AMLS Enge crash update.
04-03-2007, 08:36 PM
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Team Owner
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04-03-2007, 08:43 PM
#2
Race Director
he's 100% except for all of the broken bones and collapsed lungs....
It was a bad accident. Did anyone see exactly what happened. I finished watching it today, and all you could see was the aftermath of the impact. No sign of what caused it (driver error, mechanical failure, etc)
There was a LOT of bad driving in that race, but street/airport courses bring out the worse of all of us.
It was a bad accident. Did anyone see exactly what happened. I finished watching it today, and all you could see was the aftermath of the impact. No sign of what caused it (driver error, mechanical failure, etc)
There was a LOT of bad driving in that race, but street/airport courses bring out the worse of all of us.
04-03-2007, 08:48 PM
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I do not know the whole history behind a st. pete race, but you would think someone would want to try to make that course safer? Same with long beach...the cars are much wider, faster, and the drivers are much more agressive with todays modern technology. Honestly, the price tag to run st. pete was extrememly high for many teams this year...something that is not going to help the ALMS.
04-03-2007, 08:57 PM
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he's 100% except for all of the broken bones and collapsed lungs....
It was a bad accident. Did anyone see exactly what happened. I finished watching it today, and all you could see was the aftermath of the impact. No sign of what caused it (driver error, mechanical failure, etc)
There was a LOT of bad driving in that race, but street/airport courses bring out the worse of all of us.
It was a bad accident. Did anyone see exactly what happened. I finished watching it today, and all you could see was the aftermath of the impact. No sign of what caused it (driver error, mechanical failure, etc)
There was a LOT of bad driving in that race, but street/airport courses bring out the worse of all of us.
That's a bad 100% to me
04-03-2007, 09:56 PM
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Melting Slicks
According to the team's website, he will undergo surgery on Friday at Indianapolis
http://www.petersenmotorsports.com/index.asp?play=1
http://www.petersenmotorsports.com/index.asp?play=1
04-04-2007, 10:12 AM
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Well, with the plates, screws, and/or replacement joint he's about to have installed in his elbow, I can say it would be a really bad idea to continue racing if he enjoys having a left arm.
I wish him well.
I wish him well.
04-04-2007, 10:20 AM
#12
Glad to hear he's going to be reasonably ok. Watching the crash, and his unconscious state as the medical crew guy (or rapid response doc) yanked him out of the car through the passenger side while they were putting out the flames, it looked to be bad. When someone does not try to get out of their burning car, they must have seen some real trauma.
04-04-2007, 11:52 AM
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Le Mans Master
All I saw on the coverage was the aftermath following the main
impact - at the time the commentators could not say what caused
it.
The commentators identified the fellow who was extricating Enge as
the doctor with the safety crew - I have not come across the name.
I think he deserves recognition for his calm, steadfast attention to
the matter of getting Enge out of the car.
Tetsuya Ota knows more than he cares to about how Ferraris burn.
He was terribly injured as a result of a crash on the warm-up lap of
the 1998 JGTC at Fuji International Speedway.
He is active again in japanese motorsports and maintains a site
titled 'Keep On Racing'. (You can translate the content with the Babel Fish feature on AltaVista.)
.
impact - at the time the commentators could not say what caused
it.
The commentators identified the fellow who was extricating Enge as
the doctor with the safety crew - I have not come across the name.
I think he deserves recognition for his calm, steadfast attention to
the matter of getting Enge out of the car.
Originally Posted by BrianCunningham
But that's the 2nd Ferrari that's burst into flames
He was terribly injured as a result of a crash on the warm-up lap of
the 1998 JGTC at Fuji International Speedway.
He is active again in japanese motorsports and maintains a site
titled 'Keep On Racing'. (You can translate the content with the Babel Fish feature on AltaVista.)
.
04-04-2007, 11:59 AM
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Le Mans Master
04-04-2007, 12:18 PM
#15
Le Mans Master
I do not know the whole history behind a st. pete race, but you would think
someone would want to try to make that course safer? Same with long
beach...the cars are much wider, faster, and the drivers are much more
agressive with todays modern technology. Honestly, the price tag to
run St. Pete was extremely high for many teams this year...something
that is not going to help the ALMS.
someone would want to try to make that course safer? Same with long
beach...the cars are much wider, faster, and the drivers are much more
agressive with todays modern technology. Honestly, the price tag to
run St. Pete was extremely high for many teams this year...something
that is not going to help the ALMS.
involved in the past.
From Dec, 2004
J. KIRK RUSSELL, who had been with CART when ALEX ZANARDI had his horrific crash, is now a motorsports consultant. Among his clients is the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg for whom he is handling logistics operations and actual construction of the street course. He's working on the course design, subtly changing the existing and previous portions of an already excellent course layout. It has three good straights and three good passing zones. Russell doesn't know who designed the original layout, but STEVE EDWARDS was the General Manager of the first St. Pete race. Edwards had belonged to the CART Safety team at one time, early on
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