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| nine14cats |
 Apr 9 2006, 11:49 AM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo  Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None  |
I was at Buttonwillow last week and will be there with many of us next weekend. It's terrible to hear when something like this happens. Always makes me think....and then I get back in the car.
Here's a link to the story: Cobra Driver Fatality at Buttonwillow The early info is that it may have been a car in front of him going off course and coming back on hitting him, and causing him to go off course and flip several times. One thing I've always wondered is if the cage design of the Factory Five Series Cobra's has enough protection in the front. I know I really like the idea of the full cage I have around the front windshield as well. My thoughts are with his family. I've also attached a picture of the type of cage allowed in the series. This car IS NOT of the gentleman involved in the crash. Bill P. Attached image(s) 
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nine14cats Fatality at Buttonwillow this morning Apr 9 2006, 11:49 AM
McMark http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/e... Apr 9 2006, 11:54 AM grantsfo Very sad and a sobering reminder about safety.
Wh... Apr 9 2006, 12:06 PM Brando I am very sad to hear a fellow enthusiast is no lo... Apr 9 2006, 02:10 PM SirAndy Apr 9 2006, 02:32 PM Dan (Almaden Valley) You are pretty exposed in one of those cars....
no... Apr 9 2006, 03:43 PM lapuwali It's a sad thing to hear.
Nothing can protect... Apr 9 2006, 04:18 PM Flat VW Apr 9 2006, 04:23 PM Brando Apr 9 2006, 05:15 PM SirAndy Apr 9 2006, 05:21 PM Dan (Almaden Valley) Andy, we must have written our responses at the sa... Apr 9 2006, 05:21 PM scotty b I wouldn't call a 911 a tank. There was a fat... Apr 9 2006, 05:21 PM Dan (Almaden Valley) It's a tank compared to a tube framed, fibergl... Apr 9 2006, 05:24 PM MattR I was there when it happened. Very sad indeed...
... Apr 9 2006, 05:49 PM Rufus Hi Folks - I've been "lurking" on this forum o... Apr 9 2006, 07:24 PM SirAndy Apr 9 2006, 07:29 PM
drew365 That little tree sure did a number on your Cobra... Apr 9 2006, 07:33 PM  |
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