Wrecked??
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Burning Brakes
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Wrecked??
Anyone care to share a crash story from personal experience?
What do you remember after the hit?
Were you injured?
Were you injured and said your weren't?
Were you pissed off at someone.
How much did it hurt the next day?
Just any good story of a wreck you were in on/off track
What do you remember after the hit?
Were you injured?
Were you injured and said your weren't?
Were you pissed off at someone.
How much did it hurt the next day?
Just any good story of a wreck you were in on/off track
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No, not looking forward to it. We all have or we all will. Seeing others on track, it does not seem to hurt if you have a safe car.
Mountain biking and motor cross on suicycles on the other hand.......
Mountain biking and motor cross on suicycles on the other hand.......
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Than I bought an '07 GT3 TRAKCAR 2 because I heard the have good brakes;-) racing JP175 now a fellow 4.0 GT3DE CUP driver :-)
My one and only spin, sorry for the ****ty Traqmate / chase cam setup:
I will stop hijacking this thread now and let people post actually wrecking...
My one and only spin, sorry for the ****ty Traqmate / chase cam setup:
I will stop hijacking this thread now and let people post actually wrecking...
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Burning Brakes
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Google: Oops no brakes
This was my closest call.
TRAKCAR 1 in the early days. Still have the POS, but keepin it for the TCN clubhouse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPyiE51EZgI&sns=em
BMW turned in JUST in time...
This was my closest call.
TRAKCAR 1 in the early days. Still have the POS, but keepin it for the TCN clubhouse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPyiE51EZgI&sns=em
BMW turned in JUST in time...
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Sly did a proper job of crashing, but she's been good ever since.
BTW theres a cuter picture where she has her hand in front of her mouth and points at the car saying oops.
Throw away the antique (Randy will probably race it) and give her, her own GT3 keep both maybe add a 996 or 997 3.6 GT3
BTW theres a cuter picture where she has her hand in front of her mouth and points at the car saying oops.
Throw away the antique (Randy will probably race it) and give her, her own GT3 keep both maybe add a 996 or 997 3.6 GT3
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Burning Brakes
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I'll start:
First experience with a high g stop, was backing into the hill (driver r) at Limerock on no name straight, after dropping a wheel on drivers left. Full boogy in 3rd, spun fast and climbed the hill for 30' and came down flat. slammed my head on roll bar and bruised everything. They say I was in my car for two yellow flag laps, but to me I jumped right out as was looking to see if I could fix the car. Honestly i think it was the first time I realized i could actually get hurt. I wasn't invincible and 21 anymore.
My poor wife was freeking out, because all she saw were 35 cars going by and I'm not there. THe rIde to the care center in an ambulance and the humility of facing the boys after. Officially humbled !! Not for long though. First year racing...
Many, red mist stories.
First experience with a high g stop, was backing into the hill (driver r) at Limerock on no name straight, after dropping a wheel on drivers left. Full boogy in 3rd, spun fast and climbed the hill for 30' and came down flat. slammed my head on roll bar and bruised everything. They say I was in my car for two yellow flag laps, but to me I jumped right out as was looking to see if I could fix the car. Honestly i think it was the first time I realized i could actually get hurt. I wasn't invincible and 21 anymore.
My poor wife was freeking out, because all she saw were 35 cars going by and I'm not there. THe rIde to the care center in an ambulance and the humility of facing the boys after. Officially humbled !! Not for long though. First year racing...
Many, red mist stories.
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High G and getting the wind knocked out of you will do that.
Woke up looking at the sky after motor cross thinking is was 10 seconds but it probably takes longer to gather a circle of 30 people staring at you to see if you are still alive.
BTW don't bring wifey. If you crash you just say the engine blew and hide the car. I have pre arranged this with my brother who is always "contact ICE" in case I wake up in the hospital.
Woke up looking at the sky after motor cross thinking is was 10 seconds but it probably takes longer to gather a circle of 30 people staring at you to see if you are still alive.
BTW don't bring wifey. If you crash you just say the engine blew and hide the car. I have pre arranged this with my brother who is always "contact ICE" in case I wake up in the hospital.
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Got rammed by a motorcycle at full speed while crossing the road (I was in the cross walk with a walk signal). When it happened, I remember thinking, "hmm, I am looking down but why can I see the sky?" and then a few seconds of confusion followed by a realization that something was off. I tried to continue walking only to discover that I was lying flat on the road. I tried to get up but fell down. At this point my body had completely shut down the pain sensation (I did not realize how badly I was hurt) so I decided to get up again, this time on a single foot (my other ankle was badly hurt). I started limping and jumping to the sidewalk and continued limping to the next block, where I got into a cab (no idea how or what I told to the cabbie). Took me six months to recover and the pain, a little of it is still there (this happened over 20 years ago).
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Got rammed by a motorcycle at full speed while crossing the road (I was in the cross walk with a walk signal). When it happened, I remember thinking, "hmm, I am looking down but why can I see the sky?" and then a few seconds of confusion followed by a realization that something was off. I tried to continue walking only to discover that I was lying flat on the road. I tried to get up but fell down. At this point my body had completely shut down the pain sensation (I did not realize how badly I was hurt) so I decided to get up again, this time on a single foot (my other ankle was badly hurt). I started limping and jumping to the sidewalk and continued limping to the next block, where I got into a cab (no idea how or what I told to the cabbie). Took me six months to recover and the pain, a little of it is still there (this happened over 20 years ago).
In retrospect I am lucky he went off at 40Mph. In Florida it was always shorts and t shirt racing each other.
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