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To: tubebender
Also last night, Just down the street from Sears Point Infineon...
(Don't know why they put Infineon in the title of the article)

Santa Rosa Man Killed During Infineon Race Saturday

POSTED: 1:12 pm PDT July 18, 2004
UPDATED: 1:17 pm PDT July 18, 2004

A Santa Rosa resident was killed during a racing event at Petaluma Speedway Saturday night, according to the Petaluma Police Department. Randy Clifton, 41, known as Rollover Randy for a stunt he performs in a pick-up truck at the raceway, was struck by a race car while working as a Second Turn Race Official during the 360 Sprint Car Racing event, reported police.

He was struck by a car driven by Adam McCarthy of San Jose while a yellow caution flag was in effect, according to police. Witnesses report that Clifton was on the racetrack when he was struck.

Clifton was transported to Petaluma Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation and anyone with videotape of the race is asked to call Traffic Officer Steve Johnson at (707) 778-4597.


125 posted on 07/18/2004 4:43:19 PM PDT by WSGilcrest (jus' one of them racin' deals, i guess)
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To: WSGilcrest
That type of accident used to be common up here on the old dirt tracks. I witnessed 2 deaths like this in the 50's. You never forget the sight.

Did they run the GT3 cars today at Sears Point and do you have a link for the results? Eureka High School competes and they finished in the top 5 for the past few years in this series...
129 posted on 07/18/2004 4:53:37 PM PDT by tubebender (If I had known I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
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