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All-around, good-guy, sports car racer, Toly Arutunoff has been injured while helping a stranded motorist.
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Toly Arutunoff Hurt
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Nooooo!!!!This shouldn't have happened.This is one person that I always
wanted to meet.An honest racer from the "old days".I've read about him in
the past - I always thought that he was a "character",one of the people
who made racing fun,who was there,& will be there for a long time.
Nial,thanks for the info - I wish that it wasn't true.To heck with tv-
/movie stars,it's people like Toly that are really important.
Is there anything that I can do to support him in his condition?
- Doug
wanted to meet.An honest racer from the "old days".I've read about him in
the past - I always thought that he was a "character",one of the people
who made racing fun,who was there,& will be there for a long time.
Nial,thanks for the info - I wish that it wasn't true.To heck with tv-
/movie stars,it's people like Toly that are really important.
Is there anything that I can do to support him in his condition?
- Doug
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This is what I got today in an e-mail from some of my SCCA Production racing buddies.
Prayers=Miracles, God's way of saying I'm here and I love all my children as if each was an only child. I have now spoken with the attending physician and the good news is Toly is stable, talking. His right leg is gone and his left is shattered. They have not attended to the left leg in light of the trauma of the accident. They are keeping a close eye on him for any changes in intensive care as it has only been a matter of hours since the accident and he has multiple injuries. His blood pressure is good, pulse good, kidneys not good. Seems he was parked on the side of I40 in Amarillo in the blizzard helping a man whose car had spun out and was stuck. Another car came along and T-boned an exposed Toly and drove off. Because of the cold the blood loss was not as severe as it could have/should have been. The leg was instantly gone. The only surgery that was performed was to close the wound. Amarillo is closed for business due to the blizzard but a prayer team from a church in Texas is going to the trauma center to be with him. Another Amarillo angel is going to Best Buy and getting a cell phone so I can speak to him. He thinks I am his girlfriend. Can't remember being married when questioned. I have chosen to be flattered. This is long road we are on but I will get to Amarillo w Trace as soon as the weather allows. God has already gotten us this far. I know he will take us the rest of the way. Bless you all. Your prayers produce miracles. Please don't stop!
John Gardner
Media Manager
Miller Motorsports Park
2901 N. Sheep Lane
Tooele, UT 84074
435-277-8101 Office
704-467-1424 Cell
Watched him race at Road Atlanta in the SCCA runoffs for many a year. darn, he was a real racer and quite a character too.
Mike
Prayers=Miracles, God's way of saying I'm here and I love all my children as if each was an only child. I have now spoken with the attending physician and the good news is Toly is stable, talking. His right leg is gone and his left is shattered. They have not attended to the left leg in light of the trauma of the accident. They are keeping a close eye on him for any changes in intensive care as it has only been a matter of hours since the accident and he has multiple injuries. His blood pressure is good, pulse good, kidneys not good. Seems he was parked on the side of I40 in Amarillo in the blizzard helping a man whose car had spun out and was stuck. Another car came along and T-boned an exposed Toly and drove off. Because of the cold the blood loss was not as severe as it could have/should have been. The leg was instantly gone. The only surgery that was performed was to close the wound. Amarillo is closed for business due to the blizzard but a prayer team from a church in Texas is going to the trauma center to be with him. Another Amarillo angel is going to Best Buy and getting a cell phone so I can speak to him. He thinks I am his girlfriend. Can't remember being married when questioned. I have chosen to be flattered. This is long road we are on but I will get to Amarillo w Trace as soon as the weather allows. God has already gotten us this far. I know he will take us the rest of the way. Bless you all. Your prayers produce miracles. Please don't stop!
John Gardner
Media Manager
Miller Motorsports Park
2901 N. Sheep Lane
Tooele, UT 84074
435-277-8101 Office
704-467-1424 Cell
Watched him race at Road Atlanta in the SCCA runoffs for many a year. darn, he was a real racer and quite a character too.
Mike
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I'm stunned. Just to imagine this happens to a national idol. I first met him in 79. Wonderful man, if not a bit eccentric.
OP
aeronca65t
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Here's an old picture of Toly (on left) at the Targa Florio
[edit-fixed. Hap is correct....that's Toly on left. Original picture info came from a British Facebook posting]
[edit-fixed. Hap is correct....that's Toly on left. Original picture info came from a British Facebook posting]
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Nial, of course thats a very old picture, but I believe that is Toly on the far left. I've got to know Toly personally thru him attending the Euro Auto Festival for a couple of years, we invited him last year to be our keynote speaker, as Morgan was the feature make, and Toly won a SCCA H Prod champion in a 1500 Morgan Plus 4. Toly and I spent alot of time talking about SCCA racing and cars in general, he's car nut thru and thru, of all kinds of cars, really a neat guy. My prayers and thoughts go out to Toly and his family, it does not shock me a bit that this happen while Toly was helping someone out, thats the kinda guy he is.