The Miata was not very good, but as seen in the entire video he insisted on drag racing the two ITC cars down every straight, then holding them up in the corners.
Renee had been hung up behind the guy for the entire lap (her normal lap times are a 1:53 and that lap was a 2:00) and was getting pretty pissed (if you listen closely you can hear her cursing in turn 10a). She was attempting to make a run down 12 and pass him in 1, but he tossed out the anchor going into 12 and caught her completely off guard.
She had to check up and adjust right to keep from hitting the Miata, when she did that Ed Ho (the blue Civic) hit her in the right rear and turned her straight into the wall. If you listen closely, Renee was driving that thing all the way up to the hit, staying in the gas with the wheel cranked full left. In the end, she just hit harder as a result.
We were pretty pissed at the Miata team after the race. Its one thing to struggle through a handling problem, but dammit... Don't be holding faster cars up all over the track. This is the kind of stuff that happens.
We tried to point that out to them, but they would hear nothing of it. I like to call people like that "asshole." But thats just me.
We are huge fans of the Isaac. If Gregg ever wants to do a commercial, Renee will gladly take part in it.
When she watched the tape in slo-mo she couldn't believe her head had moved that much. She had NO pain at all in her neck, and only minor soreness from the shoulder harness.
Anyway, that crash shows how fast things can go totally wrong. One second she was perfectly on line and setting up a pass, the next she was a helpless passenger crashing into a wall. For those who think they don't need an H/N device because they are careful and never crash... There you have it.
The wreck has been sold (its basically a parts car now) and we're done racing for a while. Unless of course a money tree sprouts in the back yard or Honda sends us that big check we've been waiting on.
Things change fast.
