[F500] Cat National results/pics from Road America

[Gene D. Bennett]

At 0:05 -0500 7/29/02, Jeff Cashmore wrote:
>See http://www.scca-milwaukee.org/Photos/02cat/02cat_nat.html for 
>results and some pictures from today at Road America.  Looked like a 
>great race up front in F500, however it was a sad day...
>
>Road America - For Immediate Release
>SCCA Driver Fatality, Roscoe, Ill., Driver Involved in One-Car Racng Incident
>
>Elkhart Lake, Wisc., July 28, 2002 - Robert Kasik, 56, of Roscoe, 
>Ill., was pronounced dead at Valley View Hospital, in Plymouth 
>Wisc., by Sheboygan County Coroner Dave Leffin. Kasik was involved 
>in a one-car incident at Road America's Turn 12, also called Canada 
>Corner. Kasik was transpoprted to Valley View where he was 
>pronounced dead at 11:13am. The cause of death is pending outcome of 
>the autopsy. Kasik was competing in an SCCA national race at Road 
>America.
>
>Witnesses said Kasik failed to slow the car for the turn and went 
>off course at a high rate of speed. SCCA technical inspectors could 
>not determine the cause of the incident from inspecting the car, a 
>1996 Chevrolet Camaro competing in the GT-1 Class.

I saw a note in the local newspaper yesterday that the coroner had 
determined that he had a heart attack prior to hitting the wall.

Gene