holy freak accident!

[AC]

at the track today some dude in an EVO managed to lose it coming out of a slow corner and somehow managed to go across the track twice and slam into two staged cars waiting to enter the track. No serious bodily injuries but looked like a dead EVO, NSX and G35 coupe.

The incomprehensible thing is that the corner where the driver lost it is not very fast and there should have been no reason it the world for him to get as far as he did down the straight...I still can't believe it could have happened, it's like he never ever lifted.

Weird

[smurfm3]

his "fault?" Track event coverage...?

Ouch either way...

[ChuckD]

[Gotta Keep My Pimpin Hand Strong...]

[AC]

because for the life of me I cannot imagine how this accident could have ever happened. As I said it was out of a slow corner...50mph I would guess... he probably hit at over 40 mph about 300 yards after the corner after apparently running off the track twice and spinning...in a bone dry day. I think he thought he was Colin McRae and he was going to save it because he must have never lifted at all.

For sure the cars are never going to be staged there again.

This was on the East course at Pocono Raceway.

[hayaku]

kicks in like a b!tch when you aren't ready for it or need it...

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Hayaku - Orange County, California

Notable Motorsports Quotes to Live by:
"That's so club" - Lenny Jackson
"Racing room is an inch and a quart of paint. Any more and you are a focking pansy-[Oops!] homemaker" - Scotty Hewitt (said in a heavy scottish accent)
"That's so club" - Glenn Yee
"Smooth is ok. You want to be faster then smooth, be more like a flowing river.. fast flow" - Craig Stanton
"That's so club" - Seth Neiman

[alevy]

I was talking to the driver of the evo.. no remorse.. didnt really care.. He was clueless.. it was an 2005 Evo MR, 1998 NSX and a 04 G35..

[alevy]

[Gotta Keep My Pimpin Hand Strong...]

[djdub]

I blew an 04 M3 Coupe engine. Where's my 100k engine warranty? Buy my Sirius receiver for Nav or my iceLink for Sirius & Nav. How about a StealthOne? RRT brake ducts? M3 trunk mat? All like new.

[when he was talking to the organizer..AC]

guy in his 20's, short hair, gray or brownish tee shirt?

[djdub]

under acceleration. It's almost scary!

Friend just got a new one - chipped it, slapped on a new exhaust and fuel pump. For less than $2500 of goodies the damn things puts down 350hp and 348 lb/ft torque. It'll pull on a stock E46 - probably a modified one.

I blew an 04 M3 Coupe engine. Where's my 100k engine warranty? Buy my Sirius receiver for Nav or my iceLink for Sirius & Nav. How about a StealthOne? RRT brake ducts? M3 trunk mat? All like new.

[sayemthree]

hooked back to the right.

[jsirota]

I swear, HPDEs are a LOT more dangerous than races.

1) Why were those cars parked where a car on track could easily reach them?
2) Why did the driver of the car with the camera pull over where HE could also be hit?

Yes, accidents happen. But putting cars or people in the line of fire of errant cars on track ... I would have never run in that event. I would certainly never have parked my car in that line. I've seen too many things happen.

[snook....]

[Gotta Keep My Pimpin Hand Strong...]

Whoever put that set-up together should be shot.

And shame on the instructors for not seeing the inherent danger in that arrangement.

I liked it when the chick instructor kept saying "tight tight tight" though. HOT!!!

[Gotta Keep My Pimpin Hand Strong...]

[snook....]

[Gotta Keep My Pimpin Hand Strong...]

[Shakenbake]

What, were they showing off their cars to the drivers on the track, hoping to score an appearance in some in car footage? I hope this kind of sh&t does not ruin these events for the rest of us.