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Old 12-17-2009 | 06:49 AM
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I saw this on the news this morning. A man in a Corvette racing in North Harris County (249 area) crashed and died. the news stated he was racing a yellow Mustang or Challenger. The yellow car never stopped.

Does any one know of this or who the people racing were, they said the guy in the Vette was a 54 year old male. looked to be a silver Vette split in two, hard to tell though.
Old 12-17-2009 | 07:48 AM
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seen the same thing and was wondering if anyone knew who this was?????
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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=7175635

I'd like more info too.
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"Mustang or Challenger"

They look so similar.
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Every time a sports car wrecks, it is now a street racing incident.
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Every time a sports car wrecks, it is now a street racing incident.
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Old 12-17-2009 | 11:08 AM
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rest in peace prayers go out to his friends and family
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hmm, a family friend said told me they saw a corvette yesterday that had the roof sheared off.. but they said it hit and flipped over a bluebell ice cream truck?
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Every time a sports car wrecks, it is now a street racing incident.
EXACTLY! Not that no one has ever crashed during a race, but it is a very rare thing to happen. Well let me say that atleast with the people I have seen and been around. I can only thing of two times and one of them no one was even near the guy he was just acting a like a fool and ran into the concrete barrier with his Cobra.
Prayers for the guys familly and friends though.
Old 12-17-2009 | 11:35 AM
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That is sad to see and hear about. Prayers go out to his friends and family.
Old 12-17-2009 | 01:02 PM
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http://www.khou.com/news/Investigato...-79534137.html

My prayers to his family.
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That right down the road from me and explains why the power went out last night.
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the power was out before the wreck for some reason...i left to go get some food and the power was out and no wreck. on the way back i saw all the lights and 2 people on stretchers..could be a different accident though but this on im talking about is right by sonic
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Was his license plate LES ROL?

Pretty sad and I feel for his family.
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Originally Posted by highheat99
the power was out before the wreck for some reason...i left to go get some food and the power was out and no wreck. on the way back i saw all the lights and 2 people on stretchers..could be a different accident though but this on im talking about is right by sonic
The wreck was right as you get in to Pinehurst. Where the north and south bound lanes come together. The time of the accident they show was right around the time the power went out at my house. Right after the power went out a bunch of cop cars were driving by with there lights on.
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This is the same stretch of hiway where the street racing Cobalt guy killed his girl and 5 other people less than a year ago. I had to go around this wreck coming home from shopping last night, I didn't even try to look at it but I knew it was a high speed fatality because of all the law officers on the scene that was was wide spread debris.

My wife who works at the post office right across the street from the wreck told me he was racing a Yellow Mustang who fled the scene. My son saw the flash of light from the pole break about 2 miles away when the power went out.

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Old 12-17-2009 | 02:44 PM
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Woah that video shows his golf clubs and golf glove.

My clubs are in the back of my car right now. Might go take them out real quick...

My prayers are out.
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Holy crap i dont even think vetts are assemble with that many pcs!
Some of these punks kids out here in DFW need to see this maybe they will have second thoughts..

Prayers go out to family as well..
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That really sucks, especially right before Christmas. RIP...
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thats definitely unfortunate. however, he definitely should have been wearing a seatbelt. hope his family is ok


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