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Old Mar 14, 2009, 09:55 AM
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Wow, those aftermath pictures are rough. Glad the driver was ok. Is he on EvoM?
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Old Mar 14, 2009, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by macPSU
Wow, those aftermath pictures are rough. Glad the driver was ok. Is he on EvoM?
i dont know my friend knows i jeez all over my self when i see an evo so he sent me this on my space there a a bunch of videos on youtube with evos and it still hurts when i look at them lmao
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Old Mar 14, 2009, 10:57 AM
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If I am not mistaken that was Kent Jordan driving the silver mullerized car. Not the latest one, this video is kinda old.


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Old Mar 14, 2009, 11:03 AM
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holy sh*t...poor evo...glad the guy is alright...thank god for a roll cage...
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Old Mar 14, 2009, 11:35 AM
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^No kidding. Let that be a lesson to you guys who are running track days/time attack with any decent amount of speed/effort who do NOT have a roll cage or bar installed. But in an end-over-end instance a roll bar might not have saved him from 0 injuries, so design well, drive well, live well.

It's also not a matter of skill or speed, it can happen to anyone or be caused by someone else and you eat the dust like the mini cooper video someone else mentioned.

Debate = over. Get some bars.
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Old Mar 14, 2009, 12:57 PM
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Wow, what a violent crash. This is exactly why I keep telling myself I WONT do a track day in my Evo without a roll cage. It can happen to anyone any day at the track.
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Old Mar 14, 2009, 01:08 PM
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Wow that was a nasty crash .
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Old Mar 14, 2009, 04:38 PM
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I'm still not sold on roll bars. Maybe on a gutted track only evo like that its a good idea.... but driving around with a cage and no helmet on the street isn't such a good idea.
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Old Mar 14, 2009, 05:44 PM
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The video is upset at the point of notice. His hands were slow to react, did something break to cause the imbalance?
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Old Mar 14, 2009, 07:47 PM
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Yeah... that vid is pretty old, been around a few times.

Good reminder though about how dangerous a trackday can be. A guy in a Mini died in the same turn last year.
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 04:14 PM
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What could he have done not to flip the car?

I'm new to track day racing and this video really got me thinking... :/
I think that he may have tried to get back on the track to fast. If he would have gone four wheels off in a straight line it could have been avoided. Maybe.
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 04:31 PM
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sucks

I have gone off and pushed through the dirt sideways once. Passenger thought we were going to die lol but didn't hit any ruts luckily
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 04:41 PM
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thats the "most dangerous" turn in Southern California...
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 04:42 PM
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repost by the way...
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 04:54 PM
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and he was still able to start it..
thats was brutal.. Evo became mini copper.
Glad the driver is OK.
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