Said Injured In Testing Accident

[Craig]

SAID INJURED IN TESTING ACCIDENT

BRASELTON, Ga. (October 18, 2001) Driver Boris Said of Carlsbad, Calif.,
was hospitalized Thursday following a testing accident in an American Le
Mans Series car at Road Atlanta.
Said, 39, suffered a minor skull fracture when the Panoz LMP-1 Prototype he
was driving crashed in turn 11 of the circuit. He climbed from the car on
his own and was awake and alert when transported to Northeast Georgia
Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga. Said was to be held overnight for
observation.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Andy Waldrep, Panoz Motor Sports

[marcus]

beat me to it Mr.Antill

sounds like a nasty one but I think he will be OK but a set back that he and the Panoz team could have done without Im sure.

get better soon Boris

[Heeltoe6]

first i wish boris a speedy recovery and hope he is relatively ok as all indications suggest


so then the question is, what's he doing testing a panoz lmp1. we kow last year there was a deal where'd he'd race le mans for panoz that never happened due to a trans am conflict, might we see him at some time in a panoz next year, or was this a mere shakedown and not a preparatory test?

[Liz]

I wish Boris a speedy recovery, too. He's a tough bird and will shake it off, I'm sure.

I wonder whose place he's mooted to take - or is he only practicing for the third driver spot in endurance racing? They seem to be having difficulties with the team in the 51 car, getting it to gel, maybe he will replace Klaus or Franck?

[Craig]

SAID RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER TESTING ACCIDENT

BRASELTON, Ga. (October 19, 2001) -- American Le Mans Series driver
Boris Said was released from a Georgia hospital this morning after suffering
a minor skull fracture in a testing accident yesterday at Road Atlanta.
Said was held overnight for observation at Northeast Georgia Medical
Center in Gainesville, Ga.
Said, 39, from Carlsbad, Calif., was driving a Panoz LMP-1 Prototype
when the car crashed in turn 11 of the Road Atlanta track. He exited the car
on his own and was awake and alert when transported to the hospital.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Andy Waldrep, Panoz Motor Sports

[Heeltoe6]

From Speedvision
"The Panoz team has been testing a number of American drivers lately, including Scott Pruett and Anthony Lazzaro in addition to Said, as team owner Dr. Don Panoz has expressed a desire to have an American as part of the team for next year." — John Gardner, News Bureau Editor, RACER

hmm, it does indeed sound like a search for a full time driver for the 51(or a 3rd car but I doubt that) rather than finding just a third shoe for the endurance races