Posted on 08/23/2015 6:19:41 PM PDT by Never on my watch
Justin Wilson was airlifted to a nearby hospital for a head injury after a crash in the closing laps of Sunday's IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway. He suffered a severe head injury and is in a coma and critical condition. The crash occurred with 21 laps to go when race leader Sage Karam spun in turn 1 and debris from his car hit Justin Wilson. Wilson then, seemingly unconscious, veered off and had a head-on collision with the inside wall, which was protected by a SAFER barrier.
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He’s probably the nicest guy on the circuit.
And the tallest.
well half have Chevy engines and aero bodywork and half Honda engines and bodywork
Thanks, and sorry for going off here on the other Justin Wilson. He was the only JW that I knew of.
“Justin Boyd Wilson (31 July 1978 in Sheffield[1]) is a British professional open-wheel driver. He currently competes part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 25 Honda for Andretti Autosport. He competed in the Champ Car series from 2004–07, scoring four wins. He competed in Formula One in the 2003 season with Minardi and Jaguar and was the winner of the 2001 International Formula 3000 championship. To date, he is the tallest person to have raced in Formula One.”
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Dallara chassis with Honda or Chevy Areo Package
That's the impression I have of him.
Always seems to be smiling... even when a mechanical failure ruined his race.
It’s kind of hard to imagine how any big-time racing organization would be racing in open cockpits in 2015.
Oh, how sad. Best wishes for his complete recovery.
nascarnation posted a video on the Spa thread
Link?
OK I’ll check it out.
Watching DVR of it now.
Of all the parts to get hit with, I’ll bet the Nose is tougher that the engine case...
that=than
Yes, Wilson is my favorite IndyCar driver, mostly due to his great personality and that I’ve never heard him utter an ungracious word in all the years I’ve heard him interviewed. I was sick when they showed the replay of the accident and he was motionless in the car. Prayers that he and the medical team can pull through and he can recover.
A canopy could have saved jules verne, who recently died, after a head injury in F1 last season where he ploughed under a crane. The medical evacuation issue your raise is real, but it seems like there should be an engineering solution. The same argument was made against the HANS device, but now they are used throughout top tier racing.
That’s too bad.Prayers for a speedy recovery
Senna was killed by lateral G-forces when he hit the wall from the side and his neck snapped. No Han devices in those days. I saw it happen on live TV and almost immediately knew he had been killed.
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