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OUCH, Horrific wreck @ homestead |
Joe Ricard |
Mar 26 2006, 12:06 PM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
Anybody catch the dealy wreck? Just saw it on Speed news. hit the wall slid down the track and then T-boned by another car doing 176 miles an hour.
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jr91472 |
Mar 26 2006, 12:12 PM
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"I'm pacing myself sergeant..." Group: Members Posts: 1,205 Joined: 2-August 04 From: McKinney, TX Member No.: 2,437 |
Was that the ROLEX series race yesterday? I watched last nite but didn't see that?
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Joe Ricard |
Mar 26 2006, 12:14 PM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
IRL practice just about an hour ago.
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dekman |
Mar 26 2006, 12:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 458 Joined: 12-December 04 From: Ojai,CA Member No.: 3,274 Region Association: None |
Just saw the replay on speed.....horrible crash. Reminds everyone that it is still a potentially deadly sport. While talking with Brian Redman yesterday, there were 3 or 4 times that he should of died from crashes and actually quit after the Targa Floria crash...but he went back to it!(addicted to speed). (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif)
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Scott Carlberg |
Mar 26 2006, 01:31 PM
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Porsche MOTORSPORTS Group: Members Posts: 1,595 Joined: 17-April 03 From: Modesto, Ca Member No.: 580 |
IRL driver Paul Dana in fatal crash
more info here This post has been edited by Scott Carlberg: Mar 26 2006, 01:32 PM |
i love porsche |
Mar 26 2006, 01:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 6-May 04 From: Nutley, NJ Member No.: 2,030 Region Association: North East States |
just saw it at a rennlist lunch meet...its sad
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URY914 |
Mar 26 2006, 04:51 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 121,038 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
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jimtab |
Mar 26 2006, 06:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
With all of the spotters and flashing yellow lights why was the guy still going 176mph by telemetry when he hit the disabled car....don't those things have brakes? Too bad for the dead guy. I guess it really is better to be the hammer than the nail.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
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Lou W |
Mar 26 2006, 06:41 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
The other drivers on the track saw it and slowed down, he must not have been paying attention, So sad. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
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soloracer |
Mar 26 2006, 07:00 PM
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Jim, The way I read this you are saying it's better to be the car moving fast than it is to be the stationary one. However, wasn't Dana (the one killed) driving the car doing 176 mph? If so, that would be opposite of the "better to be the hammer than the nail" no? |
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BMartin914 |
Mar 26 2006, 07:03 PM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) It really is tragic to lose another driver... |
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jimtab |
Mar 27 2006, 12:13 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
No, Dana spun and the other guy hit him at 176mph |
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boxstr |
Mar 27 2006, 12:16 AM
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MEMBER:PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION Group: Members Posts: 7,522 Joined: 25-December 02 From: OREGON Member No.: 12 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Jim I just reread the report and it says Carpenter hit the wall, came down the track and was hit in the rear by Dana. I also watched the video, same outcome.
CCL |
messix |
Mar 27 2006, 01:34 AM
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AKA "CLUTCH KILLER"! Group: Members Posts: 6,995 Joined: 14-April 05 From: between shit kickers and pinky lifters/ puget sound wa.north of Seattle south of Canada Member No.: 3,931 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
its hard to tell but i think dana caught the engine package about head high. sad, and makes me sick. i feel bad for his family, but i'd rather go doing some thing that i love doing than rotting from some disease or taken out by a blue hair runnig a red light.
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alpha434 |
Mar 27 2006, 02:23 AM
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Roger that. Did you see the sparks fly from the e-brake being pulled before the collision? That was neat. But it happens fast, so watch carefully. Blue car does it. |
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messix |
Mar 27 2006, 02:40 AM
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AKA "CLUTCH KILLER"! Group: Members Posts: 6,995 Joined: 14-April 05 From: between shit kickers and pinky lifters/ puget sound wa.north of Seattle south of Canada Member No.: 3,931 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
uuuummmmm i did'nt know irl open wheel race cars had e-brakes. can't imagine a need for an EMERGENCEY HAND BRAKE on a race car!!!!! you crake me up alpha (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif) |
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URY914 |
Mar 27 2006, 07:28 AM
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Can't they cut the engine out remotely and have the car's slow or at least get the driver's attenion? All that technoloy and this still happens. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) Seems as though something could have been done. |
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ClayPerrine |
Mar 27 2006, 02:16 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,514 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
This is a tragedy. I really feel sorry for his family. But, I have to quote Steve McQueen in the movie LeMans, "It is a profesional blood sport, people die." Much as we hate it, it is going to happen. Not as often as in the past, but it is never going to go away.
Every shunt in racing results in better saftey. Dale Earnhart's death resulted in the Hans devise becoming mandatory in all forms of racing, right down to club racing. In the long run, his death will save the lives of many other racers at all levels of motorsport. The investigation into Dana's death should result in much better safety for the drivers and spectators in IRL. And hopefully that will also trickle down to the lower levels of racing too. I don't watch racing for the shunts. But some do. I hope that someday those morbid people become bored with racing. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) |
jimtab |
Mar 27 2006, 02:19 PM
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Oops...my bad..I guess I got confused with all the car parts flying around (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) |
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jimtab |
Mar 27 2006, 02:20 PM
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Dude....what if they have to park on the high bank?????? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif) |
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