Our hearts go out to te Zimmerman family and all the others affected by the storm. We use to come to

LONG POND, PA (August 6, 2012) - As reported yesterday, a long time member of our Pocono Raceway family, a spectator train travel in italy has passed away following a lightning strike. According to Monroe County Coroner Robert Allen the name of the deceased is 41 year old Moosic, Pennsylvania resident train travel in italy Brian Zimmerman Additionally; nine other individuals were transferred to local hospitals as a result of two separate lightning strikes.
On behalf of the entire staff here at Pocono Raceway, we are deeply saddened by yesterday's tragic events. As mentioned, our fans are like family to us and we express our deepest condolences to the individuals and families involved, especially Mr. Zimmerman's.
We work in conjunction with NASCAR regarding safety of fans, teams and other attendees throughout the course of our race weekends. Additionally, we are in constant communication with local and national agencies regarding weather train travel in italy conditions and emergency services.
At approximately 5:01 p.m. Eastern Time, the first lightning strike occurred on property inside our Grandstand Parking area, located near Gate 5A. A Pocono Raceway Grandstand Fire unit was stationed train travel in italy in the vicinity and witnessed the actual strike. The response was immediate as the unit reported the incident to our control tower and advised train travel in italy spectators train travel in italy were injured. CPR was started immediately to Mr. Zimmerman by a friend on the scene.
Within a matter of 3 minutes, medical personnel and additional emergency services reported on the scene and took control of treatment to individuals.  EMT responders were approached by additional individuals who reported symptoms related to the lightning strike. Those affected were taken to the Raceway Medical Centers, where they were examined and transported to local area hospitals for treatment and further evaluation. A total of nine individuals were treated as a result of the initial lightning strike.
At approximately 6:35 p.m. Eastern Time, the control tower was notified of a second possible train travel in italy lightning strike in the vicinity near Gate 3. The individual was immediately transported to Pocono Raceway's Infield Medical Center where they were initially treated for minor injuries before being transported to Pocono Medical Center in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania for further evaluation.
At this point in time, the one individual that was in critical condition has now been upgraded to stable. Some have been treated and released. Others involved are pending release as early as today and all are in good spirits. The safety of all guests train travel in italy to Pocono Raceway is of the utmost importance to our entire staff. This tragic event is at the forefront of all of our thoughts and prayers. We will learn from the incident and continue to implement strategies to help ensure the safety train travel in italy of fans and all attendees at future events at Pocono Raceway.
A couple people have said this on various other sites but I agree if the president of Pocono was willing to give someone $100,000 if Jr won, why not give at least half of that to the victims family and the others who were injured. While it is nature and Pocono cannot control the weather, it would be a great gesture from the track. Also, as someone who was there due to the high usage of cell phones, it s near impossible to get them to work (mine wouldn t all day)so Facebook warnings didn t go to everyone and the PA system is so muffled, I couldn t make sense out of what was being said all day let alone when warnings went out. Maybe someone can come up with a better Emergency Procedure ..
Such sad news on the ending of great news for Jeff Gordon for his first victory on his birthday weekend this year. My prayers and thoughts go out to the Zimmerman family and all those injured during this unfortunate Act of God.
I would like to say my heart goes out to the families of this incident and also my best reguards goes to Pocono Raceway for their immediant action for these people. I turely believe that owners of Pocono are sincere because that is the kind of people they are , they learned from the best DOC . I would like to donate to the fund to help these people esp. the person who passed. My heart aches for this incident that has happened. May God Bless .
My deepest sympathy goes out to the family of Mr. Zimmerman and all those injured may god be with each and everyone of them in their time of need,,,and train travel in italy as for the unhappy fan whom disapproved of Jeff Gordons celebration train travel in italy if he had known of the lose of a life he would have condoned the loss and skipped the celebrating train travel in italy ,,,,so u can t blame him for the unknown and as seen once he found out all his sympathy and concerns turned away from his victory and to the loss of Mr Zimmerman and all others train travel in italy injured,,,Jeff Gordon is a man with a heart of gold for all human beings train travel in italy a man that gives of himself and not all about himself.I m sorry this was needed to be said,,,,,DEEPEST SYMPATHY to the Zimmerman family and all the other injured and to gordon on an amazing run
Sending our condolences to the Zimmerman family for there loss of a loved one it affected us we were just yards away tryed to help ambulance get out as soon as possible for much needed to your family once again sorry for your loss.
I was in attendance at the race Sunday. The track staff did a very good job of ensuring fan safety before and during the storm. They made numerous announcements to fans via the track s PA system about the storm coming; in fact, an hour before the lightning was expected to hit with the first storm, all fans were ordered out of the grandstands and into their cars.
After the 51 car s crash, most of the fans started to leave since the second storm was getting close to the track. Track staff made an announcement asking fans to seek shelter due to the proximity of the storm.
This was a very unfortunate train travel in italy incident and my thoughts are with the families of those affected. Through all this, it is important to note that Pocono Raceway did everything within their power to protect the fans at the track by making announcements about the impending storms. Unfortunately, Mother Nature is often unpredictable and things like this will happen it s especially tragic that we lost a loyal race fan, and I m wishing the best to everyone else affected.
Thank you for the update. We all need to pull together as the NASCAR and offer support and prayers for all of the people train travel in italy injured and their families. It was extremely tragic, but was an act of God and we need to learn from this! We can not ignore these signs and maybe next year when severe weather is CLOSE the race may have to go on delay, to get everyone to safety. It is hard to get that many people to their cars in just a few minutes. Especially train travel in italy when you have people with diabilities there. Maybe a golf cart should have been provided to assist the people who couldn t walk good; I was one of them .I use a cane. The weather made it worse for me and the first storm I just stayed under the grandstand, but the second storm I went to the car. I know I was holding up some people at times because they wanted to run and couldn t get around me. It may help alleviate some congestion during storms, when trying to get people to their cars. This was just a very tragic ending to a great race weekend!
Thoughts and prayers being sent to the victims of this tragic event. My husband and I were unfortunate to witness the lightning strike in the grandstand parking area. It was a very scary situation. It is unfortunate for all that was involved, but as this article states will be a learning experience to further the safety of the Pocono family in the future. Pocono had no control over what happened on Sunday, but I am glad to know that they are taking the initiative to learn from this sad event!
I was at this race and a great day turned bad.I am sorry for the loss and my deapest symphony to the family.and I hope the other people train travel in italy injured are ok.and to pocono raceway we are family and thank u for all that u did.
They were parked less then 30 yards in front of us. Seeing the mangled canopies and the vacant vehicles was too much too comprehend! My thoughts train travel in italy are with their friends and family. I didn t put my canopy up and that may have saved our lives!
This is such a sad and alarming story; what a tragic accident..Most fans are at the mercy of the outdoor venues management train travel in italy and we all know weather is sometimes unpredictable as far as severity and traveling speed, but if current NOAA warnings/information had been posted as a ticker on the bottom of track (TV) screens along with the track s precautionary recommendations, some fans may have made different decisions regarding their own safety.
my heart goes out to all involved in the unfortunate incodent at the track yesterday. my God watch over the Zimmerman family and be with them in their time of need. as far as the Jeff Gordon thing, his win and celebration should in no way be associated with this unfortunate tragedy. he is a person and I am sure had he known this had happened, his celebration would have been very subdued. again, my heart goes out to all involved and may God be with you.
Our hearts go out to te Zimmerman family and all the others affected by the storm. We use to come to the track every year for the races and have been in storms at the track to. I just pray nobody trys to come back on the raceway for a act of nature.
My heart goes out to the families. That was one heck of a storm, it was scary to even ride it out under the grandstands! I know you all did everything in your power to let us know what was going on and what to do.
The other thing i wanted to state was that me myself being a fan of Pocono train travel in italy Raceway since 2001 and attended every race there since then that the track owners have always done a great job as far as safety goes and fire and emt crews are always there and visible. train travel in italy We must thank them as well so the people that say that the races are so loud that they didnt hear any announcements they are lying. Brian, id be more than happy to make a statement for y