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High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:41 pm
by lightyear

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:26 pm
by PaulF
Ouch. :frown: From what you've said I gather you were okay though, and that's the important thing. Cars can always be fixed or replaced.

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:08 pm
by lightyear
Yep, just a little back and neck pain, and some harness marks on the upper body. It was good that the wall moved as it would have been a lot worse had i hit something solid. That big wall moved a fair way - over 10 metres. The camera was mounted on adjustble arms to get it sitting higher, so you don't get to see how far that wall flew. I often think back at how ordinary (in a good way)a day it had of been if i had of braked a little more and stayed on the track.

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:07 pm
by emexv
Jesus mate that looked nasty. I saw a couple of photos on the weekend, the poor old 5 is history. Glad to hear your doing ok and hope to see you back at the track soon.

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:22 am
by deviant
Looks like you got air once you left the track?

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:56 pm
by 93_Clubman
Just saw this Dave - good to hear you were ok!

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:06 pm
by lightyear
It did get a little air coming back onto the road bit before the tyre wall. But nothing much.

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:14 pm
by zossy1
This is... ouch.

Happy to hear you got out OK :)

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:20 pm
by lightyear
If you go onto beavis's youtube page you can see it in slow motion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lurSWhH ... ture=g-all

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:53 pm
by DW MX-5
Only just seen this now Dave. Glad you are okay and hope we see you back on track soon. Rebuild?????

Re: High speed crash at sandown 01 11 2011

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:51 am
by lightyear
Yep, look on my carbon fibre mx5 build page.