Parris Island and NASCAR
Dec 2nd 2005RavenGeneral & Marine Corps
Parris Island is in the news a couple times today.
A day at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island proved more hazardous to NASCAR Busch Series driver Ashton Lewis Jr. than his high-speed day job.
Lewis, who drives the No. 25 Marine Corps-sponsored Ford car, “stepped funny on a line” while touring Parris Island’s confidence course Thursday and was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital with an ankle injury, said Louie Louchart, a staff engineer for the team.
“Driving 180 mph, not a problem, but walking 2 mph is difficult,” said Regan Smith, who drives the No. 35 McDonald’s Big Mac Ford, for which the Marine Corps is an associate sponsor.
