Fire Incident at Bandimere Speedway 6/10

[Jarda]

Fire Incident at Bandimere Speedway - UPDATED 6/12


This morning a non-race related fire incident took place on the race track while heating and scrapping excess rubber off the track surface.
Our Facility Manager, Larry Crispe, was burned in this incident. He was transported to University Hospital to be treated for burns. Family has reported that Crispe is still being treated for his burns at this time. No other injuries or persons were involved.
The family asks that you continue to pray for Larry has he begins his recovery. For those that know Larry, you can expect to see him at the track again very soon. The messages of thoughts and prayers received already are appreciated.
UPDATE 6/11/2013:
Larry is already making list of things that need done and using his phone. He will remain in the Burn Unit at University Hospital for up to two weeks as they monitor and aid his healing and ward off infections.
The entire family feels overwhelmed by the support from friends within the industry that have offered prayers, thoughts, support, and assistance while Larry recovers. They have only asked for your continued prayers for a speedy and smooth recovery at this time. Flowers are not allowed in the Burn Unit at the hospital, and frankly, but the number of people that have reached out, the hospital is only so big, anyways. Thank you all so much for the messages shared with us on Facebook, as well as to family and staff via phone, text, and emails. What an amazing community and group of friends Larry and his family are blessed to share.
***A note from Track Chaplain Ken Webb:
Thank for all of the outpouring and love for Larry, his family and the staff of Bandimere Speedway. They are very blessed to have a great community that cares about them.
I have heard from many people who would like to do something to help. After talking with the family and staff at the hospital I think I have a few ideas. Larry enjoys a good sweet tea and ice cream. He won't get that from the menu in the hospital. We can bless him by donating gift cards to local restaurants that he enjoys so that Johnna can sneak him some treats. He likes Panera Bread, Chik-fil-A and McDonalds. Gift cards also bless Johnna with the chance to get a break.
All cards and thing can be sent to the track. We will make sure he gets them.
At this time Larry is not able to have visitors due to the risk of infection. Please continue to pray for him and his family.
UPDATE FROM JOHNNA CRISPE 6/12/2013: :As many of you now know Larry had an accident on Monday morning with the skid steer/scraper as he was scraping the race track. He just can't seem to go one day without jumping on one of the pieces of equipment, drinking his chocolate milk or sweet tea and relishing in what he tries to make perfect......Our (YOUR) race track! He loves the challenge and he calls it, "his baby". Yesterday morning was no different as he wanted to get a jump on the big job that lied ahead in preparation for the Lucas Oil Divisional race this weekend. This time though he wasn't going to jump out of the machine to tend to another need around the facility, he was jumping out to save his life. In doing so he sustained burn injuries.
It's Tuesday, late afternoon and I'm sitting in his room, it's quiet, he's quiet but I know his wheels are turning as to how he can make his great escape out of here. Thank goodness he's on the 3rd floor and it would be quite a jump if he tried. Larry being confined to a bed, chair, watching tv with no radio, ear piece or scooter is just not his style. Many of you know him to be a rough, tough and a no nonsense guy but he truly has a contagious love for racing and the racing community. He's so mad at himself for the absence he's going to have from all of you. As I'm playing secretary for him, I'm overwhelmed with the hundreds of well wishes, prayers, and the asking of "is there anything we can do"? His needs are small but his heart is big. Larry knows he was spared for something that only God knows and has planned for his life. Our family quite often says "For such a time as this"! This would be a great time to do something kind for someone else on behalf of Larry. This would bring all of us more joy than you can imagine. Try it and we'd love to hear your stories.
Thank you, again and again for your phone calls, e-mails, texts, twitters, Facebook comments, flowers, baskets of goodies, cards etc. We are humbled at the generosity and outpouring of love towards Larry, myself, the boys and our entire family and Bandimere staff.
I plan to keep you all updated on Larry's condition and progress.
We have a rock that I brought from home and it's sitting by Larry's bed, it's a daily reminder of a verse in the bible. II Samuel 22:3, "God is my rock, in Him will I trust......"
Johnna