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Re: Nationals Rolled Scirocco
Oh man oh man oh man!!! that SERIOUSLY sucks ass...Shawn, give him my
regards would you, or pop me his email? That car WAS nice, very nice, so
is Paul and his wife...
For those of you that don't know, Paul and his wife put Shawn and I up at
their house last summer during our insane Waterfest trip...he even let me
drive his then new Beetle TDi....
Who is up for a Krucker fund?
Eric
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Shawn C Meze wrote:
>
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 00:36:24 EDT Dsrtwnd16V@aol.com writes:
>
> >I heard about it too on my local auto-x list. A fellow Vdub owner that
> was
> >there said it was in "pristine" condition. D'oh!!!! Supposedly he had
>
> >sticky kumho tires & the pavement was warm. d'oh2!!!!
> >Dan May
>
>
> Dude, that Was Paul Krucker's 16V!
>
> Heres a copy of his post to the VW autox mailing list. In his own words,
> heres what happened
>
> ________________________________________________________
> As the world seems to be aware already, I rolled my 1987 Scirocco 16v
> at the Solo II Nationals in Topeka Kansas this week.
>
> After evaluating the car, and having 15hrs of drive time back home to
> replay the incident after the adrenalin stopped pumping-- here are the
> details.
>
> *-*-*-*-*-*-*
> Coming through "Squiggle Alley" on the North course, I was proceeding
> as planned and hit my braking zone as planned in a straight line
> between cones #144 & #145. Car settled like normal, proceeded with
> easy to increasing throttle around cone #146 into the right-hander.
> Everything felt good, I was looking ahead to my setup point for the
> "Eve Turn" when with NO WARNING and a snap the car went over. At no
> time was I or the car 'out-of-shape'. My only conclusion, based on
> conversations with workers in that area from previous heats, coupled
> with the fact that it was the last run group on the last day (read as--
> deteriorating surface conditions), I hit a bad spot of concrete, or
> dislodged rock/concrete which hooked a tire THROWING the car over. It
> also did not help that that section was slightly off camber with the
> drivers side down. There was NO mechanical failure as previously
> thought, the damage to the right side strut area was from the impact,
> the spring pearch is perfectly intact.
> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-
>
> I was unharmed, totally scratch free! Thanks in part to the Schroth
> harness belts, and some good ol' strong German A-Pillers. The car
> landed wheels down. After a quick check that I was ok, the car
> started, and despite a bent shock tower and 10 degrees negative camber
> and 3" of toe in on the right side, I drove back to the paddock and
> onto the trailer I fortunately had.
>
> The car is for the most part totaled as the frame is bent up beyond
> reasonable repair.
>
> SPECIAL THANKS:
> ---------------
> The following people helped get us trailed up, duct taped, etc.
>
> Barbara Krucke my Wife
> Craig & Gloria Carr
> Robert Christmas & Wife
> Josh Hadler
> Scott Hearne
> Cory Strickland
> and the corner workers who helped remove the windshield
> and anyone else I forgot!!!!
>
> Thanks again, and I am already looking for another vehicle for NEXT
> YEAR. I think I will stay away from a stock class VW with stickey
> tires and stock springs ~~shudder~~.
>
> Otherwise I had fun, and the course designs were excellent. Only wish
> the concrete was in better condition.
>
> Sincerly,
> -Paul Krucke
> 1998 Beetle TDi
> 1987 Scirocco 16v ES#53 [Critical Condition]
> 1987 Jetta GLi
> 1963 Bug Ragtop-Sunroof
> ________________________________________________________
>
>
> AND, he will be out here in So-cal in October for some autox action in my
> DSP Scirocco.
> I think we should plan on doing a Speedworld Scirocco mailing list
> competition on Friday the 8th! Were doing the school at Hollywood Park
> all day Saturday, then sunday were drag racing in the AM and autoxing at
> SD (5th run group) in the afternoon. Its gonna be a busy weekend.
>
>
> Shawn Meze
> 86' Jetta GLi 82' Scirocco GTi
> The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
> best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
> http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm
>
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