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Old 08-02-2006 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike in Chi
the guy in the camera car oughta get a HANS
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Old 08-02-2006 | 12:48 PM
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HANS and a new driving suit!
Old 08-02-2006 | 12:53 PM
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HANS and a new driving suit!

And he needs to not lift in order to wave at the dude who just spun. Sheesh.
Old 08-02-2006 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike in Chi
the guy in the camera car oughta get a HANS
You mean to keep his head pointed in the general direction the car is travelling vs. looking over his shoulder at the 944 as he drives by? Yeah - a HANS would help for that!

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Old 08-02-2006 | 01:02 PM
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Did the car that spun pit immediately afterwords? He had to have **** himself...
Old 08-02-2006 | 01:40 PM
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Definitely a Code Brown moment....
Old 08-02-2006 | 02:01 PM
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Pretty lucky....
Old 08-02-2006 | 02:04 PM
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Wow! That wasnt a save, he is just a LUCKY GUY!
Old 08-02-2006 | 02:27 PM
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Spin should have never happened, period.

I would not shake his hand except to say thanks for letting me by and glad your OK
Old 08-02-2006 | 02:49 PM
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I took the 3 day Skippy course there in June. It looks like the guy was off line in the Carousel, so he might not have much experience at RA. My other guess is that he was worried about seeing the video car in his rear view mirror, and went hot into the kink, lifted, and, well, as they say, the rest is history. Still a great save. In a 911, he would have been toast.
Old 08-02-2006 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MarkSchu
In a 911, he would have been toast.
Nah, it would have just spun twice as fast, and twice around.
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Old 08-02-2006 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaws911
hey, was that Joey Chitwood?
or Danny Sullivan.
Old 08-02-2006 | 05:52 PM
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I thought the full spin to look backwards at traffic and see where to place the car to avoid traffic was very well done..............................
Old 08-02-2006 | 07:52 PM
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that has to be the luckiest kink crash avoidance I've seen!
Old 08-03-2006 | 11:51 AM
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He was a little slow on the reaction.....it surprised me that it got away from him in the first place!

....and as for the "save"...he was LUCKY........


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