He was airlifted to Bryan Medical Center West in Lincoln, Neb. It took what seemed like forever to extricate Clauson from his car. A trailing car driven by Ryan Greth could not avoid hitting him, sending both cars tumbling. He came upon a lapped car as he approached Turn 4, hit that car and flipped before landing in the middle of the dirt track. The crash happened after Clauson had taken the lead in the 39th Belleville Midget Nationals. 7 from injuries suffered in a USAC midget crash in Belleville, Kan., the night before. "Bryan proved a great racer is a great racer on any track," Kokomo mayor Greg Goodnight said in a proclamation Wednesday.Ĭlauson just never could get enough of the thrill of being great at racing. The thrill, ultimately, cost him his life. He started three times at the Indianapolis 500 and led three laps in this year’s race before finishing 23rd.
BRYAN CLAUSON IN LOVING MEMORY PICTURES DRIVER
He was the scrawny kid from Noblesville with the infectious smile, who got his start as a racer on the dirt track at Kokomo Speedway at 13 years old. He became the youngest driver to reach 100 wins in USAC.ĭubbed the nation’s top short-track dirt-car driver for much of the past decade, Clauson won four USAC national championships - two in sprint cars, two in midgets. That's what it was. Clauson was telling them, his family believes, it's OK to move on without me. Or it could be that he is telling you to go ahead and move forward, getting past what is hindering you." "So when a grasshopper shows up, he could be reaffirming to you that you are taking the right steps to move forward in your current situation.
"When the grasshopper appears to us, we are being asked to take a leap of faith and jump forward into a specific area of life without fear. Grasshoppers can only jump forward. When she did, it felt like Bryan was talking to her. She read that meaning to the crowd of hundreds, fighting through tears. She would look up the spiritual meaning of the grasshopper. What does that all mean?' " she said Wednesday at a service celebrating the 27-year-old Clauson's life at Kokomo Speedway. She prayed one night to get an answer to what these grasshoppers symbolized. She just couldn't understand the onslaught of green critters since her son's death earlier this month. What was going on, Diana Clauson, wondered. People started posting the grasshopper photos on social media. Crawling on necks of Clauson fans at racetracks. Landing right on the friends and family of Clauson. Showing up unannounced, making themselves seen.
Then, the chirping insects with the long hind legs started appearing, seemingly everywhere. View Gallery: USAC and Ind圜ar driver Bryan ClausonĪ grasshopper crawled out of Bryan Clauson's racing suit folded up on a table inside his motor home just days after he died.
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