Ouch....Tiger down
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Gerry Loeffler
From Tracy Skinner on the SACOA board....
At our SOVREN Vintage car race this last weekend. Gerry Loeffler, 1965 Tiger, #94. I was on Turn 2 of Pacific Raceways so did not see the accident which occurred on the opposite side of the track. Apparently, he came out of T8 which leads onto the straight after a kink at T9. Starting trailing huge amounts of smoke. Race control starting calling an emergency (Alert). At T9, according the calls, he spun at high speed and hit the wall hard. Gerry is okay as far as I understand it but the car heavily damaged. Not sure if cause was a blow tire and/or lunched motor. I hope he can repair, we will see. Gorgeous car.
From Tracy Skinner on the SACOA board....
At our SOVREN Vintage car race this last weekend. Gerry Loeffler, 1965 Tiger, #94. I was on Turn 2 of Pacific Raceways so did not see the accident which occurred on the opposite side of the track. Apparently, he came out of T8 which leads onto the straight after a kink at T9. Starting trailing huge amounts of smoke. Race control starting calling an emergency (Alert). At T9, according the calls, he spun at high speed and hit the wall hard. Gerry is okay as far as I understand it but the car heavily damaged. Not sure if cause was a blow tire and/or lunched motor. I hope he can repair, we will see. Gorgeous car.
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Soon? It's hard to remember but I think Queen's car crashed nearly a decade ago.
Hopefully Gerry will have better luck with his repairs.
bt
Hopefully Gerry will have better luck with his repairs.
bt
cobrakidz
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I had a friend hit a guard rail around 1980 in his Tiger, the damage looked very similar. He finally sold the carcass last summer, never fixed it. The front looked just like this but it twisted the body pretty badly, the trunk didn't fit, doors would not shut--it was a mess.
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If you go to 18:08 there is the incident with te tiger.. you see the poit where it has contacted the wall, must have thrown him right as he went round the right hander.. odd way to go off.. so assume mechanical failure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ht0zPu11Y
Also, what a great track.. real flowing 60's style.. pitty it has the 60's lack of run-off and not much in the way of sand traps, tyre barriers etc...
If you go to 18:08 there is the incident with te tiger.. you see the poit where it has contacted the wall, must have thrown him right as he went round the right hander.. odd way to go off.. so assume mechanical failure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ht0zPu11Y
Also, what a great track.. real flowing 60's style.. pitty it has the 60's lack of run-off and not much in the way of sand traps, tyre barriers etc...
tigerracer
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Looked at the old Queen car after Steve Miller hit the wall in turn 4 with gas pedal stuck to floor. Good luck fixing that car.
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It is back Racing
Just a quick update. This car owned by Gerry made it back out to race again this year and looks Amazing
Just a quick update. This car owned by Gerry made it back out to race again this year and looks Amazing