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Sadly it was that incident 
Please keep Darren and the families of those that passed in your prayers.
Darren is in very rough shape, please consider donating to his medical bills.
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Please keep Darren and the families of those that passed in your prayers.
Darren is in very rough shape, please consider donating to his medical bills.
Donate to Bring Darren Home: Urgent Medical Aid Needed, organized by Matt Russell
Our friend Darren Webster was severely injured in an an auto/pedestrian acc… Matt Russell needs your support for Bring Darren Home: Urgent Medical Aid Needed
Donation made.
It looks like 8188 got a finish?
Just donated what I could. I couldn’t bring myself to watch the video but that is terrible just to read.
That is horrible. Hoping Darren pulls through successfully. Sober thoughts for the families and rest of the team.
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Yes, we rallied behind out Jaos friends and got them an amazing finish, tributed to Darren!!
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I see Jaos ran in the Stock Full class? I got curious and started skimming the class rules but saw it requires a minimum wheelbase of 130". Did track width or something else push them from Stock Mid into Stock Full?
I see Jaos ran in the Stock Full class? I got curious and started skimming the class rules but saw it requires a minimum wheelbase of 130". Did track width or something else push them from Stock Mid into Stock Full?
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SCORE (mmm Ford) changed the rules 2 years ago to "better fit" competitors, i.e. the Ranger, Bronco and Raptor. 8155 (Monica) and 8188 (Jaos) are grandfathered into the Stock Full. A new build/entry would have to race in Stock-Mid with production size tires.
The production sized tire bit is ridiculous. A class 11 has a taller tire.
SCORE tech refuses to clarify my questions on that part of the rule.
SCORE tech refuses to clarify my questions on that part of the rule.
any update on Darren? I saw the last entry on the gofundme but was just wondering about him and the team plans for 2025.
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Darren is doing OK, but unfortunately he had to go back to the hospital this weekend with an infection, turns out nothing major fortunately. He spent the last couple weeks recovering from a massive hand surgery. They took donor skin, muscle, and tendon? from his leg and used it to repair the hand. Crazy to think the hand surgery waited this long since the accident but they had to get all the other organs and body healed up.
Our plans are TBD, the car is prepped and ready to rock & roll but we've not spent much time discussing plans quite yet.
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I’ve been meaning to share this update on Darren (from Darren), he posted to FB on November 14:
“Today marks one year since my accident in Baja. In some respects, it seems as though it has gone by fast, while in reality, a year of healing is quite a long time.
I wanted to update everyone on my progress. But before that, it seems appropriate to give a bit of a timeline for those that aren’t in my closer circles, hearing the progress regularly.
The first hours following the accident were filled with blood transfusions of non-matching blood, more transfusions with friends’ freshly donated blood, and stabilization of my body/organs/vitals in order to make the flight to the US. After 48 hours in an Ensenada hospital, being amazingly well stabilized by the doctors there, I was flown to SLC and admitted to IMC hospital and immediately cared for by an excellent team of trauma doctors, nurses, etc. I underwent numerous surgeries to repair my fractured pelvis, lacerated spleen, internally de-gloved left leg, kidney failure, and then the discovery of a bowel perforation. I developed blood clots, which became pulmonary embolisms, which put me on blood thinners, which prevented further surgeries. Luckily, the life-saving surgeries were complete.
My left hand had been torn from my wrist about 90%. The doctors in Mexico wanted to amputate. My friends consulted their surgeon friends who said to save it! They relayed that to the Mexican doctors, who were doubtful, but did stabilize my hand.
I had to wait until March for it to be safe to take me off of blood thinners for the surgery to have the internals of my hand repaired. Because of the loss of so much tissue, a full flap (more than a skin graft) was transplanted from my right thigh to my wrist. The transplant was successful, and I now have a pretty good-sized piece of my thigh living on my wrist. It’s wild! The flap will be reshaped to look a bit more at home sometime in March ‘26.
I came home from the hospital on January 29th, using a walker but freshly able to bear weight on my left leg. A couple of days after getting settled at home, I had a short surgery to remove the external fixator from my hand/wrist.
Speaking of getting settled at home, I had an amazing group of friends install a ramp at our entry, remodel 2 of our bathrooms, and install a stair lift so that I could move about my house with the walker and be able to walk right into a shower with the walker. This was such a huge blessing and made my care so much easier for Lisa, and eventually my ability to care for myself. I cannot thank them enough.
There is no way to adequately thank everyone enough who played a part in: jumping into action on the street, donating blood, donating money, donating time and labor, praying, fasting, blessing, thinking of, calling, texting, dropping off food/gift baskets/cards, talking with Lisa, talking with my kids, and so many other things that I don’t know about and may never know about. Thank you. Thank you so much. I am extremely blessed to be surrounded by good people.
I believe in a God who knows me and knows my needs. I have a Savior who has made the ultimate sacrifice so that I may be forgiven of my faults and have the opportunity to progress in this life. I felt your prayers. I believe that they were answered. I believe in miracles and know that many took place for me to still be here. I’m not sure the reason I was saved and others not, but I’ll continue to try to serve and become a better person through the rest of my time here.
The biggest blessing in my life is my family. Lisa was my personal nurse and advocate every single day. My kids visited often and gave Lisa much-needed breaks from staring at a comatose husband and wondering if he was going to be himself again one day.
The hospital staff was top-notch. Seriously, I could be lifelong friends with so many of them. I know they were doing a job, but the vast majority of them did so while making me feel like I was their only patient.
So how am I doing now? I’m actually doing really well considering I got hit by a 7000 lb 1000 hp race truck. I’ve got hand therapy twice a week, working on range of motion for my wrist and fingers. It’s slow going, but I see improvement. My lower body does pretty well as long as I don’t stand too long, walk too far, or sit too long. If I’m rested, I walk pretty normally. I’m no longer in physical therapy for my lower body, but I try to do a lot of what I used to do, which is making me stronger and I’m gaining stamina.
I plan on returning to work in January, but I can’t say I haven’t enjoyed this taste of retirement. Blessings and miracles still take place, many coming from people like you, and for that, I am thankful and grateful.”
“Today marks one year since my accident in Baja. In some respects, it seems as though it has gone by fast, while in reality, a year of healing is quite a long time.
I wanted to update everyone on my progress. But before that, it seems appropriate to give a bit of a timeline for those that aren’t in my closer circles, hearing the progress regularly.
The first hours following the accident were filled with blood transfusions of non-matching blood, more transfusions with friends’ freshly donated blood, and stabilization of my body/organs/vitals in order to make the flight to the US. After 48 hours in an Ensenada hospital, being amazingly well stabilized by the doctors there, I was flown to SLC and admitted to IMC hospital and immediately cared for by an excellent team of trauma doctors, nurses, etc. I underwent numerous surgeries to repair my fractured pelvis, lacerated spleen, internally de-gloved left leg, kidney failure, and then the discovery of a bowel perforation. I developed blood clots, which became pulmonary embolisms, which put me on blood thinners, which prevented further surgeries. Luckily, the life-saving surgeries were complete.
My left hand had been torn from my wrist about 90%. The doctors in Mexico wanted to amputate. My friends consulted their surgeon friends who said to save it! They relayed that to the Mexican doctors, who were doubtful, but did stabilize my hand.
I had to wait until March for it to be safe to take me off of blood thinners for the surgery to have the internals of my hand repaired. Because of the loss of so much tissue, a full flap (more than a skin graft) was transplanted from my right thigh to my wrist. The transplant was successful, and I now have a pretty good-sized piece of my thigh living on my wrist. It’s wild! The flap will be reshaped to look a bit more at home sometime in March ‘26.
I came home from the hospital on January 29th, using a walker but freshly able to bear weight on my left leg. A couple of days after getting settled at home, I had a short surgery to remove the external fixator from my hand/wrist.
Speaking of getting settled at home, I had an amazing group of friends install a ramp at our entry, remodel 2 of our bathrooms, and install a stair lift so that I could move about my house with the walker and be able to walk right into a shower with the walker. This was such a huge blessing and made my care so much easier for Lisa, and eventually my ability to care for myself. I cannot thank them enough.
There is no way to adequately thank everyone enough who played a part in: jumping into action on the street, donating blood, donating money, donating time and labor, praying, fasting, blessing, thinking of, calling, texting, dropping off food/gift baskets/cards, talking with Lisa, talking with my kids, and so many other things that I don’t know about and may never know about. Thank you. Thank you so much. I am extremely blessed to be surrounded by good people.
I believe in a God who knows me and knows my needs. I have a Savior who has made the ultimate sacrifice so that I may be forgiven of my faults and have the opportunity to progress in this life. I felt your prayers. I believe that they were answered. I believe in miracles and know that many took place for me to still be here. I’m not sure the reason I was saved and others not, but I’ll continue to try to serve and become a better person through the rest of my time here.
The biggest blessing in my life is my family. Lisa was my personal nurse and advocate every single day. My kids visited often and gave Lisa much-needed breaks from staring at a comatose husband and wondering if he was going to be himself again one day.
The hospital staff was top-notch. Seriously, I could be lifelong friends with so many of them. I know they were doing a job, but the vast majority of them did so while making me feel like I was their only patient.
So how am I doing now? I’m actually doing really well considering I got hit by a 7000 lb 1000 hp race truck. I’ve got hand therapy twice a week, working on range of motion for my wrist and fingers. It’s slow going, but I see improvement. My lower body does pretty well as long as I don’t stand too long, walk too far, or sit too long. If I’m rested, I walk pretty normally. I’m no longer in physical therapy for my lower body, but I try to do a lot of what I used to do, which is making me stronger and I’m gaining stamina.
I plan on returning to work in January, but I can’t say I haven’t enjoyed this taste of retirement. Blessings and miracles still take place, many coming from people like you, and for that, I am thankful and grateful.”