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SM
20-10-2005, 23:19
Saw this on BAT forum, and also posted by...

Friend at work knows the guy in the caterham...

http://www.jackals-forge.com/lotus/movies/Spa2005_crash.wmv
http://www.bookatrack.com/-PFexboyracer285824164?exboyracer&2858&24164&video/mpeg

BAT Thread
http://www.bookatrack.com/-ff?5&fram&&&&1

Could have been anyone, coolant spilt at the wrong place, next person (on cool down lap going steady) on track hits it then .........

Makes the case for trackday insurance stronger :eek:
Algie
21-10-2005, 00:23
Ouch!

That's a gutter :(

What is the 2nd car to hit the wall?

I thought it might be a Prelude or similar!?!? :confused:

Alg :nod:
SM
21-10-2005, 06:10
Yep, a Prelude.
Algie
21-10-2005, 09:14
Yep, a Prelude.

Horrible to watch :cry:
Dr Bob
21-10-2005, 09:27
def considering insurance for Cadwell now after this and the chat last night re. rallydrive. things can go wrong all too easily :nod:
SteA
21-10-2005, 09:41
def considering insurance for Cadwell now after this and the chat last night re. rallydrive. things can go wrong all too easily :nod:

I am going to try different insurance companies who offer trackday cover with the policy this year, otherwise its just too expensive. Looking at the trackday insurance policies though, you have a large excess and they will not pay any claims for accidents due to negligence, which TBH sounds like a very easy way for the insurance comapany to get out of paying :(

Bob, you'll be fine at cadwell ;) just dont try keeping up with kev......
Lennie
21-10-2005, 09:44
My mate rolled his focus RS on a track day when a skyline pissed all its cooland out on a corner. Apprently he had been doing about 100 then braked for the corner lost it on the coolant then couldnt make the corner due to excess speed. He ended up on the grass and apprently rolled it a few times. Luckily he was ok and had track insurance and got a new focus.

Quite lucky really, if he had no insurance he would be fooked.
Wallers
21-10-2005, 10:01
Indeed
mattkeeber
21-10-2005, 10:03
Dave (exboyracer) on the HondaRevolutions forum saw the caterham and was gonna go around him, hit the coolant and lost control...

horrible accident, stomach dropped when i saw it for the first time... :(
Yak
21-10-2005, 10:14
Looks from the vid he was a victim of the wet F1 astro turf :(
SM
21-10-2005, 10:32
Looks from the vid he was a victim of the wet F1 astro turf :(
Nope, deffo coolant, read the thread on the BAT forums for info from the actual drivers and people present.
Yak
21-10-2005, 10:35
Yeah thats what I ment. Coolent on the astro turf = extra extra slippy :eek:

Its looks like it was on the kurb which would have made it stupidly slippery as it is.
kirkster
21-10-2005, 10:57
Glad to hear that everyone is ok, and hope that they get their cars sorted soon.

Very unfortunate what happened.
kev1nc
21-10-2005, 10:58
Holy sh1t :eek: reallity check or what :(
YorkshireRam
21-10-2005, 11:10
ouch!

they should go on a drift day, learn to catch those slides! :) in all seriousness though, that prelude didn't seem to react as quick as he could, I suppose he was very lit up over that brow though, had a stab of the brakes when he saw that caterham then it all went tits up - he might not have hit the wall so hard if he took evasive action as soon as he felt the backend go.. saying that, you don't want to be hitting the poor caterham guy at full speed... one of those split-second things I suppose.
Vez
21-10-2005, 13:59
Coolant is incredibly soapy, did you see how the caterham snapped, no way back!
Wallers
21-10-2005, 14:02
Nope, deffo coolant, read the thread on the BAT forums for info from the actual drivers and people present.

What's the thread called? I get a list from your link and none of them appear to be obvious :)
SM
21-10-2005, 14:23
spa pictures? its in with other stuff on spa trackday, BAT forum has an odd layout
SM
21-10-2005, 14:26
Pictures from spa, about 5th post down (Jon Raettig) onwards .... and the the driftworks post onwards
piman2k
21-10-2005, 15:47
Devastated, I've seen my bonnet jump up in front of me so I really feel for those guys. Terrifying that must have been. But yes, trackday insurance is vital!
driftking
21-10-2005, 19:47
That is fairly horrific. Its very lucky the guy getting out of the cat wasn't seriuosly hurt the the prelude hit his car. :indiff:
TomM
21-10-2005, 21:53
http://www.mariasteve.plus.com/images/DSC03916a.jpg

Saw this a while back on Exiges.com. Very scary :(
pdh 14a
22-10-2005, 17:01
:eek: That didn't give any warning :eek:
PhatBob
22-10-2005, 17:58
That there is the reason you need a good rollcage, not for the initial impact, but for the ones that can follow. I once saw a car on its side after a roll get hit full on in the roof by another car...

I hope the guy getting out of the caterham was not badly injured when the Honda hit him.

Motorsport is dangerous, thats why its exciting.

Rob
arry
22-10-2005, 18:03
fcukin ell that was nasty :eek:
SM
22-10-2005, 23:51
Nobody suffered anything more than minor injuries and fookered cars :down: everyone was lucky to get away with that.
Martin T
26-10-2005, 18:39
Nobody suffered anything more than minor injuries and fookered cars :down: everyone was lucky to get away with that.
Better than what could have happened :)
But a sh1tter nevertheless :(