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I don't have all the details ... Sean Grogan broke his leg playing hockey last night, got taken out by a goon.

It has been a very fun and exciting season competing with all of our buds in Spec Neon: Jon, Matt, Eric, Steve, Rod and Kyle, and their respective hangers-on. We'll cue it up again in 2017.

Jim Kidd
#37 SN

Aw, geeze... that's always been one of my fears, that a hobby on the side might end up sidelining me from a season of racing! At least it's later in the year...

Hope for a quick recovery, Sean... maybe in time to get out on the slopes and break another leg that way! j/k

Two words................hand controls

Sorry to hear about Sean's injury, we'll miss him out there tearing it up!

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We were really looking forward to running in the I.T. Festival again this year, weekend after next down at Mid-Ohio. The "Skittles Gang" represented WHRRI in a big way. Major bummer.

I like your tag line, Brian.

Jim

the Neons have been spectacular at WHRRI this year... this is a bummer.

Real bummer. Get well and heal fast. I have found the secet to having fun playing hockey is to play against guys a lot older than yourself.

Will miss not only your excellent racing but also your race car and team up on the hill. You guys are good for the fans.
Hope to see you soon. Mike y

Thanks everybody.

Sean is hopeful that he will be recovered enough to be back in the saddle for Weekend #6. We'll see.

Jim

I pre-paid for the season, and I probably can't drive this weekend, but if I can't get a refund, I may try anyway.

If I can't race this weekend, can I get a partial refund, maybe race 2 groups in weekend 6 instead?

I've always paid for the full season package, but this is the first time we've ever run into a spot where our driver (or car) wasn't actually ready.

I emailed Suzy with no luck. If anyone knows, I'd appreciate it.

Not a bad race weekend 5
3 wins. Maybe you should break the other one too

OTOH, lets not.

Huge thanks to Jim, our crew member in training (Matt), other Matt (Wolfe), other Matt (Saylor), Ashley, and everyone else that helped me with getting ice for my leg, and simply helping Jim with several small tasks that allowed us to focus on the car, and kept me from hobbling around as little as possible. Missing Mid Ohio last weekend was quite tough, and making Waterford 5 definitely lifted my spirits, and got me off the couch. Hoping to be closer to 100% for weekend 6.

From what Jim told us (leg brace or not) you were still able to do some fancy footwork........since the gas pedal nearly came off ;^D

My hat is off to you, sir!

I guess it shows that you don't need fully functional limbs to drive a Neon

I was really proud of the effort Sean put in this weekend, most especially in the Sunday afternoon feature race. His lap times and middle sector times were quick and amazingly consistent. Of course, it helps to have a fully functional accelerator pedal.

And with a weird twist of racing luck and deja vu all over again we managed to reacquire the lead in the SN drivers points chase ... with Jon Rogers losing a motor in the Saturday afternoon feature race, which was really tough luck for him. (Sean ended up losing the class championship to Jon last year when we had engine problems in Weekend #4.)

Sean and I were glad to see Jon and "Orange Crush" back in the paddock Sunday morning and to see him run so well. The Saturday evening thrash by him and his dad Gary was indeed admirable: pulling the engine out of Jon's Rallycross car and then transplanting it into the race car by 1:30 AM and being back in plenty of time to run three laps of emergency practice. They are great competitors, and friends. We are all looking forward to Weekend #6 where the two cars and drivers will battle it out and determine this year's class champion.

Jim Kidd