mglobe

I'm sorry, but in my opinion folks who are finding ways to criticize the driver in this video are in denial. They are trying to reassure themselves that "it couldn't happen to me.". Well I'm sorry, but it could happen to you.

As far as waving, it's a courtesy thing, and you see it even in the pros in the middle of races. I wave to thank people for a point-by in DE's all the time. I've done it in the middle of the race before when a slower driver makes a pass easy for me (yes there is at least one slower driver out there somewhere).

sbelles

Agreed. He did a great job of getting the car slowed down without panicking and collecting somebody. I don't think he could have done anything about the collision and I don't have a problem with the wave but he does need to work on his hand position.

Veloce Raptor

holy cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sbelles

As Summit, they should have a 30-06 along with the flags.

Veloce Raptor

We did all sorts of tactical training there (and I still help out occasionally these days as trainer), you may have seen/heard the gunfire & explosions. Despite all that, we still would have "wildlife encounters" every once in a while. But generallyy, the racket we caused scared them away...over to the other track!

mglobe

Yup

Streak

Ummmm, that wasn't a cow

SiberianDVM

If I ever saw this, my first thought would have been that Monty Python had taken over the track...................

morsini

It's unfortunate that the strike occurred. However, I think he was distracted by wanting to acknowledge the other driver. If he had been [instead] looking far enough ahead the outcome may have been different. Racing incident -13/13 to the deer.

Charles A. Toupin

Right. But we don't see them as often as we used to.

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Matt Romanowski

+1. If people can't handle waiving when they are driving, then they can't handle driving at that level. Should we ban radios? People have to take a finger off the wheel and the PTT button and talk while driving. Surely that is dangerous.

93 FireHawk 968

What about the "Poor" deer? All kidding aside that was one helluva an impact and not convinced it could have been prevented. I replayed the video a few times and its tough to blame the driver. Wrong place at the wrong time.

disasterman

I can find fault with the guy not having his visor down. I put my visor down every time I go on track, whether it's a race, DE or testing. Use your safety gear, including your visor.

Jeff951NJ

I have seen deer at VIR as well.. I was going up the back stretch and there were four deer about 50 yards off the track drivers left... Kinda scary with the speed we are all carrying!! Hope the driver was ok in video

bauerjab

Just for the record, I did not come even close to alleging it was driver error. I just posed the question.

Nor, as one apparent clairvoyant mind reading poster assumed, am I in denial. I was there when Geoffrey R had a huge hit on a deer. It's just one of those unlucky occurrences.

Also, since I am offering my belligerent two cents, I think driver wave byes are assinine. It's OK on a cool down lap, but other than that, two hands should always be on the wheel. As for radios, my talk button is on the steering wheel and is situated such that I can keep two hands on the wheel.