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> 914 Crash at Pikes Peak
Britain Smith
post Jul 1 2013, 10:33 AM
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This may be one reason I have yet to compete in a hillclimb event.

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post Jul 1 2013, 11:36 PM
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Yep he survived and no he wasn't in vintage class. Pikes peak open class. I think this particular crash it was a good thing he was in soft 40 yea old flexy flyer as it absorbed all energy of hitting rock on passenger side. A more rigid car may have injured him.

I posted YouTube of crash on axpaddock.com on thread there

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post Jul 2 2013, 09:49 AM
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QUOTE(grantsfo @ Jul 1 2013, 10:36 PM) *

Yep he survived and no he wasn't in vintage class. Pikes peak open class. I think this particular crash it was a good thing he was in soft 40 yea old flexy flyer as it absorbed all energy of hitting rock on passenger side. A more rigid car may have injured him.

I posted YouTube of crash on axpaddock.com on thread there



Having all the suspension point tied down with a complete cage would have allowed him to recover that over steer situation.

I'll take the complete cage and the ability for the car to do what I need it to do.

You really never know how much flex is there until you correct it.
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Britain Smith   914 Crash at Pikes Peak   Jul 1 2013, 10:33 AM
pcar916   Did this driver make it out alive?   Jul 1 2013, 10:44 AM
yeahmag   Holy Crap!   Jul 1 2013, 10:53 AM
Randal   This may be one reason I have yet to compete in a...   Jul 1 2013, 11:34 AM
brant   Depending on class it may have been in a vintage c...   Jul 1 2013, 11:53 AM
Randal   Depending on class it may have been in a vintage ...   Jul 1 2013, 03:35 PM
brant   I know that car. it was always called the "ki...   Jul 1 2013, 12:27 PM
R8CERX   Oh my.... I do hope the driver is ok--if anyone h...   Jul 1 2013, 01:19 PM
Woody   Holy shit.   Jul 1 2013, 02:03 PM
URY914   Where'd you find the picture?   Jul 1 2013, 02:52 PM
brant   Na. Better to have rules that line up with natio...   Jul 1 2013, 05:19 PM
sixnotfour   electricc http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1db_1372...   Jul 1 2013, 05:58 PM
sixnotfour   Evo http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1078439......   Jul 1 2013, 06:00 PM
brant   160mph.. full run link   Jul 1 2013, 06:57 PM
Randal   160mph.. full run link That's the average...   Jul 1 2013, 09:14 PM
grantsfo   [quote name='brant' post='1888304' date='Jul 1 20...   Jul 2 2013, 06:47 AM
Randal   [quote name='brant' post='1888304' date='Jul 1 2...   Jul 2 2013, 12:55 PM
grantsfo   Yep he survived and no he wasn't in vintage cl...   Jul 1 2013, 11:36 PM
Randal   Yep he survived and no he wasn't in vintage c...   Jul 2 2013, 09:49 AM
bulitt   BHYYlTZIZQ4   Jul 2 2013, 05:37 AM
carr914   2 Things stick out for me 1 It always amazes me w...   Jul 2 2013, 06:14 AM
Woody   2 Things stick put for me 1 It always amazes me ...   Jul 2 2013, 06:37 AM
OU8AVW   [quote name='carr914' post='1888569' date='Jul 2 ...   Jul 3 2013, 02:38 PM
r_towle   2 Things stick out for me 1 It always amazes me ...   Jul 2 2013, 11:18 AM
Woody   In the 914 crash video, did you see how many guys ...   Jul 2 2013, 07:08 AM
grantsfo   This may be one reason I have yet to compete in a...   Jul 2 2013, 07:23 AM
Woody   Classic lift throttle oversteer. :sick:   Jul 2 2013, 07:58 AM
Mr.242   Looks like the driver made a small adjustment due ...   Jul 2 2013, 08:14 AM
Randal   Looks like the driver made a small adjustment due...   Jul 2 2013, 09:35 AM
Woody   Yeah when I watched the video again it appears the...   Jul 2 2013, 08:40 AM
1stworks   Yeah when I watched the video again it appears th...   Jul 2 2013, 08:48 AM
Randal   Yeah when I watched the video again it appears t...   Jul 2 2013, 09:06 AM
yeahmag   He absolutely steered to avoid the person taking p...   Jul 2 2013, 10:25 AM
Rand   I'm not convinced he was trying to avoid a spe...   Jul 2 2013, 11:55 AM
carr914   I'm not convinced he was trying to avoid a sp...   Jul 2 2013, 12:29 PM
Randal   I'm not convinced he was trying to avoid a s...   Jul 2 2013, 12:56 PM
grantsfo   [quote name='carr914' post='1888798' date='Jul 2 ...   Jul 2 2013, 07:05 PM
Randal   [quote name='carr914' post='1888798' date='Jul 2...   Jul 3 2013, 12:06 AM
grantsfo   Those two offs on my corner worker shift at turn...   Jul 3 2013, 11:51 AM
URY914   That car is fucked.   Jul 2 2013, 02:18 PM
yeahmag   The emblems on the back might be good still.   Jul 2 2013, 02:27 PM
championgt1   :sick: Amazing he climbed out of that car.   Jul 2 2013, 11:20 PM
brant   I don't know about this year... but I know in...   Jul 3 2013, 12:57 PM
sixnotfour   Thanks to Robert for the pics. You can google him ...   Jul 3 2013, 02:01 PM
Trekkor   That's not "real" roll cage padding....   Jul 3 2013, 02:32 PM
Trekkor   Why go up the hill on street tires? KT   Jul 3 2013, 02:33 PM
grantsfo   Why go up the hill on street tires? KT Perhaps...   Jul 3 2013, 04:12 PM
SirAndy   Did anybody get the VIN? :poke:   Jul 3 2013, 03:17 PM
sixnotfour   Red Chair Guy... http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=h...   Jul 4 2013, 10:35 AM
Woody   "That's my chair, that's my chair...   Jul 4 2013, 10:52 AM
bulitt   "That's my chair, that's my chair...   Jul 5 2013, 03:19 PM
carr914   Was that Aaron from Gas Monkey's next to him?   Jul 4 2013, 10:57 AM
Randal   Was that Aaron from Gas Monkey's next to him?...   Jul 4 2013, 11:04 AM
Maltese Falcon   Happy that the driver walked away. Did you notice ...   Jul 4 2013, 11:33 AM
grantsfo   looks like I have joined the proud ranks of runnin...   Aug 5 2013, 01:46 PM
grantsfo   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/lh4.g...   Aug 5 2013, 01:59 PM
brant   ouch ... I hope you didn't get injured   Aug 5 2013, 02:45 PM
grantsfo   ouch ... I hope you didn't get injured For...   Aug 5 2013, 04:59 PM
Woody   :headbang: Damn it. Well at least its not that ba...   Aug 5 2013, 03:44 PM
grantsfo   :headbang: Damn it. Well at least its not that b...   Aug 6 2013, 08:43 PM
bulitt   Glad you are ok! I rolled a Triumph Spitfire ...   Aug 5 2013, 06:49 PM
Woody   If its going in the direction of the boxster it sh...   Aug 7 2013, 05:19 AM
bulitt   OOPS Yq53IsrpOVc Driver walked swam away unharme...   Oct 7 2013, 06:53 PM
whitetwinturbo   .........is it just me or do I kinda wish the red ...   Jul 25 2016, 10:36 PM


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