AC GT3 @ Road America - Weds 25 Sep 2019

[Bobby Pennington]

Boys I've really really really screwed up. It's a long story and I can only text with my left hand.

I broke the upper part of my right arm right where the bone meets the ball in the shoulder. That bone is now stuck up in my armpit and will require surgery here in Florida. They may be able to fit me in today around noon. If that doesn't happen then the surgery will be Tuesday. This means I will not be able to race for a while, but hopefully I'll be able to join you guys on TS in a couple of weeks. In the meantime I can text / type with my left hand here at RD, but some functions are kind of if not impossible. This means shorter posts, but at least I'll still be able to interact which will be helpful for me and keeping my spirits up.

Have a great week and race guys. Any prayers would be deeply appreciated.

 

[newbert]

Boys I've really really really screwed up. It's a long story and I can only text with my left hand.

I broke the upper part of my right arm right where the bone meets the ball in the shoulder. That bone is now stuck up in my armpit and will require surgery here in Florida. They may be able to fit me in today around noon. If that doesn't happen then the surgery will be Tuesday. This means I will not be able to race for a while, but hopefully I'll be able to join you guys on TS in a couple of weeks. In the meantime I can text / type with my left hand here at RD, but some functions are kind of if not impossible. This means shorter posts, but at least I'll still be able to interact which will be helpful for me and keeping my spirits up.

Have a great week and race guys. Any prayers would be deeply appreciated.

Oh, Bobby - I am so sorry to hear that. I hope that the surgeons can fit you in right away and take good care of you. And I hope that you're not in too much pain.

Sending you good thoughts and wishing you a quick recovery!

Bert

 

[Bobby Pennington]

Oh, Bobby - I am so sorry to hear that. I hope that the surgeons can fit you in right away and take good care of you. And I hope that you're not in too much pain.

Sending you good thoughts and wishing you a quick recovery!

Bert

Thanks Bert. The pain has been pretty intense so far, but they say once they operate I should see a huge difference. Right now it's like
https://binged.it/2kvcxje

 

[scottiedawg66]

@Bobby Pennington that is a bummer! we will continue to send positive vibes your way.

 

[Jivesauce]

Boys I've really really really screwed up. It's a long story and I can only text with my left hand.

I broke the upper part of my right arm right where the bone meets the ball in the shoulder. That bone is now stuck up in my armpit and will require surgery here in Florida. They may be able to fit me in today around noon. If that doesn't happen then the surgery will be Tuesday. This means I will not be able to race for a while, but hopefully I'll be able to join you guys on TS in a couple of weeks. In the meantime I can text / type with my left hand here at RD, but some functions are kind of if not impossible. This means shorter posts, but at least I'll still be able to interact which will be helpful for me and keeping my spirits up.

Have a great week and race guys. Any prayers would be deeply appreciated.

Aw man Bobby, I hate to hear that; you can't catch a break! We'll be thinking about you, jump on and talk with us when you can.

 

[Jivesauce]

Oh, also, I completely forgot I entered my work's car show and it's this Wednesday. I don't think it will run long enough to interfere with the racing, but if I'm not there that's what happened. Worst case would just be missing qualifying, I think.

 

[ChrisC795]

Mark me down. I will be in the Ferrari.

 

[Bobby Pennington]

Oh, also, I completely forgot I entered my work's car show and it's this Wednesday. I don't think it will run long enough to interfere with the racing, but if I'm not there that's what happened. Worst case would just be missing qualifying, I think.

Good luck with the show Share a rew pics if you can

 

[Bobby Pennington]

Surgery went well. Doctor said it's a 12 week process with what I've done. That's not to bad imo. Have a great week.

 

[Jivesauce]

Surgery went well. Doctor said it's a 12 week process with what I've done. That's not to bad imo. Have a great week.

Glad to hear it went as well as can be expected. Sounds like you'll be back ready to race with us right around Christmas time then, right?

 

[Bobby Pennington]

Glad to hear it went as well as can be expected. Sounds like you'll be back ready to race with us right around Christmas time then, right?

Thanks for asking. Yes sir, looks like a slight possibility to return in December with weakening the ffb. I'll ne around before that just to pester some of you

 

[scottiedawg66]

great to hear that @Bobby Pennington !!!!
you know whats easier on the limbs, flying! we did our first online group flight with 3 of us from 2old4forza tonight on IL2 and it was a hoot! perhaps some good physical therapy for you in a month or 2

 

[Bobby Pennington]

great to hear that @Bobby Pennington !!!!
you know whats easier on the limbs, flying! we did our first online group flight with 3 of us from 2old4forza tonight on IL2 and it was a hoot! perhaps some good physical therapy for you in a month or 2

I'm to get it id it goes on sale like you've talked about. I won't be able to fly properly, but it'll be able to well enough to familiarize myself with some of the birds and some of the guys. Well that's the plan anyway

 

[DingoStarr]

wow Bobby - I won't even ask!! really sorry to hear it, thing is, you could still beat me with only one arm!

 

[Bobby Pennington]

wow Bobby - I won't even ask!! really sorry to hear it, thing is, you could still beat me with only one arm!

It's really pretty funni. I'll tell you guys about it next time I'm on ts which shouldn't be ery far into the future.

 

[Jivesauce]

Well it pains me to say it, but there’s no way I get back from this car show in time to race, I’m sorry guys. Pretty disappointed, I love the track, I’ve been wanting to practice the GT3s, and I had tried my hand at my first really custom setup, but I guess it will have to wait until next time.

As requested by Bobby, I’ll post some pics from the car show later, but keep in mind this is just a small show in a fairly small town in Indiana, so keep your expectations in check!

 

[BP]

Surgery went well. Doctor said it's a 12 week process with what I've done. That's not to bad imo. Have a great week.

So glad to hear it was successful! Rest up and don't push yourself too hard, I'm sure you'll be kicking a$$ on track again in no time

 

[Jivesauce]

I got home in time to watch the end of the second race, looked like a super fun battle between Scott and Brandon!

Ok, I'm going to post about a million car show pics after this, sorry to anyone that isn't interested in this and has to scroll past a huge post. If it's a problem, I'm happy to edit the post down to just links. Also, sorry the pics aren't better, it was a little tight and I just took what I could.

edit: looks like you can only do 10 pics in a post, so I'll break this up into 3 posts.

This next one was the first "car" in Bloomington, Indiana:

This is a real vintage hillclimb car:

 

[Jivesauce]

Part 2:

This is the radio/trim in the back seat of the Rolls Royce in the previous picture:

 

[Jivesauce]

Part 3:

aaaaand one last self-serving picture of my own Z4 3.0si Coupe :