Not a joke, really happened,
During the the Day, while instructing at an track event, we were sitting on the grid, waiting to go out when we were flagged off, turned out, someone drove off track, didn't crash, no damage, just drove straight off in a safe location.
signals for EMTs.
Seems the driver had either a heart attack or diabetic attack, was not responsive when the EMTs got there.
They rushed him to the hospital, where he later died
The next death occurred around 7PM, a friend who honorable served 20 of his 40 years in the US Military, 4 tours in Afghanistan, 3 in Iraq, where he was wounded, and some sort of chemical weapon used on him. Stew was a Wounded Warrior, and a spokesman for Canines for Warriors (a group that trains & provides service dogs to Veterans). Last month, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer, given maybe 2 Months to live (made it a bit more than half that) when he passed.
I saw Stew last Sat at an party thrown for him, as he loved music, he had whittled away and was suffering, he couldn't even talk anymore, but at least he enjoyed himself for a short time.
So in one case, a Man passed, quietly while doing something he loved, his last waking moments , at the track. For me, who also has a heart condition that is keeping the docs confused, every time we went into turn 3 was a reminder of just how uncertain our time here really is.
In the other case, a Man was given a time frame in which he would die, a very short one, and he suffered most of the little time he had left,
