I really hope nobody here was responsible for this...
04-23-2007, 06:21 PM
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I really hope nobody here was responsible for this...
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3197431
C4 Vette goes off course, causes at least $20,000 in damages.
C4 Vette goes off course, causes at least $20,000 in damages.
04-23-2007, 07:26 PM
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Tha was a SCCA event at Portland International Raceway. The area was the South Paddock and it's not really that large to get up any real speed but it looks like total carnage.
I know a couple of the people wh ran that day and they are familiar with the paddock area.
I just can't believe that cars were parked so close to the course.
I know a couple of the people wh ran that day and they are familiar with the paddock area.
I just can't believe that cars were parked so close to the course.
04-23-2007, 07:51 PM
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I was watching the second group from that morning session and i saw a few cars almost run the end cones over. Plus from what I hear, the driver took out all the finish line cones in his Vette before he got into the Porsche.
04-23-2007, 08:09 PM
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It was a SCCA sanctioned event. The host track was PIR or Portland International Raceway. They always try to squeeze more course size and shrink the parking area. Every AutoX event I have been to out there is like that.
04-23-2007, 10:36 PM
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Yeah I saw the carnage. It was pretty bad. I don't understand why people are allowed to park that close to the track. I parked WAY away.... not because there weren't any spots... but because it seemed dumb to park anywhere near the course let alone at the exit....
I have never raced with them, but i agree, the few times I've been out to watch I've been very uncomfortable with the layout. Too many obsitcles on the course and the course often comes back towards the parking and or staging area.
Alledgedly (though I haven't been able to substantiate it) the saftey stewards car was one of the ones hit.
Just glad everyone was ok.
I have never raced with them, but i agree, the few times I've been out to watch I've been very uncomfortable with the layout. Too many obsitcles on the course and the course often comes back towards the parking and or staging area.
Alledgedly (though I haven't been able to substantiate it) the saftey stewards car was one of the ones hit.
Just glad everyone was ok.
04-24-2007, 09:45 AM
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Yeah I saw the carnage. It was pretty bad. I don't understand why people are allowed to park that close to the track. I parked WAY away.... not because there weren't any spots... but because it seemed dumb to park anywhere near the course let alone at the exit....
I have never raced with them, but i agree, the few times I've been out to watch I've been very uncomfortable with the layout. Too many obsitcles on the course and the course often comes back towards the parking and or staging area.
Alledgedly (though I haven't been able to substantiate it) the saftey stewards car was one of the ones hit.
Just glad everyone was ok.
I have never raced with them, but i agree, the few times I've been out to watch I've been very uncomfortable with the layout. Too many obsitcles on the course and the course often comes back towards the parking and or staging area.
Alledgedly (though I haven't been able to substantiate it) the saftey stewards car was one of the ones hit.
Just glad everyone was ok.
04-24-2007, 03:40 PM
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St. Jude Donor '07
I used to live and race up there. The area is not that large. I remember once at the any of the auto-x course someones throttle got stuck and went into a crowd of people barely missing everyone and the cars parked in the grid. Scared me half to death as I was in grid!
04-24-2007, 04:58 PM
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Here's a video of the finish with another car. How this happened is a mystery.
http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...t=MVI_3014.flv
http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...t=MVI_3014.flv
04-24-2007, 05:51 PM
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Here's a video of the finish with another car. How this happened is a mystery.
http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...t=MVI_3014.flv
http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...t=MVI_3014.flv
04-24-2007, 09:13 PM
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In VA we've found that plastic barrels with that flag ribbon stuff doesn't make a substantial barrier between the course and parking/staging cause it does not slow a car down much