A jolt to those of us who run our Audis on the racetrack.
Mark Siggelkow, who has built an ersatz S2 (what we call them in the states when we have to build them ourselves because Audi of America didn't import them) recently crashed and had to be airlifted to a hospital
(thread here : http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/view...er=asc&start=0)
He is out of intensive care, but did have a head injury..and may require physical therapy as a result.
His wife posted the following:
""Everyone,
I know there are a lot of questions about Mark, so I thought I would take a few minutes and provide an update.
Mark is doing well, considering. He's awake and talking (and joking) and he even got up today and walked!! So now we know his head injury isn't too severe. Like a truly devoted "car guy" one of the first things he said, after "What happened?" was "How's Esther?" For those of you who don't know, Esther is his car. The 90 Audi Coupe Quattro that he has spent the last 6+ years, countless hours and $$ working on and building into the custom machine that he had out on the track on Sunday.
He still can't remember anything about Sunday morning. And he's upset that he has no in-car video to show off. Confused But thanks to all of his safety gear, he has no fractures or other injuries. It's really a testiment to the importance of the Hans, helmet, cage and harnesses. Without all of them, I am certain this would be a completely different message.
I want to send a HUGE "Thank you" to all of the corner workers, ambulance teams, and safety team (that means you Joe! Wink ) who got Mark out of his car and ready for his flight. It was your quick response that really helped us get the outcome we have today. I am so grateful to each and every one of you.
We are thankful for all of the thoughts and prayers from our NASA family.
Keep them up!
We hope to see you all soon!
_________________
Sara Siggelkow
NASA Great Lakes and Midwest Chief of Timing and Scoring""
Please consider posting some get well wishes to the thread above, and if you want to do more, 034 Motorsport has graciously agreed to host donations to aid in his recovery.
"....We can set up a Mark Siggelkow donation fund, just go to http://www.034motorsport.com/product...roducts_id=547
and purchase however many units you'd like (for $20 buy a quantity of 20), and in the comments field identify it as "Mark Siggelkow Fund", we'll assembly the payments and pass them onto Mark.
_________________
Javad Shadzi
Garett's Dad
'88 Audi 80 Turbo Quattro "
And for reference, here is the thread on his S2: http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/view...t=16273#251640
I typically don't like to post references to other forums, but in this case I made an exception
Mark Siggelkow, who has built an ersatz S2 (what we call them in the states when we have to build them ourselves because Audi of America didn't import them) recently crashed and had to be airlifted to a hospital
(thread here : http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/view...er=asc&start=0)
He is out of intensive care, but did have a head injury..and may require physical therapy as a result.
His wife posted the following:
""Everyone,
I know there are a lot of questions about Mark, so I thought I would take a few minutes and provide an update.
Mark is doing well, considering. He's awake and talking (and joking) and he even got up today and walked!! So now we know his head injury isn't too severe. Like a truly devoted "car guy" one of the first things he said, after "What happened?" was "How's Esther?" For those of you who don't know, Esther is his car. The 90 Audi Coupe Quattro that he has spent the last 6+ years, countless hours and $$ working on and building into the custom machine that he had out on the track on Sunday.
He still can't remember anything about Sunday morning. And he's upset that he has no in-car video to show off. Confused But thanks to all of his safety gear, he has no fractures or other injuries. It's really a testiment to the importance of the Hans, helmet, cage and harnesses. Without all of them, I am certain this would be a completely different message.
I want to send a HUGE "Thank you" to all of the corner workers, ambulance teams, and safety team (that means you Joe! Wink ) who got Mark out of his car and ready for his flight. It was your quick response that really helped us get the outcome we have today. I am so grateful to each and every one of you.
We are thankful for all of the thoughts and prayers from our NASA family.
Keep them up!
We hope to see you all soon!
_________________
Sara Siggelkow
NASA Great Lakes and Midwest Chief of Timing and Scoring""
Please consider posting some get well wishes to the thread above, and if you want to do more, 034 Motorsport has graciously agreed to host donations to aid in his recovery.
"....We can set up a Mark Siggelkow donation fund, just go to http://www.034motorsport.com/product...roducts_id=547
and purchase however many units you'd like (for $20 buy a quantity of 20), and in the comments field identify it as "Mark Siggelkow Fund", we'll assembly the payments and pass them onto Mark.
_________________
Javad Shadzi
Garett's Dad
'88 Audi 80 Turbo Quattro "
And for reference, here is the thread on his S2: http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/view...t=16273#251640
I typically don't like to post references to other forums, but in this case I made an exception
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