On NBC: FAA and NTSB loses contact with plane!

[pres2032]

Just heard on NBC during the NASCAR race that the FAA and NTSB has lost contact with a Hendrick Motorsports plane as it was going to Martinsville.

The drivers (Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Terry Labonte were NOT on the plane, but still...)

Saying a prayer for those possibly lost.....

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[pres2032]

regardless of what you think about NASCAR

it's still pretty heartless and cold to say that after they have just suffered a tragedy. I'm sure you would be pretty pissed if after a plane carrying Dems crashed people were saying "f*** Democrats"

[jdj]

34. but they will

and they would.

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[jocal]

8. pinerow = flamebait

Thank you, sir or madam, for allowing me the opportunity to try-out the ignore feature.

Your response is truly despicable.

[Bluebear]

9. 10 dead and that's what comes to your mind?

[AndrewJacksonFaction]

13. pinerow. I dislike NASCAR as well. But you must think of others.

[bywho4who]

2. Just reported

7 people killed in crash no names yet.




:smoke: :hippie:

[pres2032]

4. damn

saying a prayer for the families...

[Sinnerman]

3. Thats the last f***ing thing we need right now.....

My prayers are with the families, We don't need a media blitz on HIgh Profile nascar drivers

[w4rma]

6. Jeff Gordon is a Kerry supporter. I'm not worried about that at all. (nt)

[Hard Attack]

7. Here is the story...

The son of NASCAR (news - web sites) owner Rick Hendrick was among 10 people killed Sunday when a small plane headed from Concord to Martinsville crashed in Patrick County in Virginia.


Ricky Hendrick, a former NASCAR driver, died in the incident. John Hendrick, Rick's brother, and Kimberly and Jennifer Hendrick, John's twin daughters, also died in the crash.


The plane was en route to Martinsville Speedway for Sunday's Subway 500. Jimmie Johnson was driving the Hendrick car in the race and was the winner. Officials reportedly lost contact with the plane at about 12:30.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wxii/20041024/lo_wxii/2424930

[pres2032]

10. thanks

nothing on CNN yet, unless they already talked about it. talking alot about animals now....

[DoYouEverWonder]

12. How sad

It's bad enough to lose one family member but a whole group? That sucks.

[rabbit2484]

17. Sad and Ironic

Ricky was only 23 or 24. He gave up driving a year ago after a couple bad wrecks. He still had talent but decided to take a safer ownership role. Irony

[rabbit2484]

18. I heard Tony Stewart's pilot was also on the plane

[yardwork]

20. It's been extremely overcast in NC all day - bad day to be flying

I'm so sorry for the victims and their families.

[xultar]

11. How Awful! I wish their famlies strength through this terrible time. n/t

[pinerow]

14. If you look at the "Nascar" demographic..

You would see that they overwhelmingly support republicans in general and the pResident in particular. I did not say F*** the people who died in that crash..what I said was "F*** Nascar"...As for being "flamebait"...i have been on DU for aver a year and a half.

[Shadder]

19. So what?

So they overwhelmingly support republicans? What, I'm not allowed to follow the sport because they are republicans?

[Heyo]

25. Well..

.... I just used my ignore function for the first time... never thought I would.

Heyo

[ZR2]

28. You know

Not everything in life revolves around politics.

[rabbit2484]

29. Wait a minute Pinerow

Rick's driver, Jeff Gordon, is the only driver in the top ten who didn't support/endorse Bush. If I remember right, he was also pardoned by Clinton during the end of the good old days.

Check this site: http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=Charlotte&st=NC&last=hendrick&first=rick

[maddezmom]

30. so I bet you're not watching the World Series??

probably don't watch golf or any other professional sport...

[Pax Argent]

31. With all due respects if you can't say something nice.........

Take a step back and realize that fellow humans just died, regardless of affiliation or profession. They did nothing wrong beyond entertaining folks, regardless of whether we enjoy it or not or who they support for President. I know that we're all a little tense here, but some things are more important than politics.

My prayers go out to the lost and to those who have lost. May the Lord grant them peace.

[saigon68]

15. Goes to show you

How Fragile is life.


I thank God every day I am able to arise on this side of the flowers

[Moderator]

16. pres2032 could you please edit your subject now that we have astory/ link?

Thank you.

[pres2032]

21. missed the editing window

just got back from dinner, just missed it I guess, sorry!

[Heyo]

22. Jeez man..

I saw the end of the race, Jimmie Johnson won, and he didn't even go to victory lane to get his trophy, they whisked him away right away.

This is a HUGE catastrophe for the Hendrick family and the sport..

Rick Hendrick's son, who was being groomed to possibly take his place, and owned a race team.. his twin daughters.. the VP of Hendricks, all apparently perished in this crash..

How utterly and unbeleivably horrible!

:cry:

Heyo

[talleyJudy]

23. More info on Hendrick plane crash

More detail can be found at http://jayski.thatsracin.com/

[surfermaw]

24. Charlotte Observer

Hendrick plane goes down
close to Martinsville track
John Hendrick, Ricky Hendrick, Randy Dorton among those on board

By JIM UTTER

ThatsRacin.com Writer

A Hendrick Motorsports plane carrying two pilots and eight other passengers crashed into Bull Mountain, about 10 miles west of Martinsville, Va., site of Sunday's Subway 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race, the FAA confirmed.

FAA spokeswoman Arlene Murray said a Beechcraft airplane owned by Hendrick left Concord (N.C.) Regional Airport and crashed about 12:30 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, near Martinsville Speedway.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/motorsp...

[Blue_Tires]

26. Fox sports just broke in to say

10 ppl dead

[maddezmom]

27. AP link:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=557&ncid=716&e=3&u=/ap/20041024/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_hendrick_plane

[Cerridwen]

32. How awful. I'll include them and their families in my prayers

tonight.

Just awful.

[Heyo]

33. Damn...

...the list of those who perished in the crash, apparently include but are not limited to:

**Rick Hendrick's brother, John, who is also President of the orginization..

**Rick Hendirck's son, who was his protege and who was starting to take a a bigger roll in the company and owned his own race team already..

**2 twin daughters of either Rick himself or his brother, Rick's neices if that were the case,.. (conflicting reports on which of these two cases it really is)

**The VP and general Manager of Hendrick Motorsports, Jeff Turner...

**Randy Dorton, the team's chief engine builder...

**Tony Stewart's personal pilot, who hapened to be on the plane..

**Two pilots of the aircraft were also lost, Dick Tracy and Liz Morrison.

;(

I *cannot* imagine how he must feel right now, a HUGE swath of his family, as well as huge part of the business he has worked his whole life on, just wiped out in a second.

Prayer and best wishes all the way around for the Hendrick family and the drivers.

(The drivers and the race teams were all a big part at Hendirck, like a big family, no wonder Jimmie didn't even go to victory lane, this is gonna hit the drivers and crews unbeleivably hard)

I expect next Sunday's race broadcast to be pretty heartbreaking and very somber... if they even race at all.

Man....

Heyo

[pres2032]

35. Picture speaks a thousand words....

my God... the look on his face is gut-wrenching :cry:

[Heyo]

36. Yes indeed...

When was this taken?

I know they cut off the broadcast right after the race, they usually interview drivers after the race and yak about it for a while.. this time they just said that they had whisked Jimmy, and Jeff (and Vickers I am sure) away to the trailer and the abruptly ended the broadcast in a quick way I have never seen before.

I am sure it is because those 3 announcers who call the races are very close with the Hendrick family, and didn't care much to be on TV after that. The held their composure though.

Poor Jimmy, he does look like he just got some news that he can't even believe..

What a way to have your win soured... I'm sure the win is the last thinkg on his mind though.

Heyo