SCELZI'S SCARY MOMENT
Thu, 2007-08-02 11:27
Veteran Gary Scelzi had a scary moment last week, and it had nothing to do with his Oakley Dodge Charger.
Scelzi was racing his son, Dominic, at the go-kart track at Infineon Raceway earlier in the week when the two drivers bumped into each other. Veteran Gary Scelzi had a scary moment last week, and it had nothing to do with his Oakley Dodge Charger.
Scelzi was racing his son, Dominic, at the go-kart track at Infineon Raceway earlier in the week when the two drivers bumped into each other.
"Dominic was two seconds faster than all of us," Scelzi said. "He and I race each other really hard, we go back and forth and we rub. The difference is when you flip one of these cars, you have seat belts, a roll cage and a wing to cushion the fall. So Dominic was passing me and then let me (get ahead). He was toying with all of us. I got real close to him, he left the bottom open and I dove under him. He then turned down and didn't see me. I wasn't all the way beside him, and my right front hooked his left rear. And he flipped in the air, twice, and landed on the ground with the car still on top of him.
"It scared the living hell out of me. I got out to get to him and fell down twice with my face in the dirt and thank God it just took his shoe off and bruised the inside of his leg. It could have been very, very nasty. We were lucky. That's what happens when you race. It was nothing intentional. I just wasn't in a spot where he could see me. He was actually following the course right. I just wanted to get beside him and show him I was there. But I didn't quite get there, and then he turned...it was kind of a freak accident. It should have spun us out. But it didn't, it hooked the tire and flipped him. It's one of the reasons we put him in these cars with seat belts and roll cages. One of the most fun days I've ever had was racing against him and have him kick my butt. It wasn't either one's fault. We were just racing and it was one of those things that happened. But when it's your own kid, and its a wreck and you're part of it...not a good feeling."
Scelzi was racing his son, Dominic, at the go-kart track at Infineon Raceway earlier in the week when the two drivers bumped into each other. Veteran Gary Scelzi had a scary moment last week, and it had nothing to do with his Oakley Dodge Charger.
Scelzi was racing his son, Dominic, at the go-kart track at Infineon Raceway earlier in the week when the two drivers bumped into each other.
"Dominic was two seconds faster than all of us," Scelzi said. "He and I race each other really hard, we go back and forth and we rub. The difference is when you flip one of these cars, you have seat belts, a roll cage and a wing to cushion the fall. So Dominic was passing me and then let me (get ahead). He was toying with all of us. I got real close to him, he left the bottom open and I dove under him. He then turned down and didn't see me. I wasn't all the way beside him, and my right front hooked his left rear. And he flipped in the air, twice, and landed on the ground with the car still on top of him.
"It scared the living hell out of me. I got out to get to him and fell down twice with my face in the dirt and thank God it just took his shoe off and bruised the inside of his leg. It could have been very, very nasty. We were lucky. That's what happens when you race. It was nothing intentional. I just wasn't in a spot where he could see me. He was actually following the course right. I just wanted to get beside him and show him I was there. But I didn't quite get there, and then he turned...it was kind of a freak accident. It should have spun us out. But it didn't, it hooked the tire and flipped him. It's one of the reasons we put him in these cars with seat belts and roll cages. One of the most fun days I've ever had was racing against him and have him kick my butt. It wasn't either one's fault. We were just racing and it was one of those things that happened. But when it's your own kid, and its a wreck and you're part of it...not a good feeling."
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