Ricky Craven listened politely to the offers. Team A wanted the man without work
to drive its car for the remaining three months of the Winston Cup season. Team B wanted him in its car. Also some notes on former crew chief Tony Furr. The rest of the story was at the Portland(ME) Press Herald but is now in an archive you must pay for to read the story, so legally I cannot post the whole story. But a reader found the story was on a Maine website, here is the new link: A lesson learned for Craven from the Maine Today website.(Thanks Scott/NASCAR1994 for the heads up and Eric for the new link)(8-13/14-98) UPDATE: Qualifying was delayed for over an hour after Gary Laton smashed the turn two wall here at Michigan Speedway. It took rescue personnel about 15 minutes to extricate Laton due to concerns for Laton’s condition. Once Laton was removed from his car medical personnel worked for approximately a half hour before loading the injured driver on to a life-flight helicopter for transport to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Yipsilanti Mi. NASCAR officials took the helmet that Laton was wearing at the time of the accident and his car was removed from the property under NASCAR supervision. Reports from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital indicate that Laton is in critical but stable condition and is being treated for head injury.( GoRacing ), Laton is listed in critical condition, but his vital signs are stable. He has undergone a CT scan and X-rays, and doctors have determined he has a head injury and are monitoring the situation very closely.(NASCAR Online) (08-14-1998)
