Andy..what happened? Chris Foley Video ... Options

[biosurfer1]

i was watching some of the video's you uploaded, specifically the Chris Foley incident (Runoffs_ChrisFoley_QualifyingIncident.wmv)... i saw the first bump didn't seem to be anyones fault, but what was with the main accident, wtf was the guy doing swerving back and forth in the miata(?)???

[ChrisFoley]

Lol,
those were the good old days. I'm finally getting around to fixing the car after more than 2 years of letting it just sit in the garage.
I have to take at least part of the blame for rear ending the Midget since I was already quite agitated by the time we left the pit lane. The Miata was going so slow that I could stay in first gear in pit lane and only upshifted because I got tired of holding the engine at 5k rpm in first.
Earlier in the season my wife said I was going to end up being hit by that guy and she was right. Somehow everything came together for final qualifying so that I was in a rush to go fast on the out lap and he was determined to take a full lap to warm up (without considering his responsibility to the other drivers). Apparently we were on an inevitable collision course.
My crew and friends did a fantastic job of fixing the damage before the race but I was hit from behind in the second turn of the first lap and retired without even completing a lap.
2005 was the oddest season for me, filled with extreme highs and lows. I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well and was disappointed at nearly every turn as a result. The only good event was Lime Rock in July where I debuted my RAT built engine and won the race.
The Miata driver and his dad got the message and moved back to Showroom Stock.