Jeremy Waibel
 

Anyone hear how Jeremy Waibel is doing ?? He wound up backwards in the shutdown area, and was looking a little rough when I left the track, get well soon Jeremy, from Mike and Team BackMotor / P.S. tell Jacob to be careful on that bike in the rain :D

Re: Jeremy Waibel
 

Jeremy has a concussion and is very sore. Something broke as he entered the finish that locked up the rear. He spun but didn't hit the wall. His helmet hit the roll bar repeatedly causing the injury. He was unable to get out of the car under his own power and had to be lifted out. Although this doesn't seem logical to be injured without impact, it can happen. It appears that when he hit the backs his seat moved back loosening his belt. This proves that we need to make sure that our seats are securely tied down. I stayed over night to make sure he was ok. He'll be fine but had the car rolled,as it tried to do, he could have been severly injured. Take this to heart, our stocker are going fast enough to hurt us and no one should take safety rules lightly.

Doug Patrick
L/SA 2033

Re: Jeremy Waibel
 

Doug,

Glad to hear he is OK, keep us informed and tell him to take it easy !!!! Tell him we are all thinking of him, yes I agree it sounds like he was very LUCKY... Thanks for the update...
Jeremy, get well soon and hang in there, Dave

Re: Jeremy Waibel
 

Thanks for the update Doug, I was with him at the drivers meeting, just minutes afterwards, he was really out of it, I was there running the rear engine funny car, and Jeremy worked his butt off on the track (Saturday) that's the best I've seen that track hook up in a long time :D

Re: Jeremy Waibel
 

Guys -

Thanks for all of the concern. I am going to be ok. I do have a concussion and I am VERY sore from being thrown around like a ragdoll.... however, it is quite eveident that this could have been much worse.
I just this year started wearing a neck collar even though they are not mandatory, and mostly to get the wife off the back..(LOL) but now I am thankful that I had one on because I know that it helped to prevent anything further.

I would like to thank the saftey crew at Lakeland, they did a great job, and also Doug for being so concerned and making sure that I was ok.

I believe that it was the rearend that locked up that caused the spin, but we will be tearing everything apart in the days to come and will make sure that we keep you up to date.


Mike -
Jacob says he learned his lesson about tires and water even on a bike... LOL

See everyone on the 25th of May for the stock super stock race there!!

Re: Jeremy Waibel
 

Glad to hear both generations of Waibel's involved in incidents will recover nicely :D We might see you May 25, we have requested permission to make 2 or 3 exhibition runs that day. Take care, Mike

Re: Jeremy Waibel
 

I'm sorry to hear you were hurt on that run. It did not look that bad from the stands. I noticed you had problems right from the start when you brought the rpm's up against the converter it moved foward and you redlighted and when you hit the brakes it wiggled back and forth a couple of times and when you came to a stop you were a little sideways. I couldn't figure out what happened as I never saw any smoke from your tires and you just sat there until your tow truck came down.