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Old 09-11-2008, 05:44 PM
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Mid-Ohio Nissan Crash

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f68/...-nissan-61500/
Amazing photos of a high-speed ontrack crash - and the driver walked away!!! Something about those roll-cages!!

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Old 09-11-2008, 05:52 PM
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Re: Mid-Ohio Nissan Crash



any idea how fast he was going when he lost it?

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Old 09-11-2008, 06:12 PM
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Re: Mid-Ohio Nissan Crash

I think: "REALLY FAST"!!!!!!!!!! I think he ended up some 500 feet off the line on the track!!

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The momentum was spent over the lengths of flips...

If he had smacked into something solid I think it would speak more of the cage construction...
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Old 09-11-2008, 07:14 PM
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Re: Mid-Ohio Nissan Crash

This was posted on my local forum earlier today:

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Hey all, here are the pics of my crash at mid-o this wknd. Data said I was going about 95mph when I went off the back straight before 7. Some kind of brake failure. Had brakes for a split second then nothing. Slowed from 130 down to 95. Someone said I flipped about 9 times. Cartwheeled over the gravel trap and catapulted over the tire barrier and then over/through a 18 foot fence and ended up in the spectator area. Officials said they have never seen a car go that far out or seen a crash like that at mid-ohio. I’m completely fine though, just a small bump on head. Can't say the same about the Z. Thanks to everyone out there that helped me out especially cat killer, ralphy and ed.
Yes, i had a hans on. That's what probably gave me the bruise on my forehead. Hans stopped my helmet but my head smashed into the inside of my helmet. I had a racetech seat with wings and head bolsters. Did not have a net on the right. Had a 5 point harness (2 groin belts combine into one buckle). Car never really had a hard impact. Just kept on doing cartwheels over a long distance dissipating the energy. Looking at the in car video looks like instinct took over and i tried turning at the end of the straight so i started flipping almost before i left the concrete. Should of gone off straight into china beach and hopefully had the gravel slow me down b/f hitting tire wall. Thing that bothers me the most is not knowing what happened to the brakes. Childs is conducting a csi investigation. My data showed a 1.2 G slowdown at the 400 mark just like always but only for a split second. Pedal felt good. Then my G's gradually dropped to 0. I remember lifting and pushing in the pedal again and the data showed my G's came back up to .7 then quickly dropped back down to 0 before i turned the car and flipped. I don't ever remember the pedal just hitting the floor. Brake fluid reservoir was still filled after the crash. Looking at the in car video, the car really shimmied at initial braking, almost looking like the rear brakes were working but not the front. Only evidence we have so far is on the front left wheel, the rotor had a weird discoloration and was completely scoured and gouged as if the caliper was stuck. I don't see how this happend though b/f the crash though b/c the car was pretty dead on straight, not drifting to the left as you would expect so maybe it somehow got scoured after the crash. Car does have ABS but I don't think it ever activated. Braking was totally fine going down the keyhole just prior.
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Re: Mid-Ohio Nissan Crash

Energizer bunny aint got **** on this guy!!! It just kept going and going and going and going Looks like he lucked out by rolling it instead of a hard impact... Good on him for having all the safety equipt. he did

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Re: Mid-Ohio Nissan Crash

Holy CRAP.

Glad to see he walked away.
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Re: Mid-Ohio Nissan Crash



Do you think if he actually hit the gravel pit straight on... it would slow him down enough? What about hitting the gravel pit and slamming the e-break?
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Re: Mid-Ohio Nissan Crash

no and no... He was hauling asss!!!!

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Re: Mid-Ohio Nissan Crash

Ive walked away from worse........wait, no...no I haven't..that's a lie.

Good thing he came out alright, b/c that's going to be one bad *** story to tell people.
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