[Michael Beard]

There's a "racer's letter" everyone is sharing on Facebook, and it's a good read, but the words that Randy Biddle Jr. posted along with it is something that everyone needs to read. No amount of preparation guarantees safety, but not preparing as much as you should can be devastating to you, your family, and your literally thousands of friends in the racing community -- many of whom you may have never met in person! That's how tight the racing community is. If you're a racer, you're family. "Nothing ever happens until it does." I hope nothing ever does happen to anyone ever again. But if it does, please give yourself the best chance you can. To each and every one of you in the racing community: Take good care of yourself. We love you.

RBJ posted:
>> "This one hits home! I've done a lot of stupid **** in a race car like wore my belts too loose, raced in shorts, even wrecked my car when I knew it shouldn't have been going down the track that pass just to try and get 1 more win light and I've even said when I go out I want to go out doing what I love but after being at MIR yesterday and experiencing the sickening feeling in my stomach once they got down to the scene of the crash and didn't come over the PA saying the driver is ok that's the first time in my life I can honestly say I prolly wasn't getting back in a racecar yesterday even if they would of finished the race. I've never seen A track that quiet and the look on everyone's face as you drove through the pits is indescribable. I no longer want to go out like that and put that feeling on anyone.

We've all had close calls and just shook it off, or have seen a wreck and thought that won't happen to me but this ****s real and can happen to you. I know I'll be wearing all my safety stuff from here on out and doing better maintenance on my cars and I hope all my friends and family do too and don't just shake off what happened yesterday in the next couple weeks."