What happened to Rodney Orr??

T-N-T

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Apr 21, 2001, 10:31:53 PM4/21/01

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After seeing the pictures of Rodney Orr's car, I have to wonder what in the
heck happened? I mean that car was completely destroyed, the roll cage
snapped in half, the drivers side cage is competely gone, his helmet was
destroyed..sheesh...what exactly happened to the poor guy? This does not
look like a head on collison with the wall, it almost looks like he hit the
end of pit wall with the drivers side roof or something. Does anyone know?
That car looks awful.

RiverRat

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Apr 21, 2001, 7:45:04 PM4/21/01

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"T-N-T" <nom...@home.com> wrote in message
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I think he was the one that turned over on his side and hit the caution
light.

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NITRO498

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Apr 21, 2001, 8:45:22 PM4/21/01

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where did you see the pics???

Tom S

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Apr 21, 2001, 9:07:07 PM4/21/01

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"RiverRat" <45...@blacktalon.com> wrote in message
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>
> "T-N-T" <nom...@home.com> wrote in message
> news:te45qk1...@corp.supernews.com...
> > After seeing the pictures of Rodney Orr's car, I have to wonder what in
> the
> > heck happened? I mean that car was completely destroyed, the roll cage
> > snapped in half, the drivers side cage is competely gone, his helmet was
> > destroyed..sheesh...what exactly happened to the poor guy? This does not
> > look like a head on collison with the wall, it almost looks like he hit
> the
> > end of pit wall with the drivers side roof or something. Does anyone
know?
> > That car looks awful.
> >
> >
>
>
>
> I think he was the one that turned over on his side and hit the caution
> light.

You mean a caution light did that much damage? LOL

Tom S

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Apr 21, 2001, 9:09:16 PM4/21/01

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As long as you're at it, I wonder what happened to Neil Bonnett. His roof
is totally gone too.

Marc P. Gregoire

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Apr 21, 2001, 10:55:46 PM4/21/01

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The reason the car is so mangled is that they probably cut him
out. Same as Neil Bonnett.

If I remeber correctly, they were both on Hoosiers and suffered
tire failiures coming out of the turn and got pointed right into
the wall and met their demise.

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Apr 21, 2001, 10:57:18 PM4/21/01

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NITRO498 wrote:
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> where did you see the pics???

The infamous Website City.

T-N-T

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Apr 22, 2001, 3:48:46 AM4/22/01

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Tom S <tps_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "T-N-T" <nom...@home.com> wrote in message
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> As long as you're at it, I wonder what happened to Neil Bonnett. His roof
> is totally gone too.

You can tell that Neil's roof was cut off, but Orr's roof looks sheared (as
well as the entire drivers side of the car). It looks like it went roof
first into a solid object. Scary.

Mark McCuen

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Apr 22, 2001, 1:20:53 AM4/22/01

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> snapped in half, the drivers side cage is competely gone, his helmet was
> destroyed..sheesh...what exactly happened to the poor guy? This does not
> look like a head on collison with the wall, it almost looks like he hit
the
> end of pit wall with the drivers side roof or something. Does anyone know?

Rodney Left the Speedway! He went over the wall, down the berm and to the
road outside and below the speedway. Only thing I can't remember was if it
was in 1 or 3

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The Wizard David

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Apr 22, 2001, 3:58:58 AM4/22/01

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Nobody showed the car to give us what the idea on how he died. Geesh. No
wonder NASCAR covered that up.

David

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The Wizard David

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Apr 22, 2001, 3:57:23 AM4/22/01

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They had to cut the top of the car off to get him out. They always do that.

David

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The Wizard David

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Apr 22, 2001, 4:00:00 AM4/22/01

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That was Craven at Taledega in turn one.

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Robert D. Baker

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Apr 22, 2001, 7:31:13 AM4/22/01

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The Wizard David wrote in message ...

>That was Craven at Taledega in turn one.

Nope, your thinking of Jimmy Horton. Craven was saved by the fencing
that went up after Horton's flight. (Horton walked away.) Orr's car got
airborne at Daytona and hit one of the poles that holds the caution lights.

T-N-T

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Apr 22, 2001, 1:09:58 PM4/22/01

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That does not explain why the drivers side roll cage was split in half.

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Robert D. Baker

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Apr 22, 2001, 12:28:58 PM4/22/01

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T-N-T wrote in message ...

>That does not explain why the drivers side roll cage was split in half.

He hit the mast supporting the caution lights. It's just like
hitting a tree, telephone pole or light pole (see Jeff Krosnoff); it'll damn
near cut a car in two.

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Apr 16, 2020, 3:48:33 PM4/16/20

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The roof or the car hit the wall, it wasn't head on