John H

The link shows some high def pics of Joey Hands car after the accident. Really shows the importance of not skimping where safety counts.

http://www.mmsports.org/forum/viewto...=4585&start=20

Benton

... really shows the importance of repaving a track safely

mark kibort

and making sure the grass ski jumps along side the newly paved roads, allow the 100mph+ cars to safely clear the service roads.

MK

Chaos

And they even put up a tire wall so you can line up your approach !

Jim Child

Gregg is right. As of last weekend they haven't done anything to correct the problem. All they've done is install a tire wall in front of the jump to slow you down before you hit it.

924RACR

Provides an interesting counterpoint to the old rule - "a good race is when you can drive it on to the trailer at the end of the day" ...and I guess a bad day is when you have to use a forklift?

Cool, I've always wanted to see what goes on inside one of those engines! LOL!

chrisp

The door bars are interesting. They installed two sets, an X connecting the main hoop and the front hoop and NASCAR style bars. The NASCAR style bars are neat how in the front they go to the door sill and not the cage itself.

Also, they're lucky the caribiner thingy on the lifting strap didn't come apart. They didn't screw down the latch.

Thanks for posting.

Benton

The nastycar bars are most likely what PTG has installed post-BMW. The regular X is installed from the factory by BMW motorsports.

gbaker

That'll buff right out.

sww914

That thing looks like a yard sale. **** spread out all over the lawn.

Dave in Chicago

Reminds us all to ensure the integrity of that cage. Hope nobody has to test one again like that.

It sure looks like it did the job well, thankfully.

ceboyd

here is the video for whoever hasn't seen it yet!

http://www.break.com/index/joey_hand..._in_crash.html

SwayBar

Thanks for the link Chris.

ceboyd

your welcome... It was a pretty brutal crash..

93 FireHawk 968

You wonder what has to occur before they smooth down the Alpine Jump? I would think a bulldozer would have smoothed the launch pad down the very next day.