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12-03-12, 10:55 AM
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Awesome, no other word can describe him.
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12-03-12, 11:04 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
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He must be from another planet, no he's not the Stig, he's the Stig's German cousin!
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12-03-12, 01:23 PM
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promoted bloke!
Join Date: May 2008
Location: bournemouth
Posts: 16,800
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12-03-12, 05:47 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northants
Posts: 2,725
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Someone I know crashed his bike at the 'ring. Cost around £2500 which is for armco, recovery and the length of time the track is closed/yellow flagged!
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12-03-12, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Scottish borders
Posts: 11,539
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Well --
Turns out the guy driving had been round 40 odd times .... the difference being - on a motorbike.
They were going nice and steady and the guy I work with - passenger - says "hang on - I'd lose a bit of speed here" - the driver says - "Nah it's flat out this one, you can straight line it". Well on a bike maybe - but not in a car - clipped some kerb et voila - 3x360 spins and stopped dead into the armco.
Bill was for the armco only but it was 3 bits that they claimed they would have to replace. Even though they were already dented all over - rip off - big time. Quite simple though - "You pay or police come". They didn't think much of their chances, so out came the credit card.
Anyhow - that's, that and the breaking thread is next.
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14-03-12, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Bristol
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan1971
Well --
Turns out the guy driving had been round 40 odd times .... the difference being - on a motorbike.
They were going nice and steady and the guy I work with - passenger - says "hang on - I'd lose a bit of speed here" - the driver says - "Nah it's flat out this one, you can straight line it". Well on a bike maybe - but not in a car - clipped some kerb et voila - 3x360 spins and stopped dead into the armco.
Bill was for the armco only but it was 3 bits that they claimed they would have to replace. Even though they were already dented all over - rip off - big time. Quite simple though - "You pay or police come". They didn't think much of their chances, so out came the credit card.
Anyhow - that's, that and the breaking thread is next.
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Real shame!! must be gutting!
But I have to say, thats by no way a exscuse on his behalf!!
Sounds massivley irresponcible to have a big accident like this on the 1st lap when hes never driven round in a car or that car!!! Who goes flatout 1st lap on a trackday? especially the Ring!
Could have been a lot worse!
Its all a risk at the end of the day. BUT... you have to be sensible!!
Good luck with the repairs. It doesnt look to bad as already said.
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14-03-12, 09:01 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Scottish borders
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Originally Posted by Dave MGT
Real shame!! must be gutting!
But I have to say, thats by no way a exscuse on his behalf!!
Sounds massivley irresponcible to have a big accident like this on the 1st lap when hes never driven round in a car or that car!!! Who goes flatout 1st lap on a trackday? especially the Ring!
Could have been a lot worse!
Its all a risk at the end of the day. BUT... you have to be sensible!!
Good luck with the repairs. It doesnt look to bad as already said.
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He went flat out where he thought he could. Simple really - but he won't make that mistake again.
Car's now being broken up though which is a shame.
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14-03-12, 01:03 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The Shire
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Sorry to hear this happened...
A friend of mine who used to go about once a year has watched his mate - equally experienced spin on a number of occasions by being a faction of a second too early on the throttle or too late on the barkes.
Luckily for him - it was always in palces with a little bit or run off so they avoided the barriers.
It is the one major thing that worries me about the ring is that it is *very* expensive if you have an accident....
glad that they took advantage to go at least - it may well be closed to the public soon
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14-03-12, 01:23 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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what corner was it out of curiosity? rear end looks a bit mangled but nothing that cant be sorted
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14-03-12, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Dartford, Kent Drives: Mk1 180 Hatch
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Oh my god, such a shame to see my old car looking like that. Glad no one got hurt though, thats the main thing. All i know is its very expensive to crash at the ring. A mate crashed his Mazda 3 MPS a coulple of years back. The bill was eye watering.
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