doug Mould (#27x)

What a Feature!  Following the pace car to get the race started, the #27 car of Mike Wallace and the #2 car of Too Moroney were side by side coming into corner 4 and you could hear a 'thud' in the stands ... it became very clear where the 'thud' came from as they came around again with #27's exhaust pipe dragging and sparking. The 'fireworks' lasted the entire race.
There was lots of excitement and then -I'm not quite sure what started the chain reaction - but all of a sudden the #29 car of Shanna Moroney headed into the wall and flipped onto it's side right next to the #01 car of Shannon Kimmerly. The crowd went silent as everyone waited to see if she was alright. After what seemed like an eternity - but really just seconds - out she climbed - "atta girl". Both Shanna and Shannon were attended to by the Paramedics and both, aside from some bruises and unedged nerves were okay!

Now I may have missed some 'great shots' but MY personal Rule for myself on taking photos is that I will NOT photograph anything like that until I know for sure that the Driver is okay. Only then will I start the camera, and mainly to show the 'Miracles' of the Driver and especially as a tribute to the Safety Equipment ... there are reasons that there are strict Rules to adhere to requiring all the Safety Equipment and tonight's show exemplified that!

Shanna, seeing your head pop out of that flipped over car was THE highlight of the night!
((HUGS)) to you 'Racer Girl'!






Click the photo below to see 'another Miracle'...