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03-28-2011, 06:26 PM
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Texas Mile Crash
A Z06 Corvette crashed at the Texas mile going around 230mph! The Z06 is fast enough stock, but the performance shop through on a TT kit. Amazingly, the driver walked away from the crash.
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/28/v...sh-at-230-mph/
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03-28-2011, 06:30 PM
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 Its a miracle he survived that..........
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03-28-2011, 06:40 PM
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Looked more like a spin
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03-28-2011, 06:41 PM
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OMG. That's one lucky man.
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03-28-2011, 06:53 PM
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Older than I look....
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03-28-2011, 06:54 PM
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Need I remind of October's Crash with Underground Racing. Yeah that guy got lucky.
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03-28-2011, 06:58 PM
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Lucky dude. That could've easily killed him. He's super lucky it landed on its tires. Wow.
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03-28-2011, 07:00 PM
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Physics saved the driver. Called Delta-v, a gradual change in velocity made this survivable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta-v_%28physics%29 |
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03-28-2011, 07:08 PM
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Downforce on the Vette is a life saver.
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03-28-2011, 07:19 PM
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Pure luck to have survived that. There is more pics out there of that car before and after. It didn't even have a roll cage, just a 4 pt roll bar/harness bar. One of the tumbles completely ripped the windshield and W/S header out of the car. At those speeds normally they require a lot more safety equip than that car had.
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03-28-2011, 07:30 PM
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Highway Man
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Wow, that is one lucky SOB!
Anyone else notice how the dude with the camera just stands there checking to see of he got the shot instead of running to check on the driver? Classy. |
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03-28-2011, 07:38 PM
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Jalopnik has a couple of stills.
http://jalopnik.com/#!5786094/turbo-...-at-texas-mile |
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03-28-2011, 07:48 PM
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that was a little butt pucker.
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03-28-2011, 08:58 PM
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That is what you call a bad day.
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