Ernie Kicklighter’s Kawasaki ELR after it was hit on the starting grid of the F1 race by the speeding Marty Roth. It was claimed that the throttle stuck on Roth’s machine causing him to plow into the back of the F1 grid. A friend I know saw the whole incident and he claims Roth was in a full tuck, on the throttle coming up the front straight hill. He speculated that Roth, who was late to the warm-up lap, thought the race had already started and didn’t know until he crested the hill that the bikes were still on the grid. Miraculously several riders and bikes were hit by Roth’s bike, but as far as I recall, by some miracle no one was seriously hurt.