That Crash

[PetrolTed]

Saw it on GT on 4 last night. Very bizarre. The fact that people were gliding about almost made the impacts look less substantial. They were HUGE though! Very messy and a tribute to the strength of these cars that noone was seriously hurt.

[smifffy]

I've had the video set for it and will watch it tonight. After hearing the reports and your comments - and with no-one being hurt - I'm looking forward to seeing it.

[jeremyc]

Have to agree: bizarre sight but very frightening.

The marshall was also very lucky not to have been more seriously injured. Makes me appreciate even more the risks they take and the job they do in enabling us to watch and participate in motorsport.

>> Edited by jeremyc on Friday 6th September 12:14

[blackpoolwedge]

Missed the programme, is there a re-run?

[backman]

That was the re - run.

Having been there I am still amazed when watching (and re-watching) the footage of the crash that no one was seriously hurt.

[mattjbatch]

Saw it last night too (Nocturnal lifestyle and all that). It was a messy crash. I've got it on tape if anyone missed it and wants to see it.

[caro]

Seeing the GT on 4 footage made my hair stand on end all over again. The marshall seemed to dive backwards over the front corner of the blue viper (which had been going really well, but was entirely a frisbee at this point), it missed his knees by a miracle.

And as for the Saleen and then Pullan in the Tuscan...what crunches. You can only say the patron saint of waterskiiers was on duty that day.

[viperman]

yeah, seeing the footage brings back the memories, that crunch noise as the No.8 and 9 hit was horrible, and the viper, jesus! when i saw the two saleens hit from knickerbrook, i just knew that the viper would be off! bloody typical! the car i was suporting gets trashed! glad that everyone was Ok, amazing, did u see the bit where watkins was in the viper just about to step out and the tuscan came flying past him, jesus christ, very lucky no one was hurt, then the comentator said that mike newton is co-owner of the 3 saleens i thought 'god, that will be some repair bill mate'

[hansgerd]

God bless there were no hurts... haven't seen it but by your descrptions it must have been like I never want to see it.

[viperman]

ive just sent the pcs of the saleens to www.wreckedexotics.com and he has never seen a wrecked saleen before and he will post my photographs on the site soon, i'll post a link to it, when its on the site

[BRSCC NW rescue]

In that case, I'll have to start posting pictures of those that we cut to pieces when we show up in the rescue unit.
Often, the best way to convince a driver to get out of the car on his own is start to get the cutting gear and the 'jaws of life' out )

[clarkstonebarn]

Marshall too slow in stopping the race.Not sure of rules but my impression was the race could have been stopped with less damage.We saw it all from the TVR Club trailer. The fact that no one was badly injured was probably down to the car designers plus little resistance to horizontal forces from tyres?Not all the drivers had slicks due to high probability of heavy rain.....

[lotusfan]

quote:
Marshall too slow in stopping the race.Not sure of rules but my impression was the race could have been stopped with less damage.We saw it all from the TVR Club trailer. The fact that no one was badly injured was probably down to the car designers plus little resistance to horizontal forces from tyres?Not all the drivers had slicks due to high probability of heavy rain.....

only the lister had wets on.
The tranisition from drizzle to "Noah, you still got that boat of yours?" was so fast I don't think anynoe could have stopped it before the carnage ensued.

[viperman]

i dont think the driver would even have seen the flags, it was awful, i will never forget that horendous half hour storm

[Bonce]

I have some mpegs of the crashes and the horrendous rain, with in-car footage.

If anyone is able to provide a large bandwidth connection for hosting I can email/ftp them.