Steve Francis was lucky wow

[Hovlane]

Just saw that was a piece of lead that hit him in the face last night. That could have been much worse!

[dirtdobber45]

It was a piece of lead? Wow He was lucky, hope for a fast recovery

[Hovlane]

Ya according to DOD story. Broken nose and a concussion.

[Kwoods25]

They picked up 2 pieces at the first caution in turn one. He took a hard hit.

[CGF]

What car did the lead come off of?.

[slmcrewchief99]

They need to find out who it was for sure that lost it. There is absolutely NO excuse for lead to come off any car on the track.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

They need to find out who it was for sure that lost it. There is absolutely NO excuse for lead to come off any car on the track.I thought it was a rule that the lead had to be marked, and yes, no excuse. Unless you flip like Landers did and something broke and it came off then, there is no reason. Good way to kill someone or injure them like Francis.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Isn't the lead suppose to be painted white and car # on it?

Years ago Troy Vanderveen ran over a piece and it came through the fire wall and broke his foot and I think broke the brake pedal off.

[gorj]

Hope Steve is goona be okay. Cars need to go through a tech / safety inspection before the drivers meeting of every race.

[BerckFan]

Lead is to be painted white with car # clearly marked. Saw BShepp go over and talk to officials after they picked the two pieces up off the track. Could have been something else I suppose. Evidently it wasn't bloomquist, as he did get the thumbs up when he scaled. ;)

[Snake X3]

They mentioned something during the Lucas Oil TV 'cast last night about changing a rule on where the lead could be located and/or how it had to be secured after what happened to Francis. Wish I could remember more. Maybe someone else does.

[MI Dirt Fan]

I think there's a local rule here for cars except LM that you can't put weight in certain locations on a car. I wanna say its anything past the fuel cell is off limits.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Lucas said there was NO piece of lead on the track and that Steve was hit by a hard piece of clay/dirt.

[JustAddDirt]

I had the same thing happen, but without the broken nose. Huge mud clod/rock
mine was 7 stiches under right eye and a mild concussion.
broke the face out of brand new Simpson Voo-doo helmet. That is what came back and hit my face, but helmet did its job in a sense.
also got hit with a lower coil over assembly and adapter for a 5" spring on a modified, broke another helmet right above visor. another mild concussion

[BerckFan]

Lucas said there was NO piece of lead on the track and that Steve was hit by a hard piece of clay/dirt.

Not arguing with you, but would sure like to know what it was the official picked up off the track. Sure looked like a broken in half piece of lead.

[fryefan]

Lucas said there was NO piece of lead on the track and that Steve was hit by a hard piece of clay/dirt.

I don't know where you heard this from, but they talked about it (lead weight) at length at Saturday night's driver's meeting at Wheatland (the race right after this). It was definitely a piece of lead.

[fryefan]

Not arguing with you, but would sure like to know what it was the official picked up off the track. Sure looked like a broken in half piece of lead.

That is exactly what it was.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Lead was picked up before the incident. What hit Francis? I haven't seen any evidence of that. Never heard if they found what it was.

[mud duck]

Has anyone heard how he's doing? (maybe still too early) or when he plans on returning?