Really bad news at HyperFest
#17
Just horrific. There was a near instructor fatality there last year also..
A bit of an update:
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/...e6d384cd4.html
It sounds like the instructor was teaching a "hyperdrive" session - if they were on the Jefferson course - definitely not a standard DE environment.
A bit of an update:
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/...e6d384cd4.html
It sounds like the instructor was teaching a "hyperdrive" session - if they were on the Jefferson course - definitely not a standard DE environment.
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This sucks, big time. My heart goes out to those involved.
SP is one of my favorite tracks, but I've seen/heard about more injuries there than any other track I frequent. Wish they would address some of these safety issues.
SP is one of my favorite tracks, but I've seen/heard about more injuries there than any other track I frequent. Wish they would address some of these safety issues.
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RIP. So sorry for the family.
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Just awful..and scary. I wonder what safety equipment was used in the car..??
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#25
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The safety equipment in the car hardly matters ,the track safety is the issue .The instructor died from blunt trauma.The blunt trauma was a tree.Don't drive there!!
#26
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I am not commenting on this very sad incident BTW. There is not enough info and too much conjecture on the internets about this.
#29
I thought this a proper space to remind folks of Tom Norby - one of our instructors. He was at CMP - in the right seat, and died instantly when a limb of a tree came in through the passenger side. RIP Tom -
and to the family of the person who has not been named, my deepest sympathy. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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I would think safety equipment in the car would be safer than nothing. A cage with door bars are better than having no cage at all in a t-bone. It could have been enough to save a life. Yes, it matters. Not always with the best outcome...it is not perfect. Anyway, it is tragic and I hope it is something to be learned from on some level. I've heard of no less than 4 instructors perish in crashes in the last few years. It's a big deal. Look at everything, track, safety equipment, incident, everything.