Freak

Lucky to be alive i reckon- considering the speed they crashed at.


***Following PassionFords decision to remove the pictures from its forum until Martin has given permission, the links will be temporarily removed from here and reinstated if and when permission is given by Martin H ***

astraboy

Minutes silence for the greatest Cossie to ever turn a wheel in anger.
That car was awesome and I will miss seeing it out.
....
astraboy..

Goochie

rollcage and recaros saved their lives I reckon.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

A credit to roll cages and harnesses.

If it never had them they can certainly bank on being killed.

Markus

ouch.
don't mean to be rude or anything but hope the owner don't mind you posting the pics.

Brendan Hughes

Someone had a problem with a Ferrari, too.

Madjay2

it'll polish out

supertouring

Luckily they have Meguirs sponsorship, so have plenty of polish -

http://www.gumball.no//images/normal_Picture-131.jpg

Brendan Hughes

Sorry, I think the manufacturer will forfeit donating the polish as they appear to have removed the sponsor's sticker.

Aside from being silly, that looked like a horrific crash for the Cossie.

Chrisgr31

I read somewhere that the co-driver in the cossie was thrown clear alledgedly as he wasn't wearing the harness. However considering the damage to the car this seems unlikely.

I don't see why the owner of the car should object to the photo's being here, after it it was an event on public roads, and no one was apparently seriously hurt.

EddScott

From what I've read the passenger unclipped his harness to reach his camera when it happened. From accounts something happened between the Escort, a Diablo and a car not connected with Gumball.

Its quite shocking how far away from the road the finally stopped.

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

the rollcage stood up really well and saved their lives. I am really sad about this because it's such a car Glad Martin & Lee are fine though but Lee had 100 stitches

Not sure about putting photos on the net though

y0z2a

whoever made the roll cage deserves a mention...

/y0z

MikeWood

If it's the one I partly built, the bodyshell and cage was done to build a Group N car. Martin bought it part finished as he wanted to build a very strong road car but never expected to need the safety features.....

If anyone can put it back together, Martin can, so I hope we haven't seen the last of it.

Mike

homer lawtey

I see no problem in posting links to pictures on the official Gumball site, after all, they were taking part in a famous competition. They are both very lucky to be in the state they are, considering the state of the car.

Hopefully some young hot-shots who think stuff like this never happens will see the pictures and maybe think twice next time they feel like trying to prove a point on the roads.

Brendan Hughes

Not the official Gumball site, but a site set up to follow one particular team. Hence, posted by that team.

Redkop

This is the post by Stu [Webby on PF] and IMO, I think SN should also respect the feelings for the families of Martin and Porkie.

**The picture post has been edited by me, pending Martins opinion of them being posted on PassionFord.**

They are not very tasteful for Martins wife and children to be seeing on here when their husband/father is still thousands of miles away in an African hospital, and the same goes for Porkies friends and family.

Redkop

Have have just received this from Stu

Many Thanks Lynne, im sure Martin, Lee and their family's will appreciate that Gesture
_________________
Best Regards,
Stu

JackClark

Best remove the Ferrari one as well.

ex-webby

come on guys. give the guy a break.

Let's just find out whether he's happy or not. Nobody is going to get hurt by the pictures not being there, I'm sure we can all cope.

All the best

Simon

homer lawtey

I hope the guy who stuck his Scooby in that lake never finds this forum.

sti555

StickyMicky

whats the address for the gumball site?

Ian_S

www.gumball.no

Avi

Just seen the pics.. ouch.. the rollcage and seats definitely saved their lives