RV Driver killed racing at NY Racetrack

[Pangaea_Ron]

NEW LEBANON, N.Y. (AP) — State police say the driver of a motorhome has been killed in a crash during an upstate New York racetrack's annual "Eve of Destruction" event.

Troopers say the accident occurred around 10 p.m. Tuesday at Lebanon Valley Speedway in the Columbia County town of New Lebanon, on the Massachusetts border, 25 miles southeast of Albany.

Police say Shawn Rivers of Castleton, New York, was racing a Winnebago motorhome around the track when another vehicle intentionally hit the RV, causing it to overturn and collapse.

Troopers say Rivers was taken to an Albany hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The track's popular "Eve of Destruction" is a demolition derby-type event featuring a series of vehicle stunts. Troopers say Tuesday night's fatal crash occurred during a race involving vehicles attempting to disable an RV.

[J-Rooster]

As everyone knows RV's are not set up to race! Was there a failure in his roll cage or roll bar? You can't get on a legal sanctioned race track in these types of vehicles without protection? The only RV race that I heard of is when Chinook RV out of Yakima, WA. many years ago took one of there coaches off the production line. And took it to a race track to see how fast it would go. It was a gasser, big block chevy (8.1) and it did 101 mph and this took place at speed week on the salt flats to set and new land speed record for RV's.

[frankdamp]

It appears that he was the "target" of an intentional collision. I've always thought "Demolition Derbies" were stupid.

[Campfire_Time]

gbopp wrote:

dvitale300 wrote:
I think we're all just a teeny weeny bit safer not that this guy is off the road.

I don't know. There's a lot of drivers out there that would like to disable RV's with their cars. :E

It is sad that someone lost their life in this incident.

You do realize of course that this did not happen on the road, but at a demolition derby on a closed track? :S

[gbopp]

It is sad that someone lost their life in this incident.

[Pangaea_Ron]

Truly sad, but not very smart.

He probably got killed by the microwave coming forward.