O.T. but wow
09-22-2013, 04:44 PM
#1
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09-22-2013, 11:11 PM
#3
Three Wheelin'
Wow, hard hit and with a co-driver / passenger!
Not sure what was going on there, if you watch the attitude of the car it is accelerating until very late then the driver jumps hard on the brakes and wham!
Have to wonder if the driver should have been driving that hard ... co-driver could have messed up the pace notes.
Ryan
Not sure what was going on there, if you watch the attitude of the car it is accelerating until very late then the driver jumps hard on the brakes and wham!
Have to wonder if the driver should have been driving that hard ... co-driver could have messed up the pace notes.
Ryan
09-23-2013, 01:58 AM
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Unsecured wall with a body of water is bad enough, hit to the tub when the car meets the second piece of wall (still standing straight up) was car-killing, and probably didn't feel real good, either. Wow. Nasty stuff. Glad to hear they were ok.
pete
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09-23-2013, 10:39 AM
#6
glad they are ok
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09-23-2013, 07:24 PM
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Thank goodness their both OK. Looks like they lost track of their track notes
09-23-2013, 09:06 PM
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why the driver grabbed another gear and stepped on the gas is beyond me.
It is apparent he never considered the upcoming turn as he never even set up for it.
It was as if he was thinking the street kept going straight..... either his eyes played tricks on him and never followed his navigator's instructions OR his navigator's instructions were off by a few instructions which is not uncommon in rapid action community stages.
Still, in fast paced tight quartered areas on flat level land a driver on stage tends to drive what he can see with the navigator's instructions being a secondary assurance.
Come to think of it, id say the driver assumed the baracades follwed the curb of the road (which they might not but could easily appear so in the distance from what i can see) the road also switches back in the other direction to the parking lot. Not sure what was part of the stage and perhaps wither was the driver...
Perhaps He assumed the turn was going to follow the baracades as a long sweeping right but then saw the switchback to the parking lot. The navigator should have picked up on this but alas id say he was lost in his notes with instructions comming that fast in that area.
A full flip onto the roof and in water was surely a sight! Good thing for the water says I .....
It is apparent he never considered the upcoming turn as he never even set up for it.
It was as if he was thinking the street kept going straight..... either his eyes played tricks on him and never followed his navigator's instructions OR his navigator's instructions were off by a few instructions which is not uncommon in rapid action community stages.
Still, in fast paced tight quartered areas on flat level land a driver on stage tends to drive what he can see with the navigator's instructions being a secondary assurance.
Come to think of it, id say the driver assumed the baracades follwed the curb of the road (which they might not but could easily appear so in the distance from what i can see) the road also switches back in the other direction to the parking lot. Not sure what was part of the stage and perhaps wither was the driver...
Perhaps He assumed the turn was going to follow the baracades as a long sweeping right but then saw the switchback to the parking lot. The navigator should have picked up on this but alas id say he was lost in his notes with instructions comming that fast in that area.
A full flip onto the roof and in water was surely a sight! Good thing for the water says I .....
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09-24-2013, 03:22 PM
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Come to think of it, id say the driver assumed the baracades follwed the curb of the road (which they dont but could easily appear so in the distance from what i can see) when in fact the road switches back in the other direction thus not allowing enough time to slow down for a direction change. Id say at full lock up he noticed the error but it was too late.
He assumed the turn was going to follow the baracades as a long sweeping right. The navigator should have picked up on this but alas id say he was lost in his notes with instructions comming that fast in that area.
A full flip onto the roof and in water was surely a sight! Good thing for the water says I .....
He assumed the turn was going to follow the baracades as a long sweeping right. The navigator should have picked up on this but alas id say he was lost in his notes with instructions comming that fast in that area.
A full flip onto the roof and in water was surely a sight! Good thing for the water says I .....
09-26-2013, 03:26 PM
#12
why the driver grabbed another gear and stepped on the gas is beyond me.
It is apparent he never considered the upcoming turn as he never even set up for it.
It was as if he was thinking the street kept going straight..... either his eyes played tricks on him and never followed his navigator's instructions OR his navigator's instructions were off by a few instructions which is not uncommon in rapid action community stages.
Still, in fast paced tight quartered areas on flat level land a driver on stage tends to drive what he can see with the navigator's instructions being a secondary assurance.
Come to think of it, id say the driver assumed the baracades follwed the curb of the road (which they might not but could easily appear so in the distance from what i can see) the road also switches back in the other direction to the parking lot. Not sure what was part of the stage and perhaps wither was the driver...
Perhaps He assumed the turn was going to follow the baracades as a long sweeping right but then saw the switchback to the parking lot. The navigator should have picked up on this but alas id say he was lost in his notes with instructions comming that fast in that area.
A full flip onto the roof and in water was surely a sight! Good thing for the water says I .....
It is apparent he never considered the upcoming turn as he never even set up for it.
It was as if he was thinking the street kept going straight..... either his eyes played tricks on him and never followed his navigator's instructions OR his navigator's instructions were off by a few instructions which is not uncommon in rapid action community stages.
Still, in fast paced tight quartered areas on flat level land a driver on stage tends to drive what he can see with the navigator's instructions being a secondary assurance.
Come to think of it, id say the driver assumed the baracades follwed the curb of the road (which they might not but could easily appear so in the distance from what i can see) the road also switches back in the other direction to the parking lot. Not sure what was part of the stage and perhaps wither was the driver...
Perhaps He assumed the turn was going to follow the baracades as a long sweeping right but then saw the switchback to the parking lot. The navigator should have picked up on this but alas id say he was lost in his notes with instructions comming that fast in that area.
A full flip onto the roof and in water was surely a sight! Good thing for the water says I .....
Had the K-rail been correctly secured, hell, was it even concrete or was it empty plastic barriers? The way it moved and snapped off that front wheel like a toy, I think it had to be solid concrete, but it should have been tied end to end and anchored or faced with impact absorbers. Then this would have been an unremarkable event.