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Old 10-05-2013, 09:29 PM
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ALMS crash - driver walked away. enough said
these Cup car are just amazing!

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That was crazy, glad to see him walk away like it was nothing. Really surprised that cameraman didn't budge
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What was really amazing is the corner workers had their backs to the track... This wouldn't happen at RA or WGI, obviously they don't take their job seriously imo.
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Wow! I feel so much better now. Safety, safety, safety!
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years of building race cars with keen knowledge of safety - that's Porsche motorsports. The only company in the world that will sell you a race car that you can roll off the trailer and go racing.

There are some horrific crashes with these Cup car over the years and many able to walk away to race another day

Here is another crash across the Atlantic that went airborne



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Wow...
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Originally Posted by jenk12m
That was crazy, glad to see him walk away like it was nothing. Really surprised that cameraman didn't budge
Not only did he not budge, but he zoomed out and kept frame as the car came flying at him. Thats insane!
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Originally Posted by JCL59
What was really amazing is the corner workers had their backs to the track... This wouldn't happen at RA or WGI, obviously they don't take their job seriously imo.
One corner worker had her back turned. The other two were watching the oncoming traffic. She may have been observing something else that had transpired.
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Wow...flying Porsche
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2-for-1 deal on slightly use Porsche race car package: 1 GT3 Cup car, 1 RSR cup car. $100k
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Originally Posted by GT3DE
2-for-1 deal on slightly use Porsche race car package: 1 GT3 Cup car, 1 RSR cup car. $100k
lol

they will just retub and $50K later with shiny new wrap it's all good to go



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