新闻 - Owner & Driver Frusterated After Long Beach Crash

Owner & Driver Frusterated After Long Beach Crash

It looked like another top ten finish was well in hand for driver Staci Evans and her Microsoft number 35 team. She started in thirteenth position, worked he way up to fifth place, and was running with the lead group all afternoon. Things changed on lap 24 as Staci felt her F3 Honda take one hit after another as not one, but three separate drivers and cars hit her Honda and damaged it beyond repair.

She could be heard talking to team owner while watching the replay, "Yes, that first hit swung me off my line a bit, and we lost some speed. Then the middle pack gained on me as I was recovering, but upon getting back in line I was hit again and forced wide, then hit a third time, and that is when the car let go."

Loyal was seen shaking his head in disbelief as he was on the phone, no doubt trying to secure funds to keep his team's dreams alive. In a statement to is team later, he mentioned he knows how hard they are working, and mentioned how proud he was of all of them. This is racing, and these things happen. He urged them to shrug it off and get ready for the next race.