Posted on 07/04/2002 9:16:08 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
By BOB POCKRASS (bob.pockrass@news-jrnl.com) Staff Writer
DAYTONA BEACH -- A burst of lightning Thursday afternoon jolted several race fans at Daytona International Speedway.
Speedway officials said eight people were treated for minor injuries suffered when lightning struck the vendor display area outside the Speedway grandstands around 3:45 p.m. Six people were treated at care centers at the Speedway and two were transported to Halifax Medical Center. All were released by 5 p.m., Speedway officials said.
Treated and released from the Speedway care centers were fans Dwayne Decoux, 26, of Simpsonville, S.C., and his brother, Derek Decoux, 25, of Pace; Alfred and Mary Greene, 47 and 46 respectively, of Sanford; Richard Santora, 37, of Deltona; and DIS employee Walter Williams, 58, Ormond Beach.
Brian Decoux and his wife Tina ages unavailable, of Pensacola, were treated and released from Halifax. Brian Decoux is a brother of Dwyane and Derek Decoux.
NASCAR officials stopped Winston Cup practice for Saturday's Pepsi 400 at about 3:35 p.m. as a storm front moved through Daytona Beach, bringing torrential rain and heavy lightning.
Speedway Director of Communications Glyn Johnston said public address announcements were made to race fans when the threatening weather moved in, and the grandstands were ordered cleared.
*1.21 gigawatts?
I love these guys. They make Matt 16:4 come alive! (also Lk. 17:20)
Did Dale race goats? I know he raced pigs.
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A desert region and ancient kingdom in the Nile River valley of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. After the 20th century B.C. it was controlled by the rulers of Egypt, although in the 8th and 7th centuries an independent kingdom arose that conquered Eygpt and ruled as the XXV Dynasty (712-663). Converted to Christianity in the 6th century A.D., Nubia united with Ethiopia but fell to the Moslems in the 14th century. Much of the region was flooded by the completion of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960's.
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Deej :-)
BTW..do you have any idea what the weather forecast is for tomorrow night? Here's to hoping that the rain will come in the afternoon and be gone by race time. :-)
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