new2game said:
...and am offended by some of the comments on this thread. Comments that question the parenting skills...and the care of there parents. Do some of you have kids that play football??...hockey???...kids break their necks and die in these sports too. Are these parents bad parents too??? I understand the risk factors being much higher in this sport. But read some info on Kendal.. This young lady was not your typical 17 yr old. Truly a gifted young woman, with a passion for this sport. A unique soul. Well liked by her peers, and an Honor roll student, who overcame learning disabilities earlier in her life.Ask Tony Stewart, Dale Earnahrdt..or any top racing driver in any venue of this type of sport(sorry I'm not a real race fan) whether there should be some limits based on age. Truly a heart wrenching tragedy,something that could potentially tear a whole family apart. I'm not going to lay blame on the parents for having the courage to allow their child to follow a dream.We should mourn the loss of a special young woman,and not be so quick to condemn those that were closest to her....
N2G
new2game said:
....just asking that you all be a little less judgemental...wouldn't hurt once in a while...especially when the death of a young person is involved
Very well put NSG. Thank you.
Good Morning,
It is tough to judge a family of a racing background when you're not a racer or like racing yourself. I see allot of post's blaming her family for this especially her parents. How can you ? Racing is in you're blood, especially if you were brought up as a child running around in the pit areas seeing all different type of cars etc etc. At a young age you get to know and learn about these cars, and that is how it starts in you're blood. In raceing some live their life a mile a minute.
Take a look at John Force family, all his daughters are in the racing circuit and the youngest is 17yrs old and she is in drag racing. I think he had a show on now about him and his family. You guys cannot sit there and base you're judgment on the family and why this and why that.. etc etc. It was a tragic accident and it will take some time to actually find out what went wrong. At those speeds especially in the jet racer, there are allot of G-forces put against you're body, and basically it is hard to move a muscle. I can sit here and say maybe this happened and maybe that happened, but please don't blame the family for this. It was an tragic accident.
When it comes down to it accidents can happened anywhere and anytime on the track, even the younger kids that race junior drag cars can get killed, even though their cars does get that fast but one wrong move and they can hit the cement and that is it.
My heart goes out to the family!!
