This can happen to anyone. I wish the driver a speedy recovery!!!

http://nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=24705

 

Wow...that is horrible.

I really want to see pics of the turn that led to this.

 

As do I. I'm not familiar with Infineon.

 

Me neither, but that car must have had some serios velocity to have made it that far up a set of stands like that. Thank God there was nobody spectating.

If nothing else comes of this, i sincerely hope the track makes the necessary changes to ensure something like that never happens again.

 

From reading on the NASA forum, the car was going 100+ and no brake lights were seen. That and there was a burm/hill there as well.

Also on that site linked above, the "folks in charge" are already in discussions.

 

Haven't watched it all... but apparently this is the video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK_oDeB5RB4

Looks to start at the 9:24ish area. Look way ahead on the straight. Pretty scary stuff.


Modified by Dave_B at 11:42 PM 11/15/2008

 

damn he flew up that hill!!!

 

Unbelievable.... that is scary to watch on video, could you imagine having been the driver?

 

Driver is lucky to be alive. Pretty scary.

 

If you listen carefully, I think you can hear the car landed at 9:32
That's really scary.

 

Didn't Mr. Spoon also crash his NSX-R also this week? Bad week for Spoon...

 

i hope he is ok

 

wtf happened there?

 

Wow! Thats crazy... right at the 9:25 mark, he went off the track! Hope he has a speedy recovery...

 

http://www.s2ki.com/forums/ind...&st=0

A NASA-Virginia driver recently lost his life in a strange off course accident. He was a great driver.

In his case it seems to have been a mechanical failure, most likely a brake disk shattered when he went into threshold braking at the end of the straight at Summit Main.

Be careful. Check everything.

 

Watching the video reminds me of the worst racing disaster in history, the Mercedes/Jaguar crash of 1955 which also launched a car into the stands. Unfortunately, this was a spectator event, the 24 hours of LeMans.

Young folks will not remember that this crash led to the withdrawal of Mercedes from all racing for decades, and a complete ban on racing in Switzerland.

Switzerland did not lift its racing ban until 2007, 52 years after the accident.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster

 

After reading that....all I can think of is safety first!

 

Yes, at the Macau GP.

 

That looks like an expensive mistake.. but I'm sure he'll recoup some of the money when he starts selling the Spoon NSX-R in the states for 150K a car.

That should buff right out...

 

hope that guy is ok.

the guy in the mini had teh WORST LINES EVER!!

 

Be careful judging. You don't know for sure why he was driving like that.

It was a race. You cannot just concentrate on what's in front of you. He could have been blocking or anticipating blocks.

 

that is crazy....

 

Was thinking the same George. That and with the wheel base being quite a bit shorter, I"m sure it's a bit different than the FWD honda's... that and if it's an "S" model, it's also boosted.

My guess though, blocks and such.

 

Word. Still learning the finer points of an AWD car with a longer wheelbase and a turbo vs. an ITR.

 

Word. Still learning the finer points of an AWD car with a longer wheelbase and a turbo vs. an ITR.