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SCCA Touring class crash
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09-13-2008, 10:13 PM
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Comments in thread say there was brake failure...
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09-14-2008, 09:34 AM
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FIA rated bubble wrap!
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Pretty frigging huge. Passenger side cage looked like it collapsed a little but it's great he walked away. Well, those fences don't look tall enough, thats for sure. The emergency workers were lucky, they werent that far away from that.
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09-14-2008, 11:26 AM
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I once commented to a semi-pro racer I might think about progressing into Touring. His advice was not to, potential for running against poor prep and less skill.
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09-14-2008, 04:55 PM
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 For the safety gear, looks like it all worked to perfection.
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09-20-2008, 11:14 AM
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09-20-2008, 08:55 PM
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Assuming no fluid on track, one cant help but wonder if there wasnt some sort of ABS failure involved given the decel G bars rather erratic behavior. Scary!
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09-22-2008, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by kbrew8991
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Finally! Scientific proof that race cars accelerate when they touch grass!  Right at the end of that vid the accelerometer goes from red to green the second the Nissan's left side tires leave the track.
And I'm sure that has nothing to do with the beginning of all those somersaults ... 
After posting this I had a sobering thought - given the showroom stock nature of that car the accident could just as easily have happened at a track day where there would have been significantly less safety equipment in use and even the possibility of a passenger along for the ride. This thought just underlines the sentiment that one should not place a car on-track that the owner isn't willing to wad up and (hopefully) walk away from.
Last edited by Mad Mike; 09-22-2008 at 09:33 AM.
Reason: Added the track day consideration ...
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09-22-2008, 09:06 PM
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wet grass is especially good at accelerating a car 
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09-23-2008, 06:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kbrew8991
wet grass is especially good at accelerating a car |
Maybe some enterprising far east firm will pick up on that fact and start making tires out of recycled clippings.
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