Himmelsbach Racing misses Daytona opener. The crew for Himmelsbach Racing was in route to Daytona International Speedway for the opening round of the Formula USA series when the team was involved in a horrible accident. The team was traveling on Highway 26 in South Carolina when a strong gust of wind and a narrow shoulder contributed to the destruction of the recently purchased Chevy C4500 box truck and the teams motorcycles and equipment. Three members of the team Chris Rich, Chris Bynum and owner Michael Himmelsbach were aboard the vehicle during impact and escaped with no injuries. The team had recently purchased a Chevy C4500 Diesel box truck in an effort to step up their program for 2005 but had no idea the vehicle would contribute in saving their lives. ” I was very pleased with the design of the truck. You don’t buy a truck like this and think about an accident but we hit a tree head on, actually split it in half and the cab of the vehicle was undamaged and thankfully we all walked away.” Said Michael The crew climbed out from the accident to find one of the Yamaha R6 motorcycles had been ejected out of the roof and lay a couple feet from the truck while the other machine was buried under the equipment. Himmelsbach Racing is back at home and plans to compete in the remaining rounds of FUSA competition. Now we will begin to assess the situation and figure out how to accomplish the goals originally set for the remainder of the season. Michael would like to apologize to all of our sponsors for missing this event. It was a tough decision to return to the shop but due to the damage we felt it was best to regroup and bring the best program possible to Road America for our team and sponsors.