tornado "Corvettes at Carlisle"

[steve]

Not sure of all the details, I read it on the corvette forum, I did not go this year because I left my Vette at the shop for headers and cam.

Here is a link to post on the vette site http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1795593

 

[Alexander]

I been in nasty weather at Carlisle, but nothing like a tornado and hail. I hope the fatality is a misreport. I hope everyone made it through all right.

 

[steve]

One news report here http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2007/08/25/news/news557.txt

 

[steve]

Some pics of the damage in this thead http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1795584

 

[steve]

Some pics and link to videos, this was at tent of one of the tunners from NJ i am freinds with.

http://www.cajundude.com/ohshytecarlisle.htm

 

[LeoC2]

Those videos are unbelievable! I remember last year as we all huddled under the tent but that was a drizzle compared to this!

 

[billcu]

Two things that I thought I'd never say:

I'm glad your car was in the shop.

I'm glad that you didn't go to Carlisle.

 

[steve]

So get this, the rumor of the guy dying, then getting hurt when the tree hit him during the storm in his corvette is a friend of Dave’s (dave97LSC). I think his friend Mike came to the all ford Carlisle with him back in the day. Well he came out of it ok after being checked out at the hospital, a photo of the damage to his 69 Vette below. The guys in the video in the tent during the storm towed the Vette back on a trailer to long island for him.

mike's beautiful 69 on the showfield (before)

and after