What is it with the weekends around here?

This is Mark. He is my Brother-in-Law (Seen here in the back of his Toyota) Gotta love the props to MadBrew on the truck..and also his car! This is how happy he is that his car is complete and he was cleared to race it.

This was taken awhile back...fast forward to this weekend, and the news isn't so good. Mark was participating in his first race of the year, and something went very wrong. He was rounding a curve and didn't break, or turn, and drove off the course and into the trees.

He was pinned in the car, but remained in his racing seat via racing harnesses, a HANS (head and neck restraint system) device and roll bar, but was knocked out. As the EMTs reached him, he was turning blue. Apparently the HANS ended up choking him so they intibated him immediately, and he took a huge breath through the bag. He remained unconcious throughout the rest of saturday and into saturday night. My mom flew out to Indianapolis to be with Sara and Mark sunday afternoon. By the time she arrived, Mark had turned a corner, and was actually waking up.
He knew who everyone there was, and knew what was going on.

He asked Sara, and one of the track people (who took pictures and was with Sara when the crash happened) which corner he crashed on....and how the car was! Spoken like a true car guy. The racing friend, said that the car is "fixable".... I haven't seen the pictures yet.

I am so glad he is doing much better. I have to admit, I am a huge race fan, of all types, and you would be hard pressed to find someone more hooked than me, so I prayed for the best and wished away the worst. I have seen too many serious crashes, and could see his in my mind. I took this really hard Sunday, and in a short time, was able to relax knowing that he was showing big signs of improvement. I will update this as time and imformation comes.

-Andy