Scooby crash at Trax @ silverstone 02/09/12
Spent the day at Silverstone today at Trax, top day out, was watching some track action before going home and then safty cars and amblance etc came out onto track and the sesion was stoped, then 5 mins later this pops around the corner........
http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...2/P1000566.jpg http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...2/P1000567.jpg http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...2/P1000568.jpg http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...2/P1000569.jpg http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...2/P1000570.jpg http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...2/P1000571.jpg http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...2/P1000572.jpg Did not see the accident, but the car looked like it was a hard impact as the front end was twisted and both air bag had gorn off. Hope the driver was ok. Also parked up was a M3 http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...2/P1000573.jpg |
Two lovely cars written off their
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Never great to see.
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Shame .......
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sad sight to see
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Shame, the Scooby looked quite nice. Hope the drivers were ok.
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Are they standard wrx Subaru brakes on track (eeek).
I'd say it was a £3000 Blobeye WRX Hope the driver(s) were in hurt though. Rob |
I've some shots of it on track.. not crashed... then saw the car parked up as we were leaving :(
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£3000 blob eye or not is it not someones pride and joy still? :pchit:
Hope the driver is unhurt. |
ouch looks like a right off.
standard wrx brakes and suspension are not a good idea on a track. ruined those lovely stickers too... |
Not good! Hope the driver was ok!
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....and there is the reason I don't track my car. I couldn't afford to put it back together after that. Shame for the owners.
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Originally Posted by Myles
(Post 10774635)
....and there is the reason I don't track my car. I couldn't afford to put it back together after that. Shame for the owners.
if you have this its not so risky if you dont you run the risk of the getting the bill for above which is most likely a total loss. but considering the ammount of cars on track yesterday there were very few incidents |
Not nice. :(
I do hope you have the owners permission to post images though?. |
Originally Posted by cookstar
(Post 10774668)
Not nice. :(
I do hope you have the owners permission to post images though?. Saw the BMW go round Woodcote and said to my wife that I wouldn't be surprised if he crashed it with the way he was driving (damp track, pushing too hard) - he nearly lost it at Woodcote TBH. There's no need to push it hard enough to crash it on a pay and play session as per Trax yesterday, especially when the conditions aren't 100% - just asking for trouble. Ambition > Ability, me thinks. Oh, and for the record, stock suspension and brakes are fine on track - they certainly don't guarantee a crash... so long as you drive within the limits of them! :) |
I wonder if any insurance companies have ran the reg thru to see if it`s one of theirs ?
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Ouch, Looks a bit like my last one ended up and I had BIG brakes and decent suspension.
He will certainly be feeling it today, Feel for the guy. |
this was in a novice session I was in.
Trev |
Originally Posted by JDM_Stig
(Post 10774702)
I wonder if any insurance companies have ran the reg thru to see if it`s one of theirs ?
Not one of ours |
Originally Posted by Gigsy
(Post 10774694)
Car was on public display - no need for permission.
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Originally Posted by GC8
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True, but showing the registration number serves no purpose and might cause a lot of unnecessary grief for someone.
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Originally Posted by chief-long-shin
(Post 10774597)
£3000 blob eye or not is it not someones pride and joy still? :pchit:
Hope the driver is unhurt.
Originally Posted by tubbytommy
(Post 10774601)
ouch looks like a right off.
standard wrx brakes and suspension are not a good idea on a track. ruined those lovely stickers too...
Originally Posted by GAZ2293
(Post 10774704)
Ouch, Looks a bit like my last one ended up and I had BIG brakes and decent suspension.
He will certainly be feeling it today, Feel for the guy. Anyway I'll **** up now being a non Subaru owner :D |
I didn't see the accident, but what I did see was the BMW driver thinking he could drift when he really couldn't.
Hopefully the two incidents were separate and it wasn't caused by on or other doing something stupid such as the BMW losing control and the Subaru driver having to take avoiding action / hitting the back of the BMW because of it. Did anyone on here see the accident? |
Originally Posted by Gigsy
(Post 10775088)
I didn't see the accident, but what I did see was the BMW driver thinking he could drift when he really couldn't.
Hopefully the two incidents were separate and it wasn't caused by on or other doing something stupid such as the BMW losing control and the Subaru driver having to take avoiding action / hitting the back of the BMW because of it. Did anyone on here see the accident? they were a couple of hours apart, but the track was damp when the beemer crashed. i saw it being trailered off but not the crash. |
OK, the car is wrecked anyway.
But.....is it a good idea to pick a car up by the wheels? |
Originally Posted by tubbytommy
(Post 10775093)
the cars werent in the same session.
they were a couple of hours apart, but the track was damp when the beemer crashed. i saw it being trailered off but not the crash. We saw the BMW getting very untidy round Woodcote a couple of times. In any case, if you're going to push that hard on that kind of track session (i.e. where there are likely to be a fair few 7 second heros, plus in front of a crowd :)), you really are asking for trouble! :) |
Originally Posted by tubbytommy
(Post 10774601)
ouch looks like a right off.
standard wrx brakes and suspension are not a good idea on a track. ruined those lovely stickers too... |
Originally Posted by t5frankie
(Post 10775104)
i totally agree mine was all over the place and had no brakes after 2 laps, still fastest on my session though lol
i was speaking from experience like rob having had standard wrxs i know the brakes fade fast when under heavy track use and the suspension is also not really for the track. |
There was another guy in a new black M3 doing the same thing, driving like an idiot n nearly causing others to crash.. These ppl should be banned from driving on the track!
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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
(Post 10775113)
exactly, i didnt say this had caused his accident as i didnt see it.
i was speaking from experience like rob having had standard wrxs i know the brakes fade fast when under heavy track use and the suspension is also not really for the track. |
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