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The Greeks "incident" last weekend

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I think that was Tony's Quaker State car. And, Bernstein had it happen in his FC, the following weekend the crew were all wearing T-shirts with tire tracks on them!
 
IIRC Tony P's guy got run over and hurt never to be able to return to the sport

Dickie Venables is still a crew chief and still winning races. The young man who tried to lift the body, Cody Pendergrass, was none the worse for the wear and was even interviewed on that weekend's US Nationals coverage after the incident.

 
Anyone remember Herb Parks?

LA Times,1988
"Herb Parks, 39, who was Don Garlits' crew chief for 10 years during which Big Daddy won 7 drag racing national championships, was killed in a qualifying accident during the National Hot Rod Assn.'s Snowbird Open in Bradenton, Fla. Parks, who left Garlits 2 years ago to work for Dan Pastorini, was hit by his own dragster as driver Rocky Epperly backed up after a burnout. Parks died the next morning in a Bradenton hospital of head injuries."
 
In early 81 I was standing in the burnout tracks as a rookie driver backed up (TAD). Once he stopped I moved to the side; a second later the car came by me. He did a dry hop in reverse. Nobody got hurt, but it scared hell out of me.
 
I didn't realize that Herb was only 39 when he was killed, and that it's been almost 30 years. That was a real sad deal.
 
What exactly happened in the Herb Parks incident? I know he was hit as Epperly was backing up, but what led up to it?
 
I saw Buster Couch get knocked down by a car at Pomona, years ago. He was OK but it caused a commotion.
 
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