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September 26, 2010 at
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Joey Moughan just flipped his car and took the chain link fence down, 31 cars down there balog has quick time...thats about all i know right now...
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September 26, 2010 at
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Joey is ok after the flip!
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September 27, 2010 at
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I was there filming the race. Sure glad that Joey is OK. I talked to him in the pits after his car was taken back to his hauler. He said he was not even sore. He jumped the cushion and had so much speed there was nothing he could do. He hit the fence after clearing the wall. The fence took him to a gradual stop. There was now way to fix it. At least 6 support poles were totally wiped out. I will post what I have on it tomorrow. I did not get the actual flip into the fence but have the aftermath. I must say thanks to Kim Mock and his actions. He was right there when it happened and pulled Joey from the car while it was still on fire. The secondary fence held or the car might have gone a lot further. The Mid-West Safety Team and track personnel did an outstanding job or taking care of the driver and getting the car down. There was no way to continue any type of racing to which all the drivers agreed. Everyone including fans were given a full refund.
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http://www.youtube.com/user/dagunner
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September 27, 2010 at
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Didn't this happen a couple years ago when the IRA showed up too? I remember some track in IL that the IRA doesn't regularly go to had to cancel the races after something similar happened.
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September 27, 2010 at
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Big Daddy E, it happened at Freeport, IL during a heat race, Scott Biertzer crashed on the front stretch and the fence wasn't repairable. The small track was being used as turns 3 & 4 of the big track were not in race condition.
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September 28, 2010 at
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Ah yes, that is right! I remember now. I wasn't there, I just remember people talking about it at the time.
Thank you Ryan.
Big Daddy E
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September 28, 2010 at
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Posted By: flyingryan on September 27 2010 at 06:52:28 AM
Big Daddy E, it happened at Freeport, IL during a heat race, Scott Biertzer crashed on the front stretch and the fence wasn't repairable. The small track was being used as turns 3 & 4 of the big track were not in race condition.
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i was at that race and know a couple of the safety crew members. The big track couldnt be used because of the condition of the fence around the joint. They had gotten rain the night before and the IRA officials said there was no way they could race the track that fast with that bad of a fence. Would not be safe. They had them use the 1/4 mile track inside, which proved even less safe. When the fence came down and they announced they couldnt repair it, they gave us all back $10 of our admission. This came with a chorus of boos, not for the IRA, but for the usual Freeport lack of preparation and planning. Should have been a full refund. But i do remember that night very well.
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September 28, 2010 at
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Posted By: egras on September 28 2010 at 12:11:56 PM
i was at that race and know a couple of the safety crew members. The big track couldnt be used because of the condition of the fence around the joint. They had gotten rain the night before and the IRA officials said there was no way they could race the track that fast with that bad of a fence. Would not be safe. They had them use the 1/4 mile track inside, which proved even less safe. When the fence came down and they announced they couldnt repair it, they gave us all back $10 of our admission. This came with a chorus of boos, not for the IRA, but for the usual Freeport lack of preparation and planning. Should have been a full refund. But i do remember that night very well.
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I still had memories from the previous Freeport/IRA debacle so I was lucky enough not to try again.
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September 28, 2010 at
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Posted By: bullring on September 28 2010 at 12:35:29 PM
I still had memories from the previous Freeport/IRA debacle so I was lucky enough not to try again.
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was that the one where they pulled off the track during the feature because of too much dust?
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September 30, 2010 at
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Posted By: egras on September 28 2010 at 06:32:11 PM
was that the one where they pulled off the track during the feature because of too much dust?
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You are correct. It wasn't a very popular decision. I even saw people fighting in the stands over it.
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September 30, 2010 at
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Posted By: bullring on September 30 2010 at 10:53:54 AM
You are correct. It wasn't a very popular decision. I even saw people fighting in the stands over it.
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i didnt get in a fight, but boy was I pissed!!!!!
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