[stefanog]

Hi Gav, Willowbank has some terrible memories for me, My good friend Louie died there some 12 years ago. Louie is Santos son of Santos cranes, now Uplift cranes. We used to pinch Santo's methanol and put it in our cars and race down his street and get told off so badly by Santo it was so much fun. The fact this guy walked away is just unbelievable. Louie wasn't so fortunate, he blew a hole in the block (a window as it is known in the drag scene) just past the launch pad and veered directly into the armco head on, didn't stand a chance. The month before Louie died he was racing against Jim Read, also at Willowbank and Jim veered off and hit a pole almost half way up which tore his car in a million pieces and Jim walked away, I was there as well, had to drive down the strip, drop Santo at the accident and race to tell Louie Jim had just had a major accident not knowing whether he was alive or not. Santo has never been the same, you may have noticed all Santos cars have "In memory of Louie" on all their wings.

Thank God this guy is ok.

Stef