Man gets a little more "experiance" from the Petty driving experiance than he wanted.

[TonyL]

Sad. (http://www.local6.com/news/15211862/detail.html)

what do you want to bet he had a heart attack?

Anyone?

[scogin918]

Yeah, something had to go terribly wrong. I did the one at Darlington and at the speeds they pace you with around the track, it is very hard for the car to get away from you. I went a little over 133 at Darlington and always felt in control (watch out for Turn 2 though). Daytona speeds should be higher but still within the realm of most people's abilities. Not too mention that they put markers on the track to provide a "line" to take. Most NASCAR drivers loathe testing there (especially non-drafting) and have commented that trained monkeys could drive around Daytona by themselves becasue it is pedal to the floor the whole track.

[67 455 Bird ragtop]

I ran at Daytona a while back. Awsome experience. Ran 144 and change. Was weird getting used to the amount of left turn they had dialed in. You had to conciously remember to turn a little back to the right coming out of the turns. But after the first two laps I got used to it and my speeds climbed int ot the 140's.

This might have caught him off guard and he over corrected. Or could have been a health thing. Eitherway it's a sad story. For the number ofpeople who do drive at Petty you rarely hear if this sort of thing happening.

[gordonquixote]

Sometimes you are the windshield, sometimes you are the bug.....

[WS6]

sounds like he died doing something he enjoyed. I only hope I can be so lucky.

[67 455 Bird ragtop]

Turns out it was a heart attack ...

http://forums.floridatoday.com/viewtopic.php?t=70122

[Chevrolaine]

and have commented that trained monkeys could drive around Daytona by themselves becasue it is pedal to the floor the whole track. Now there's one for Mythbusters!

[vanzuuk1]

More like the dale earnhart experiance..but its better to die than to have never really lived.

[Nine Ball]

If I had to pick a way to die, having a heart attack while racing a car would be near the top of my list. Could be a lot worse ways to go.

RIP.