The loss of Jessi Combs hit me and my wife pretty hard. Last weekend Jenifer was getting her injected nitro license and on the second pass missed getting the chutes on the first motion (chutes at 1200 ft, brakes at say 1400, same hand). Dark of night and, we didn't realize it at the time but track lights after the finish line not working right. Car hit the sand fast, swapped ends several times in the wet sand, rolled, etc. But for the bruises Jenifer is fine, and the car is already being repaired, but what if.....
Its hard to explain the spirit of a racer. They are driven by another force, and that same kind of person is all around us, but not in the majority. What's sad is to read the "why was she doing that" comments about Jessi's wreck.
Some of us stand outside the fire and watch, others have to be in there.....
Standing Outside the Fire
Garth Brooks
We call them cool
Those hearts who had no scars to show
The ones that never do let go
And risk the tables bein' turned
We call them fools
Who have to dance within the flame
Who chance the sorrow and the shame
That always comes with getting burned
But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire
'Cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire
