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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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Joe over at fordspeed called me and said that Cory from racing inovations hit the wall over 100mph,said they think the spindle broke.Car took a hard turn and hit the wall hard,i'm sure Chad will chime in later with more info.

Cory is ok
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 12:48 PM
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Damn that sucks. And NMRA is this weekend so that double sucks. Glad to hear Cory is ok though.

Give us more details when you have a chance Chad.
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 12:54 PM
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Damn,hope Cory is ok.Chad let us know how he's doing.
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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Waiting on flatbed to show up to get the car back to largo,will know more in a little bit.
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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Damn that sucks. cory is tough,glad to hear hes ok!
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 03:06 PM
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Shitty.
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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Damn, sorry guys
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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Damn that blows.

Glad to hear he is alright.
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Well we had a little mishap today testing. The spindle broke on the driver side about 400 feet out and hard left into the wall i went.Just want to thank everyone for all the calls and offers for help getting it back together.We will be back soon..

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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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well, I have pics, but my phone is not cooperating.

Both spindles are broken. I'm guessing the one broke and the other broke on impact.
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