The advantages of a good roll structure in a race car

[aMaff]

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For anyone like me who's wondering why the car on the right didn't give a little more room, there was a 4th car coming up on the inside of that on.

Pic of the aftermath:

Roll structure did it's job and kept her in 1 piece, even if the bar was a little worse for wear. Apparently she ran the next session in a borrowed car that day.


There's something to be said for modern safety regs and equipment. Stay safe out there folks!

~Andrew

 

[khaosman]

oh my god that'd be so scary!

 

[KCjohnny]

Thanks for posting that Amaff, thank God she was alright - I think anyone that takes their car on a track in any way whatsoever should watch a clip like this once in a while to remind themselves that we are involved in a high risk activity.

A forum member recently posted a story that bears repeating. A relative was at an open track event with a well-prepped car when equipment failure hit, sending the car into a wall and totaling it. Luckily, no harm to the driver. But it goes to show, even when you do nothing wrong, you can never predict when something will just plain fail. Let's all be careful out there!

 

[122 Vega]

Figures it's a woman driver...

Just kidding!

The AMC Eagle that drives by (white orange and red) is one of the cars that ran against my Cosworth Vega in the Champion Sparkplug Challenge.

Britt

 

[HKPRO5]

That was crazy!