Jab31169 Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Don't know if anyone kept up with the AER race at Road Atlanta. They had a two day event and Sunday morning they had a pretty big wreck coming out of 5 on the first lap sunday. Hate to see it happen to those cars and drivers, hope everyone involved makes a quick recovery. Edited February 20, 2018 by Jab31169 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer28173 Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 Not related to your post except that it is a track that we race. Here is another crash that really illustrates why you need to be looking at flag stations (particularly in blind corners). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee Chris Huggins Posted February 21, 2018 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jab31169 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) What...you don't race to the yellow??? Driver of the car that spun has a few broken ribs and a sore neck. Not bad for getting T-boned at 80mph Edited February 21, 2018 by Jab31169 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Jab31169 said: What...you don't race to the yellow??? Driver of the car that spun has a few broken ribs and a sore neck. Not bad for getting T-boned at 80mph Could have been worse Is there a discussion thread with pics somewhere where we can see, what or if, something could have been done to have a different outcome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jab31169 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 16 minutes ago, Team Infiniti said: Could have been worse Is there a discussion thread with pics somewhere where we can see, what or if, something could have been done to have a different outcome? I think most of it has been just on facebook. I couldn't find an AER forum in my limited searching. From what I understand and saw in another video, the driver of the car that spun attempted to give the driver on his left rear some room and just barely touched the gator at the top of the hill and the car rotated directly right and went into the tires on the right side wall. The bounce from the tires put his car back out on track. He attempted to make it back off the track but by that time, two cars came barreling up the hill and he got hit by the second one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 That sucks,I know its a touchy subject when there is injury but...... I am one that is interested in car cam of the t boned or interior pics to forensically discuss better safety options i.e. personal safety gear working as designed, type/installation of seat and belts, cage design, etc. Looks like I may have to finally sign up for the face books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jab31169 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 Car was a factory built M235i race car so I know the cage was pretty stout. Not sure about the other gear being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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