[Wichita-SCCA] There was a Problem

[Greg Laws]

Hi all,

I just now read Thomas' sad story and very understandable complaint.  This 
was the first that I knew about it ... in fact I had been wondering why 
Thomas and Brian hadn't come to the solo because I knew that they were 
enthusiastically intending to run.

I don't know how or why their situation was overlooked but I want to express 
my personal regret that this situation came about.

I agree with Thomas' thought  that anyone driving long distance to an event 
should have one or two contact phone numbers with them on the trip.  This is 
readily available information for the Wichita Region but it would be up to 
each individual to plan ahead about having that information with them on 
their trip.  One of the quicker ways to get contact info would be to go to 
the Wichita Region web page (www.wichitascca.org).  Look for the button at 
the top of the page "CONTACTS", then print out the page to stuff into the 
glove box of the car or tow vehicle.

Greg Laws

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <khyronyoshida at cox.net>
To: "Wichita Region SCCA." <wichita-scca at wichitascca.org>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 5:12 PM
Subject: [Wichita-SCCA] There was a Problem


> Hey ALL It's Thomas (#8) and Brian (#2)...
>
> We had a major accident on our way out to Strother Field yesterday, and it 
> took us most of the day to get back into town with Brian's CRX.  We lost 
> the crack shaft pully and then the rest of the assembly came off shortly 
> afterwards leaving us stranded just inside Winfield for 2 hours before we 
> could jerry-rig the car back together to try to move it... There is an 
> issue that I want to address in the next solo meeting because of it as 
> well.  To be honest, I was pretty upset with a lot of fellow racers 
> because I counted over 13 regular drivers in their cars as they just 
> passed us by.  The CRX had SCCA decals on it, and the hood was up with me 
> and Brian trying to fix it... I'm not wanting to seem complaintive so I'm 
> not going to mention names (some of them I still don't know anyways) but I 
> want to address it, because I know that if I ever see any SCCA racer on 
> the side of the road, the first thing I do is pull over and try to help. 
> I'm sorry I haven't been able to get online sonner to let you know what 
> happened to us, but I would like to get everyones numbers so that next 
> time I can at least call or text to let you know that something happened. 
> I don't plan on missing anymore races and by the next race I should have 
> the RX7 back up and running.  Sorry again for not showing, but I'll see 
> you all at the next Solo meeting and Solo event :P
>
> Have a wonderful day everybody, TTYL
> Thomas Dicks (RX7 #8, STS2)
>
> PS - Guy, please make sure the members pages are updated. There is no Team 
> Yoshida page or Erin Dicks page anymore, and the Thomas Dicks page address 
> is changed to the following:  www.myspace.com/8thsquadron
>
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