Monday, September 19, 2011

Why Grandparents Go Gray

This past weekend God was certainly watching over G2.

He was at the Texas Motor Speedway dirt track racing and had a horrible wreck during his heat race. His car was destroyed.

Below is a video that has been posted on YouTube. There are actually 2 wrecks shown on the video. G2's was reportedly the worst wreck of the weekend and is the first one on the video clip. He is in the blue and orange car. The wreck is shown once as it happened and then following that it is shown again in slo-mo.

Note that he does wear a HANS device and was NOT hurt other than a few scratches.



Just as any other grandparent would be, we are very thankful he was not hurt.


PS. AD and I were not at the track. It is probably a very good thing. 

22 comments:

  1. That's incredible that he wasn't hurt. What a crash.

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  2. Oh my! I'm glad he's okay.

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  3. So scary! Happy to hear he is okay!

    Smiles,
    Carol

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  4. I can see why you would get gray hair.So glad that he was not hurt. Yes God was watching over him.
    Thanks for sharing
    Hugs

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  5. Don't think I could have handled that, yes, probably a good thing that you weren't there! So glad he was ok!

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  6. Wow, so glad he's ok!

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  7. Oh my goodness! So glad to hear he is okay!! My brother has a race car and flipped his a few weeks ago. I was not there (and didn't even hear about it until a few days after it happened) but when I saw the video my heart stopped --even though I knew he was okay and that it happened long before I saw the video-- so I can totally relate to how you must have felt seeing that! Boys will be boys - right?

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  8. Granny...
    I can't watch the video with my slow wifi, but not sure I could stand it....

    So thankful for Gods' safety!

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  9. Wow..it is a good thing that you weren't there. My heart stops when my 2 year old grandson falls and bumps his head. So glad your grandson wasn't hurt.

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  10. That is very scary! Is there anyway to talk him out of this sport...I know the answer to that one! We didn't go to Silver Dollar City on our little weekend excursion. It was cold and rainy, spent the time shopping and went up to Springfield to visit family and also their huge Bass Pro Shop!

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  11. I cant see the video because I am back at work and its restricted..BUT I am thrilled he is ok!!! God bless you all.

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  12. That gives me grey hair and I'm not even his Grandma! I'm so glad he is OK.

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  13. Oh my goodness glory Honey!!! God certainly had His lovin' hand of protection on that young man.

    Yep sister, that'll make ya go grey!

    You have yourself a marvelously blessed day and....breathe!!!!

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  14. Just shows to go you how precious life is and how easily it can be snuffed out. Some wise people have figured out how to help race car drivers survive the wrecks. So glad he was wise enough to use the device. PTL

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  15. It's amazing, the crashes these guys can walk away from!! I'm like you.. if I would have been there with my Grandson or son in that car, I would have been a wreck myself!
    What got me into Nascar years ago was when my son was watching a Charlotte race one evening and Davy Allison won the race after passing the checkered flag upside down.. He walked away from that race and I thought... wow! I was a Nascar fan after that, and used to go to a lot of the Richmond races.
    I am so glad G2 is okay!! What a scare!!! Something tells me there's a lot of praying that's going on while he's behind that wheel...
    Hope you're having a good week!

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  16. Thank goodness for those safety protections that's for sure! Glad he walked away from that.

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  17. Amen!!! Hugs, LJ

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  18. Oh my, no wonder you are glad you weren't at the track. Safety in racing is at a very high level these days granny, I dread to think what could have happened if your grandson had crashed a few years ago.

    Take care, you and your daredevil grandsons.

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  19. oh.my.goodness! so glad no one was hurt.

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  20. Oh my goodness! How scary would that be to watch? I'm very happy to hear that he's not hurt!
    You certainly earned a few gray hairs over this one!

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