Carrera GT crash at California speedway: Verdict, Best to check out the facility |
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Carrera GT crash at California speedway: Verdict, Best to check out the facility |
drgchapman |
Oct 23 2007, 12:10 PM
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Current Stable Group: NoClassifiedAccess Posts: 922 Joined: 20-September 04 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 2,789 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
This is an article regarding the Carrera GT crash that killed the two guys in the car.
Big award......releases are suspect. Track had some fault due to barrier placement, driver had fault, everyone had some fault as in most things in life. Be carefull out there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) http://www.sportscarmarket.com/content/carrera |
Scott Carlberg |
Nov 2 2007, 09:19 PM
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Porsche MOTORSPORTS Group: Members Posts: 1,595 Joined: 17-April 03 From: Modesto, Ca Member No.: 580 |
"because they (FOC) let the moron keep endangering himself and others"
"FOC allowed others to be endangered by the CGT driver" "I don't see why the driver's estate has anything to do with this?" "I also think that Rudl's move was very Damwinian. WTF would you ever get into a supercar with someone who has spun out 4 times in one morning. That is just plain stupidity." I find some of these comments to be head-scratchers. While I had never met the CGT driver, Ben Keaton was his name, I was looking forward to meeting him at an event a month or two after his fatal wreck. And while I was Not there at the track that day, I do know that Ben had owned his CGT for sometime and 'words' presented elsewhere online indicated that he drove the CGT just fine. - The passenger, Mr Rudl ASKED to go for a ride with Ben because he was considering buying a CGT. - This wreck happened when a track marshall, probably a FOC member, allowed a Ferrari out of the pits and onto the track - while Mr Keaton and his passenger were traveling at approximately 150mph. - The actions of the Ferrari driver caused Ben to swerve to AVOID hitting this Ferrari. - I don't care what car you were driving OR Who you drove for, IF you were going that fast and someone all of a sudden was in your way and you HAD to swerve to avoid a collision, there is very little chance anyone could avoid suddenly being "out of control". My guess of why the estate of the CGT driver was brought into the mix was because Ben was quite a successful financial advisor. I read that piece on the 'verdict', and I know it's about Who was to Blame and Who got Blamed and who Paid what. But in the end, 2 men lost their lives that day and that's Sad & Unfortunate. |
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