I'm a little sore but OK. Pretty sure the Armco at the track is fine.
Incredibly Mary wasn't phased at all. She saw the whole thing from pit lane and thought it was spectacular. Wish I could say the same.
Lucky no one else became involved or it would have been a mess, as the car did a 360 on the track after impact, then slid about 500 ft before stopping on the other side of the road. I actually never stopped trying to maintain some level of control.
The car will be in hospital for a while. Buckled the rear trunk floor & broke the transmission bellhousing among other things.
Pictures to follow soon.
Someone who was following me got it on video, can't wait to see it.
A slow as dirt, clueless Mini driver squeezed me off the track. We had a 20+mph speed differential & he never saw me AFAIK. From what I heard the guy packed up and went home right afterwards. Probably scared the shit out of him.
I don't think he belonged on the track anyway. His qualifying time was 23 sec slower than mine, on a 1.5 mile track. 10 sec slower than the next car.
In only two laps I qualified 7th overall with a 1:04.6. Barely even warmed up the tires.
Sorry to hear that Chris. Glad that you are OK.
It's a shame about the car. But, you wanted to make some 'modifications" anyway, didn't you?
Glad you're OK. People bitch about SCCA safety requirements for the cars but it saved your ass. Sounds like the guy in the Mini should have been black flaged for being too f***ing slow.
Now you got something to do over the winter.
Paul
Indeed Chris. Glad you're ok.
Chris
Glad to hear you're OK. Shame about the car
I've been on both sides of that one. The one who caused it and the unlucky guy in the wrong place at the right time. It was being a fault that was the hardest. Maybe the other guy had the same thought I did. "If you aren't safe you don't belong out there."
Dave
Chris,
Sorry to hear of your accident.
Maybe you can consider that you're
lucky to be okay.
Lucky the car is repairable.
Lucky to have a wife like Mary.
Ya, what they all said Glad you came outta this one A-OK.
Try to get the video & see if it can be posted here. I'm sure everyone wants to see it.
(living vicariously) bruce
Chris,
Glad you're ok. Bummer about the car...
Darn man........Sounds like a good time to rip the engine out and do a "Little work"
Motor racing is a dangerous sport. Crashes are part of it. They are very exciting for the spectators, but really suck for the guy who has to pay for the repairs.
Glad to hear that you are OK. It seems like you have a good attitude about everything. A year from now you will look back on it all and enjoy telling the story.
(ask me how I know)
Yikes. Crashing is no fun at all (says the girl who caught big air when she drove her 356 off a five-foot embankment at 40+ mph). Glad you're ok! Cars can be fixed, much as it sucks to have to do so, but there is no replacement part for you.
Chris, ditto on the glad you are OK. The axle you have is not that early; the ones on my '71 911 are 4 bolt. I don't know when they started with the 6, but it seems like with the 915 trans. That would be '72-on.
Damn, Chris!! Sorry to hear about the car, glad to hear you're ok.
Maybe you can make that illegal rear bulkhead modification now
Glad to hear you are OK!
Jerky Mini drivers!
Glad the car is not a total loss
I work with a guy who went to the runoffs....I have to ask him how bad it looked. Glad you are ok. Now get to work making it better, stronger, faster...wait, that is the 6 millon dollar man....hey, just like racing! ....herb
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Ouch! Looks painful.
So glad to hear you fared well, metal bends back.
Sorry man.
M
Glad you ok. That looks like it was a nice tub. You have your work cut out for you.
Glad you are ok.
This picture is a bit ironic.
Glad you are okay. Accidents are always humbling - but you'll always get over them. Keep at it and good luck with the repairs.
Fiid.
Looking at the rear trunk, There is no reason to add a rear camber truss. It looks like all damage is to the trunk floor.
Anyone want to trade a camber truss for headers????
Chris, First off glad your ok.
Secondly. I have some early 911 halfshafts/cv's, and drive flanges...
Let me know if your interested....
btw I just had an interesting off at LRP went off track right just after the uphill. My car got really "light" rotated a bit, landed.. I did some offroading till I got back on track
Chris, glad to hear you're OK. LRP is more like the Merritt Parkway with a few less exits than a righteous race course with run-off zones. At least they don't let trucks out there (OK, maybe a stray Cayenne)... Don't forget to thank the guy that built your roll cage . Where'd you get squeezed, top of the main straight?
You probably cured that guy in the Mini of any further track fantasies, but I'd be inclined to fault the steward(s) who let him out there in the first place. The guy was out of his league, and that's what the "adult supervision" is supposed to look out for.
That rear fender picture could be your new PCA 'Challenge' ad.
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OUCH......glad you made it out okay....
If you need a side shifter housing, I have one that is yours just for the price of shipping.
Here's a pic of the axles. The CVs are 100mm dia x 30mm thick. So far the only obvious damage is the broken CV at driver's inside.
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