From Ken Breslauer’s Sebring book, “At about the three-hour mark, The Comstock Racing Ford GT40 driven by Canadian Bob McLean lost control at the big bend approaching the hairpin, rolling several times before striking a telephone pole and bursting into…
Litigation Needed to Protect Kids Dying to be Famous posted Sep 7, 2010 8:33 AM by Unknown user [ updated Sep 8, 2010 6:28 AM http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/08/30/controversy-begins-swirl-death-teen-racer/ http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/08/31/kids-literally-dying-famous/ Kids Literally Dying to Be Famous Tuesday, August 31, 2010 By Dr. Keith Ablow “In these circumstances,…
Woman killed in simulated race at Fontana speedway Download story podcast 11:16 PM PDT on Saturday, October 16, 2010 The Press-Enterprise A Los Angeles woman was killed Friday while participating in a simulated Indy race at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.…
A jury on Thursday found Justin Lawson not guilty of two counts of vehicular homicide in the alleged street-racing deaths of two people on State Road 520 in 2007. Justin Lawson is hugged by family members moments after a jury announced a not guilty verdict in his vehicular homicide trial…
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/08/31/kids-literally-dying-famous/ Kids Literally Dying to Be Famous Tuesday, August 31, 2010 By Dr. Keith Ablow “In these circumstances, the law may be the best brake on runaway, thrill-seeking, fame-hungry, ego-driven, money-obsessed parents and organizations. “ Dr. Keith Ablow Peter Lenz, 13,…
Peter Lenz
May 1997 – August 2010
Height-Weight: 4′ 11″ – 81 lbs
Hometown: Vancouver, WA USA
Peter began riding on a PW50 when he was 5 and started racing it shortly thereafter…
May 1997 – August 2010
Height-Weight: 4′ 11″ – 81 lbs
Hometown: Vancouver, WA USA
Peter began riding on a PW50 when he was 5 and started racing it shortly thereafter…
http://www.festivalsofspeed.com/schedule-orlando.htm Festivals of Speed SPEED CELEBRATED EXTRAVAGANTLY “The rules don’t apply to me”. The Germans have a word for it: Schadenfreude, defined, in short, as “delight in the suffering of another”. Remember Hulk Hogan and his love for speed…
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF KENT, Wash. — Another death and another day when safety issues plagued an NHRA event. Two drivers and one spectator have been killed at NHRA races this season, and it’s only mid-July. Something has to change, but what can…
A cross marks the site where Emily Ranyak and Will Riehl, both 18, died in a crash on the BeachLine Expressway. (STEVEN COLE SMITH/ORLANDO SENTINEL / April 30, 2010)…
Mother Killed, Child Hospitalized After Crash Posted: 10:53 am EDT May 24, 2010 Updated: 6:03 pm EDT May 24, 2010 ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A young mother was killed Sunday night in a crash and her 4-year-old daughter who was with…