One moment, Jason Workman was looking to contend for the 2008 KONI Challenge Street Tuner championship, coming off a strong run at Daytona.
Suddenly, the 31-year-old Georgian found himself in grave condition and fighting for his life following a freak accident.
"I got sucker punched pretty good, man," Workman recalled of the Feb. 26 incident at Moroso Motorsports Park, where he was driver coaching. "They brought us into the pits next to the awning, because it was starting to get pretty bad out. From what I hear, I had just started to get out of the car when I got hit. I don't remember any of it."
A gust of wind dislodged a 55-gallon water barrel anchoring the awning and hurled it in...
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