OVER THE EDGE AND BACK: HIS WRECK, RECOVERY AND TRIUMPH!

BY ADAM CORNELL

it. As soon as the wheels came back down, I got back onto the throttle and it immediately popped back up onto two wheels and then it was gone and I couldn’t save it after that. It landed cage down and rolled up and over the outside of the track. I think I just must have gotten on the gas too soon as the car came down and I didn’t let it settle. I think the wheel spun just as I touched down and it was kind of like a basketball, it bounced it right back up and it was gone.”

A video replay shows Bernheisel’s number 119 seemingly dig into the turn with the right side and tip onto two wheels. When it came back down on all fours, the car jumped back into the air and rolled. The inertia of the vehicle took it into a barrel roll up and