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Brad Packard

10 post s
12-May-2008
4:45 PM

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"Indoor Karting God, Outdoor Karting Mortal"
Racer-X

4 post s
13-May-2008
6:04 PM
i would say that the correct way of describing said incident is that Bruno vaporized rogue dog so that not even fur would remain as evidence...had it not been for the video you would probably have just guessed he had rammed into a slower driver cause the damage caused by Rover was uncanny...I tell yah, they don't make Mongrels like they use to....

First it was deer now dogs...why is the animal kingdom getting in the way of good racing? Have the gods decided that rampant road kill has reached its threshold and even though a few humans gets killed each year from coming around corners in places like Nebraska and Wisconsin and hitting a cow dead on center, but those are far and few in between compared to the mountains of souls that get sent to their respective animal heavens like the poor unsuspecting squirel or darting bird, just to name a few. Are we witnessing a new dawn of an era where revenge is going to be taken on race car drivers around the world so that the scales of carnage are no longer going to be as dogmatic as they have in the past???

So being as it may, in order to help save my soul I will have to lay down my own confession and encourage everyone on this forum to do the same...roadkill to date in order of shame:

1 blind german shepherd (the morning was foggy, I swear)
1 peacock (it was mexico, it was dark and god only knows what the hell that was doing in the middle of the road)
9 or more harmless rabbits in Zion, Utah (park was closed and obviously it must have been feeding time...freak occurence probably doesn't count since they saw it coming)
untold numbers of squirrels and muskrats
aggravated amount of pigeons (aren't they really rats with wings?)
2 possum (what a giant mess those left)
1 skunk (that was revolting)
a few cats (probably a good thing dont' you think)
gargantuam amounts of every bug on the planet known to mankind

and to tip the scales back so that my charma is not too shattered:
1 human (the guy lived obviously but he was a drunk Laker fan who wasn't where he was supposed to be; he tried to sue me and lost so that clears that up)

Anyone else want to confess in hopes of appeasing the animal gods?

Brad Packard

11 post s
14-May-2008
10:03 AM
At least the kangaroo who made its way onto a V8 SuperCar Circuit was able to escape a similar fate!

Countless Rabbits (population control in my book)
2 Doves (so much for peace and love)
1 Possum (oversized rat)
1 Racoon (that left a mark)
Numerous squirels (why do they always run three quarters across the road before deciding to turn back only to meet the bottom of a BF Goodrich?)

I also ran over a mouse as I was rolling forward in nuetral once...I actually heard a "crunch". How useless of an animal do you have to be get run over by a car in nuetral...really!?!

The worst is hitting roadkill that someone else has left freshly for you. I hit a dead coyote once...we don't talk about that much though.

"Indoor Karting God, Outdoor Karting Mortal"

Racer-X

5 post s
14-May-2008
10:52 AM
I hear rumbles in the sky...the gods must be getting more pleased but we need more sacrifices...anyone else????

One day over some beers you have to tell us about the kaiyote story...sounds juicy!

Short Stuff

5 post s
18-May-2008
1:53 AM
hmmmm lets see.
2 rabbits while driving to the river
1 rattle snake white dirt bikeing ( went back to double check that it really was a snake and not just a branch)

and thats about it now that i think about it. i dont like to hit things with my cars, i hate cleaning up the mess

Jay Schreiber

1 post
30-May-2008
1:56 PM
Worst one for me was a raccoon on my Honda Interceptor doing about 80 in the dark (1985). It took awhile to calm down after that one (I think I'm just about over it)!

I also witnessed Rick Mears take out a squirrel in turn one at Indy on his way to his third victory in 1988. I can say I personally witnessed Rick Mears “Get a little squirrelly” in turn one!