The Big One and Villeneuve at Talladega
October 9th, 2007
The race is over and Villeneuve (21st) managed to escape from being involved in the “big one” as in race car crash. He decided to start at the back of the pack rather than the 6th place position he earned in qualifying. Just a precaution and a wise one it seems. In any case the experience in participating in this race is what he was after and he managed to get 500 miles at that.
Yes, there was a substantial crash that he was not involved in. Both the absorption provided by the track and the design of the cars are attributed to those involved walking away without anything noticeable injury-wise. The sight-lines were quite impaired with lots of smoke to hamper visibility and in some cases that visibility was zero.
The winner was Jeff Gordon who took over the lead on the final lap after hanging back for most of the race.
It appears Villeneuve may take part in the Cars of Tomorrow on Nov 11th at Phoenix.
So with the truck race and the Cup race experience Villeneuve will be looking to add more experience as he moves along this path.
Racing on out of here for now.
Gene E-Racer
2 Responses to “The Big One and Villeneuve at Talladega”
www.firstsuperspeedway.com October 9th, 2007 at 8:14 pm #
I believed that Villanueve will stay longer as a auto racer. And sooner he will be one of the top racers in history. Good luck on the next race man!
Driver Survivor October 10th, 2007 at 11:01 am #
Could be, we will see. He has some savvy and competitive spirit, for sure.