Ashley's incident... (1 Viewer)

[Wes]

I'm wondering with Brit and Courtney both winning first round of Super Comp, Ashley's drifting experiment, and the runner-up yesterday if there is anyone at Pacific Raceways that John Force HASN'T hugged this weekend

 

[hellfirejim]

whoops made a mistake in my other post, it should have been 1/2 a century..... Damn

The only part I was trying to point out is that it is easy to forget the she and the whole team are rookies and the driving / tuning curve is steep and not forgiving. Hell I can look back and say, " boy that was a dumb mistake!" But we all live and learn and she and the team will become a "Force" in the funny car ranks. Yeah I know that was awfull...

jim

ps: I am sure that I heard she hit with about a 40G impact.

 

[onfire]

"ps: I am sure that I heard she hit with about a 40G impact."

Was pretty sure I heard 58G's, Jim. At any rate, it was a good smack.

Late...............Mitch

 

[Harry Mannback]

She hit hard enough to require a backhoe to put the wall back in place, just glad she is ok.

Dan

 

[r2]

I think that impact-o-meter is going to show some pretty incredible numbers, especially if they are still mounted in all of the different locations that I heard or read... I've heard between 40 & 80G's, but take that with a grain of salt, and pinch of pepper...

Kind of made that love tap at Gainesville moot...
Other than those counting paint scrape's, as uncontrolled contact...

And I think she handle's Dad just fine...
That guy is going to give me a heart attack before this year is over... I know that's his baby out there, and the rest are his children... But I'm not sure how much more of John's freaking out I can take... I understand it, but it hurts to watch... The guy has had a year like no other in his life... That goes for some of us here as well... I hope he find's that inner peace sometime soon...
Sort of like last year at the spa, in the pool with Glen... Just breathe in and let it out...

Keep your head in the fight Ashley...
You're doing great in my book, and I will say something, if things go doh-doh...

 

[TJ]

Some of you keep posting that Ashley is a 'ROOKIE'....wrong...she has had more laps in a fuel car than any rookie I heard of....And when we did the fans start 'allowing' rookie mistakes in a fuel car...I have never heard of more fans supporting a 'rookie' than before this deal...This class has no room for 'rookies'...you need to be in control @ all times...That wreck was a carnival ride that looked like my ten year old was steering while I controlled the throttle remotely...She whacked the throttle way too many times....I am sure she will not wreck 'another' car in the same fashion but I am sure her skills will come up w/ something unique again this season....
I have never heard of a first year driver having this much sketchy/negative attention....
Glad she was not hurt...For the fans that sat during that clean up.....THANKS

 

[Rexfiles]

It's her 'ROOKIE' season C-O-M-P-E-T-I-N-G in a Fuel Coupe.

What part of that can't you figure out????

REX

 

[Brian]

I've been a spectator for a long time. Just about every name driver in this sport has bumped into a few things while gaining experience including some names that we would universally consider "a natural" or "the best ever" or "a great driver". None of them had the media attention that Ashley has had. Some drivers have learned that you can't pedal sideways by scraping a little paint, some wadded up a car and some hurt themselves. I'm glad she's okay.

Let's not forget how she took Capps to the wood shed in the first round and left her foot in it when it dropped a cylinder at 1000 ft. and moved against the rail. That was awesome.

 

[none]

I have been drag racing for almost half a decade
jim

A decade is ten years, so you've been racing five years ? About as long as Ashley ??

WHY ....OH WHY is the Safety crew still scrambling out of the bed of a pickup, just like they did in the 60's ??? Can't they come up with something better to speed up the response time ? Old guys have a hard time scrambling out of those pickups !!!!

 

[Silly Savage]

This learning experience can be closely compared to Brendan Bernstein's little hick-up a couple season ago.....

They are earning their stripes.....

 

[hellfirejim]

Hey John, I fixed that....

And you are right, it is about time they spend a little of the corporate payroll budget and get these guys some special made vehicles instead of pickups??? Oh yeah, they get the trucks for free....

jim

 

[hellfirejim]

John, I realized that may have come off wrong, just kidding.

As for Terry, You must have round bed. That way you can never get up on the right side...........................

jim

 

[Kelly Andersen]

Some of you keep posting that Ashley is a 'ROOKIE'....wrong...she has had more laps in a fuel car than any rookie I heard of....And when we did the fans start 'allowing' rookie mistakes in a fuel car...I have never heard of more fans supporting a 'rookie' than before this deal...This class has no room for 'rookies'...you need to be in control @ all times...That wreck was a carnival ride that looked like my ten year old was steering while I controlled the throttle remotely...She whacked the throttle way too many times....I am sure she will not wreck 'another' car in the same fashion but I am sure her skills will come up w/ something unique again this season....
I have never heard of a first year driver having this much sketchy/negative attention....
Glad she was not hurt...For the fans that sat during that clean up.....THANKS

Give it a rest already!! It's her first year in a funny car. Can you do better??? I think NOT!!! Brandon Bernstein did the same exact thing,and he's doing just fine. If we listed the people who had rookie crash's we wouldnt have enough paper to list them all. Oh and by the way, no rookies, no future racers!!! give it a rest. She's doing just fine.

 

[Joker]

I have never heard of more fans supporting a 'rookie' than before this deal...This class has no room for 'rookies'...you need to be in control @ all times...

Terry, come on dude. To become a good driver you have to DRIVE. Thats the only way. If there were no rookie's then the class would be dead in a few years. Rooks are the lifeblood of almost every sport. Someone has to keep it going. And I think everyone here knows that was her fault, she stayed in it a little too long. Like 1,000's of others have before her and like 1,000's of others will after her. Shit happens. I am sure she will learn from it. Like the saying goes, live and learn.

 

[mike cummings]

then it just spun like doing a doughnut in the rental car twice...

I have no knowledge of what you are referring to here. Did you see something? did you hear something. It's all a lie I tell you.

btw, you don't work for Avis rental do you?

aww, nevermind. I'm afraid I have said too much already......

 

[HEMI6point1]

I wasn't on DR boards when Brandon sent his car over the wall in a tire-shaker, but I am pretty sure he didn't get hammered like some people here are doing!

BTW Terry, put the bong down.

 

[megadeth]

Some of you keep posting that Ashley is a 'ROOKIE'....wrong...she has had more laps in a fuel car than any rookie I heard of....And when we did the fans start 'allowing' rookie mistakes in a fuel car...I have never heard of more fans supporting a 'rookie' than before this deal...This class has no room for 'rookies'...you need to be in control @ all times...That wreck was a carnival ride that looked like my ten year old was steering while I controlled the throttle remotely...She whacked the throttle way too many times....I am sure she will not wreck 'another' car in the same fashion but I am sure her skills will come up w/ something unique again this season....
I have never heard of a first year driver having this much sketchy/negative attention....
Glad she was not hurt...For the fans that sat during that clean up.....THANKS

Somebody has a bad case of mouth diarrhea!
Nothing personal Terry but you need to take some imodium!

 

[T.Smith]

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[Professor Dave]

you can only learn from mistakes, but she seemed calm and in control afterwards. she'll get it soon. she did keep her hands on the wheel and continued to fight it till it stopped. that showed there was no signs of panic.

Since Bruce drives a funny car, we should give special weight to his remarks. And as someone mentioned, she also had an understanding of what caused the crash, indicating that she had taken away from the crash what she needed to. And even John was relatively calm by the end of the race. Those interviews with him and Beckman after the race were great.

 

[tomcat]

Well, all I could think of as I watched it unfold was who was in the other lane. How fitting that it was KB. I remember hearing him talk about when he got back into racing how the poor owner of the track had to replace a section of guard rail every time Kenny came out. I think we all see how that turned out. And keep in mind that todays FC is not the FC of 25 yrs ago. I see no problem with how she is doing and think her effort and progress is a credit to her and her team.