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[Pedro_The_Swift]

Crash Porsche 964 RSR Harry Kleinjan Hellendoorn rally 2013 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hStcyDj830Q)

[Chops]

Nice of the bystanders to just stand there whilst the crews under water,,, :eek:

Do you reckon they're concrete barriers that they hit,,, it looked like they bent when he hits them,,

[rick130]

Nasty, and yes, they were concrete.
He might've had half a chance if he got off the middle pedal a little, although I wonder if he had a stuck throttle ?

I hate motorsport prangs.... :(

[Pedro_The_Swift]

wrong choice of barriers,,
those are not flat on the inside, they are wider at the bottom, sort of an inverted Y
and just waiting to launch something upwards.

[rick130]

And having had a stuck throttle @6700RPM in top gear heading straight for a wall it's an awful feeling.

I nearly dipped the clutch to blow the engine, luckily I could hit the kill switch but it took three goes which felt like an eternity but probably happened in well, well under a second......

[clubagreenie]

Is this where you say "call 911"?

[Xtreme]

Nasty, and yes, they were concrete.
He might've had half a chance if he got off the middle pedal a little, although I wonder if he had a stuck throttle ?

I hate motorsport prangs.... :(

Looks like maybe something wrong with the steering also as wheels pointing straight ahead. :confused:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

And having had a stuck throttle @6700RPM in top gear heading straight for a wall it's an awful feeling.

I nearly dipped the clutch to blow the engine, luckily I could hit the kill switch but it took three goes which felt like an eternity but probably happened in well, well under a second......


:o:rulez::Rolling:

[rick130]

:o:rulez::Rolling:

What ? do you want a photo of the nomex undies after that 'incident'?

Cruel Pedro, cruel. :(

It was a long, long time ago at Amaroo Park.
Just after cresting Bitupave I hit the picks to enter the Dunlop Loop and the little jigger, she didn't slow down, the throttle was stuck wide open.....
In an open wheeler there isn't much between your tootsies and whatever you collect, and in this case it would've been sandstone......:eek:

[jerryd]

Nice of the bystanders to just stand there whilst the crews under water,,, :eek:

Do you reckon they're concrete barriers that they hit,,, it looked like they bent when he hits them,,

I think the worst crash I've ever seen in motorsport was the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix :eek: where David Purley tried in vain to rescue Roger Williamson from his burning car.

........Purley is perhaps best known for his actions at the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix, where he abandoned his own race and attempted to save the life of fellow driver Roger Williamson, whose car was upside down and on fire following a horrific accident. Purley was awarded the George Medal for his courage in trying to save Williamson, who perished in the blaze. Purley died in a plane crash, having retired from motorsport and taken up aerobatics, in 1985.

[Homestar]

Completely the wrong barriers as already mentioned. Those ones are designed for and impact of less than 45 degrees, at or less than 100KPH. The idea is to lift the front wheel of the vehicle that impacts them, so some of the energy is transfered up, so the car doesn't fire back into the traffic like a snooker ball. they then pull the steering hard towards the barrier then the car will stick to the barrier as the car slows. certainly not designed to be hit at that sort of angle - it is just a small jump if you do that. There are other barriers that are readily available that would have prevented that car becoming wet.

By the way, was everyone ok?

[clubagreenie]

It was a long, long time ago at Amaroo Park.
Just after cresting Bitupave I hit the picks to enter the Dunlop Loop and the little jigger, she didn't slow down, the throttle was stuck wide open.....
In an open wheeler there isn't much between your tootsies and whatever you collect, and in this case it would've been sandstone......:eek:

Been there done that but in sports sedan. Also over the dogleg at Oran Park airborne into the dirt backed concrete wall nose first.

Saw a P76 become a CRX off the end of the long straight backwards there too.

Amaroo, Oran, Catalina RIP.