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Totalled our #32 car at St. Pete

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Old 03-28-2011 | 08:38 PM
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Totalled our #32 car at St. Pete

Very unfortunate crash and poor display of a yellow flag led to some contact followed by a MAJOR rear contact that finished the car.

Many, many, many pix and vids soon to be posted here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/XOWii-...45560002135347

We are rockin' a second build right now. Trying to build her in a week, head to Long Beach GP and finish her there. Stay tuned for what is likely to be a well documented hyper build process.
Old 03-28-2011 | 08:41 PM
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damn Eric, REALLY sorry to hear about the wreck.
Old 03-28-2011 | 08:43 PM
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I wish WC was televised. I know it's streamed, but.....
Old 03-28-2011 | 09:50 PM
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Seen the video on facebook and along with others wondered where was the flag? Good luck with the build and the rest of the season, hopefully you have used up any bad luck on this one.
Old 03-28-2011 | 11:35 PM
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Tough luck there Eric. Hope you get the new car sorted out in time.
Old 03-29-2011 | 08:31 AM
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Tough break. Glad everyone is okay.
Old 03-29-2011 | 08:48 AM
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Ouch. Glad you're OK. Good luck with the Hyper-Build
Old 03-30-2011 | 12:29 AM
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Yeah, Eric, tough break. Hope you can get the car back together in time for Long Beach.
Old 03-30-2011 | 01:11 AM
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Good luck , ur new car would be better
Old 03-30-2011 | 02:39 PM
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Im glad you are ok, the in car video really showed how hard you were hit.

Hopefully the 2nd build will be completed in time for the next race.
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Big hit. Glad all the safety gear worked as designed and you were able to walk away. (Although I'm betting stiff the next day.)
Here's to rebuilding bigger and better.
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did he have insurance?
Bad joke---sorry
man those shadows made things hard to see?
OD

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