Race weeks are notoriously long. Sunday mornings are spent on the track, with the knowledge that at any time something can break in the car, someone can make a wrong move, something may happen in the blink of a gnat's eye. And that is all it takes. And everyone knows that in the back of their mind. Stop and think.
Death has no set time to strike and no set time to threaten a driver or spectator.
It was on a Friday that Ernie Irvan had his near-fatal crash in Michigan. Just a few thoughts now, on perhaps a group you hadn't before this considered. You know the ones I mean, people like Geoffrey Bodine, Ernie Irvan. The drivers who have gone through hell and come back around the other side to let us all know what it feels like in that land beyond time. I read a touching piece by Jason Jarrett in response to Adam Petty's tragic and untimely death.