The Value of a Roll-Cage...
11-10-2005, 02:21 AM
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The Value of a Roll-Cage...
Duo cheat 270m/918' death plunge
> 01.11.2005
>
> By RAE WILSON LIKE an impending rollercoaster ride with the descent
> just beyond view, Scott Juniper and Dan Bowden's hearts were in their
> throats as their rally car slid toward a 270-metre ravine on New
> Zealand farmland.
> But this was no thrill ride.
>
> When the ground disappeared beneath the 2003 Twin Turbo Porsche and
> only sky stretched ahead - neither knew which track gravity would take
them.
>
> Scott went silent, Dan started screaming expletives. The silver
> Porsche flipped about 30 times before landing in an inaccessible
> ravine, 8km from the finish line of a Targa New Zealand racing stage.
>
>
>
> Excerpt from Sunshine News
>
> "We came up to the corner and it was listed as an extremely dangerous
> caution. Scott had slowed down but the brakes didn't work and we went
> right off the edge," Dan said.
> "We were airborne for about 50 metres but we couldn't see all the way
> to the bottom then.
>
> "We could only see 170m down but there was another ledge and another
> 100m.
>
> "The g-forces involved and the rolling was unbelievable - the safety
> system in the car was the only reason we lived.
>
> "At the start I didn't think we were going to die but the roll cage
> started beating down on our heads - then every roll we landed on the
> roof was absolutely terrifying.
>
> "We couldn't even see where we were when we got out of the car and we
> could not believe we'd survived." The prominent Sunshine Coast
> businessmen returned late yesterday with Dan sporting "one of the best
> black eyes I've ever seen" and Scott with chipped teeth, harness and
> helmet marks, and an "enormous" headache after being knocked
> unconscious.
>
> Maintaining their sense of humour but not willing to test their luck
> further, they are vowing not to bet on the Melbourne Cup while
> celebrating their return at Corbould Park today.
>
> Scott, the 33-year-old director of his own development company and son
> of well-known developer Graeme Juniper, spent thousands of dollars
> fitting the car with top safety measures.
>
> The car had the strongest roll cage available, seats that enveloped
> their heads, and strong harnesses and helmets. While Dan plans to
> return to racing for the Noosa Hillclimb next weekend, Scott said he
> would wait another month before deciding whether to get behind the
> wheel of a rally car again.
>
> "I was able to see down when we slid over the edge and I thought we
> were dead, I didn't think we would walk away," Scott said.
>
> "I had a co-driver with me; you just start to realise the gravity of
> how responsible you actually are for someone's life.
>
> "I remember quite a few of the tumbles but then there was a long space
> of rolling in the air and I just remember a really hard impact - then
> I don't remember anything until the bottom."
>
> Scott and Dan had finished fifth in the Australian Targa earlier in
> the year; brother Shaun Juniper went on to finish 14th outright and
> first in his class in the NZ Targa. Dan said the pair would have
> finished in the top three if they had not crashed.
>
> Dan, the 32-year-old managing director of a car care product company
> called Bowden's Own, said the biggest challenge was trying to walk
> back up the 270m hill to let people know they were there.
>
> ""It was that steep we couldn't work out how to get up," he said.
>
> "But it could have been a whole other story if we had both broken
> bones because no-one would have known we were there.
>
> "Someone's watching over us, we're destined for greater things."
>
> 01.11.2005
>
> By RAE WILSON LIKE an impending rollercoaster ride with the descent
> just beyond view, Scott Juniper and Dan Bowden's hearts were in their
> throats as their rally car slid toward a 270-metre ravine on New
> Zealand farmland.
> But this was no thrill ride.
>
> When the ground disappeared beneath the 2003 Twin Turbo Porsche and
> only sky stretched ahead - neither knew which track gravity would take
them.
>
> Scott went silent, Dan started screaming expletives. The silver
> Porsche flipped about 30 times before landing in an inaccessible
> ravine, 8km from the finish line of a Targa New Zealand racing stage.
>
>
>
> Excerpt from Sunshine News
>
> "We came up to the corner and it was listed as an extremely dangerous
> caution. Scott had slowed down but the brakes didn't work and we went
> right off the edge," Dan said.
> "We were airborne for about 50 metres but we couldn't see all the way
> to the bottom then.
>
> "We could only see 170m down but there was another ledge and another
> 100m.
>
> "The g-forces involved and the rolling was unbelievable - the safety
> system in the car was the only reason we lived.
>
> "At the start I didn't think we were going to die but the roll cage
> started beating down on our heads - then every roll we landed on the
> roof was absolutely terrifying.
>
> "We couldn't even see where we were when we got out of the car and we
> could not believe we'd survived." The prominent Sunshine Coast
> businessmen returned late yesterday with Dan sporting "one of the best
> black eyes I've ever seen" and Scott with chipped teeth, harness and
> helmet marks, and an "enormous" headache after being knocked
> unconscious.
>
> Maintaining their sense of humour but not willing to test their luck
> further, they are vowing not to bet on the Melbourne Cup while
> celebrating their return at Corbould Park today.
>
> Scott, the 33-year-old director of his own development company and son
> of well-known developer Graeme Juniper, spent thousands of dollars
> fitting the car with top safety measures.
>
> The car had the strongest roll cage available, seats that enveloped
> their heads, and strong harnesses and helmets. While Dan plans to
> return to racing for the Noosa Hillclimb next weekend, Scott said he
> would wait another month before deciding whether to get behind the
> wheel of a rally car again.
>
> "I was able to see down when we slid over the edge and I thought we
> were dead, I didn't think we would walk away," Scott said.
>
> "I had a co-driver with me; you just start to realise the gravity of
> how responsible you actually are for someone's life.
>
> "I remember quite a few of the tumbles but then there was a long space
> of rolling in the air and I just remember a really hard impact - then
> I don't remember anything until the bottom."
>
> Scott and Dan had finished fifth in the Australian Targa earlier in
> the year; brother Shaun Juniper went on to finish 14th outright and
> first in his class in the NZ Targa. Dan said the pair would have
> finished in the top three if they had not crashed.
>
> Dan, the 32-year-old managing director of a car care product company
> called Bowden's Own, said the biggest challenge was trying to walk
> back up the 270m hill to let people know they were there.
>
> ""It was that steep we couldn't work out how to get up," he said.
>
> "But it could have been a whole other story if we had both broken
> bones because no-one would have known we were there.
>
> "Someone's watching over us, we're destined for greater things."
>
These two guys will never be the same people again, they will feel blessed and do a lot of good in their lives most likely.
11-10-2005, 03:46 PM
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Looks like a stock airbox.
Maybe it saved them from higher intake and greater speed?
Maybe it saved them from higher intake and greater speed?
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11-11-2005, 09:44 AM
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I can add 300hp and have the car bullet proofed locally with 11mm steel for the same price
In fact the roll cage was removed because of its inconvenience, and risk it represents to the occupants on a street car.
I can add 300hp and have the car bullet proofed locally with 11mm steel for the same price
In fact the roll cage was removed because of its inconvenience, and risk it represents to the occupants on a street car.