Remember that guy who was in the Corvette getting beat by the King Motorsports S2000? You know, the guy who rolled it? Well, it turns out that he walked away from the wreck, but the next day he had some rather serious problems and it turns out that he injured his brain and won

 

What??

How did that happen? His head didn't experience any jarring motions. This is terrible.

 

It's really sad that in a sport a great as racing, that tragedies occur...

 

gotta remember, that even if your head doesn't appear to experience any jarring motions, your brain does slosh around inside your noggin. the car was moving and he did impact with the ground. what this does is crush and destroy brain tissue that would be otherwise used by you or alcohol or unused entirely. thus...what appears to be a closed head injury. an MRI can tell how much bleeding is going on in there, perhaps even it can be probed or even drain a bit of excess fluid that is in there if the pressure builds up. but yes, this is serious - very serious.

brain cells do not grow back, they do not regenerate or heal. once they are gone they are gone. its estimated that the average person only utilizes a maximum of 15% of their brain anyways - but you don't get to choose what part of the brain you use nor which part you will lose in a situation like this.

I really feel for the guy - lots will change, more psychological than you can realize.

 

Another important lesson from this is no matter how "OK" you think you feel, there might be more serious injuries than you think. When I wrecked my first Corrado, I hopped out of the car and was acting like normal. Later that night, my legs started to hurt. Apparently my legs had hit the dash and I had spraigned both knees and ankles. It was so bad I didn't walk for a week.

Chances are the guy in the Vette was up and around and possibly aggravating the brain injury. It's probably always best to let them restrain your head and take you in for an examination/MRI. Not saying they could have helped him, but you never know.

I feel very sorry for him - it's very tragic, but at least he was injured doing something he loved, rather than simply falling down the stairs. There are risks in racing, and when you take to the track you must keep that in mind. My thoughts and best wishes go out to him and his family.

Greg, where did you hear abou this?

 

man thats scary.. that guy sounded alright.. in fact perfectly relaxed after the wreck.. when asked if he was ok.. he said 'yeah i'm alright' like he was pissed about wrecking the car but alright.

 

And this is why i am staying away from Solo 1 or any type of track racing. You can call me chicken but at those speeds no matter how carefull you are things can happen fast.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Schatten
[B]gotta remember, that even if your head doesn't appear to experience any jarring motions, your brain does slosh around inside your noggin.

 

watch it again. he hit the wall. you can only see the very edge of his helmet. also remember, the camera is fixed and is difficult to tell the intensity of the impact.

 

Jason, Nick (GTRPower, for everyone who doesn't know) and I were out raising hell this weekend, went to Joe's Steakhouse on Rush...dayum...great food!

But Nick told me this weekend. I'm not exactly sure how he knew, but it may have been through Scott Z. Or some other racing connection that Nick has, I didn't ask.

But truly sad to hear it...but you're right, at least it happened doing something that he loved. I don't think he's incapacitated, but it sounded like he was injured just enough so that he couldn't race any longer. I don't know what effect this has had on the rest of life.