Sat, Oct 3, 01:38 AM Wudaczyk and Brownlow Okay After Collision

Courtesy of NHRA Communications Parts America Nationals

TOPEKA, Kan. - >From the Parts America Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka, NHRA pit notes, October 2, 1998.

Phil Brownlow, 52, of Rochester, Minn., and Tim Wudarczyk, 43, of Lawrence, Kan., were involved in a racing accident during Competition Eliminator qualifying Friday. Wudarczyk's Pontiac Firebird went out of control, crossed the center line and traveled into the path of Brownlow's dragster causing the dragster to roll. Both vehicles came to rest in the right lane. Wudarczyk was checked at the track by NHRA medical officials and was expected to be released. Brownlow, who was semi-unconscious immediately following the incident, was transported to St. Francis Hospital for observation.