Bryan Watts

Or just have one of these hovering on stand-by the entire race.

Bryan Watts

I had a similar thought the other day, so I invented a nifty tool for putting out the fire in your fireplace.

Works like a charm. Wait...nevermind.

George from MD

A terrible tragedy but I think (and hope) he will survive very well. Second degree burns of 40% are bad but certainly survivable and will, for the most part, heal. My brother suffered an accident that gave him 50% third degree burns. Skin doesn't really heal at all when it's third degree and he had numerous skin transplants over the course of two years. He made it thank God being the loveable bastard that he is.

Sure makes me think about getting a suit though. I've been too cheap to do it and I only do DEs but still.....if this were to happen at Summit Point I'm not sure the response would have been as good as what we saw here.

Bryan Watts

"2nd degree burns to 40% of his body"

Wow. That's all? Despite the tragedy, he deserves an entry into the "luckiest man alive" award IMO. To escape with nothing more than a 2nd degree burn is near unbelievable.

ajcjr

Wow i cant believe the driver lived, his arm was hanging out, body being tossed, incased in fire. dam the man upstairs was riding shot gun with him.

What gets me is like many mentioned, was this car put together with elmers glue? Fire bottles flying down the track, seatbelts are breaking. Are these factory lambo race cars, if so may be they should stick to their street cars.

The safety team, they should fire everyone of them. I cant believe guys are not jumping over the wall that have safety gear on and people in short sleeves are out there helping. I am sure hope a couple of them caught some beatings for not helping their team member (sorry i am from NY).

George from MD

Well whatever suit he was wearing is the one to buy. He was in there a LONG time- I would have thought for sure that he would have received far more extensive third degree burns- or just be plain toast.

kurt M

His burns are not a small thing. Second deg / 40% is more than enough to die from. His survival depends on his age, the care he gets, his condition prior to the burning and pure luck. He could easly get an infection or have a systemic reaction. I whish him luck and hope he is getting the best care.

Bryan Watts

No doubt...but when suits are only rated to protect from 2nd degree burns for a matter of seconds, it's amazing to me that he escaped with "only" 2nd degree burns.

George from MD

"His burns are not a small thing. Second deg / 40% is more than enough to die from. His survival depends on his age, the care he gets, his condition prior to the burning and pure luck. He could easly get an infection or have a systemic reaction. I whish him luck and hope he is getting the best care."

Agree 100%. Hopefully I didn't sound like I diminished them I was surprised and happy they weren't alot worse.

mark kibort

I didn't say put the flame out, i was thinking it would be excellent to divert the flames away from the driver so that safety crews could reach in and save the guy, without being exposed to the random, engulfing flames.
Take a look at the pics. it looks like that when he was skidding to a stop, when he was facing into the oncoming air, the flames were behind him. when he wasnt, he was engulfed in flames. I bet he felt better out of the flames.

mk

mark kibort

I think that is a good idea!

how about this. how about a fire truck that has a fire hose that sprays more than a few quarts of water a minute! .

WHB Porsche

I believe this is a Lamborghini-endorsed series, with Lamborghini-built cars. If they can F up safety equipment that badly, makes me wonder how our cars would hold up.

dnitake

I've no fire training whatsoever, but was a first responder in a fire at a DE armed w/ nothing but a fire extinguisher. After emptying the bottle in 10 seconds, and realizing how futile it was, the next thing was "f*ck the car, where's the driver?". He was sitting on a rock and otherwise fine. The fire was SO hot just from the radiation. I still wonder had the driver been strapped in, there would have been no way to get him out the way I was dressed. To see a "trained" fireman fully suited spraying from behind the Armco is amazing. He's the one the guy grabbed the extinguisher from. Seems all the extinguishers should have been trained on the driver to keep him cool and open a path to get him out. But I realize how intense the situation is in one's mind as in WTF do I do? Training is key. Speedy and good recovery wishes.

Malakas

Yeah, my Gallardo dreams are just about gone... I think there have been more than a few street cars lost to mysterious fires.

I hope our p-cars are a little better built/designed. At least my car is A LOT slower than any Lambo (except maybe a Jalpa), and therefore should not be subjected to such high speed crash forces.

Ed Hughes

Wow, that is sobering.

We saw Boris Said's car at Long Beach last year go up quick, he was pretty much fully engulfed at the end of the front straight by the time he was able to stop the car and crawl out of the car.

We were right at turn 1 when it happened-pretty hairy!