Big crash, Castle Combe Action Day 8/9/12

[Bruski11]

So will the poor(er) driver be changing his profile name?

[Lee b]

i was there driving the ktm x bow (giving passenger laps for forge) at this event, i didnt have any problems with any other drivers out on track, i was quite suprised with the large number of vehicles on track at once that there were not more accidents but most people could keep the cars on the grey stuff.

it was good to see no harm came to the four people who were involved in the accidents that day (fiat & aerial atom)

[Bennz]

The Camp crash, Seen here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScFuHMQjxxc&lis...

Now this was very scarey for me as i was standing where the car hit. in the vid you can see me in the white vest and the marshal in black run...
The pics show how close it was...

Crash damage...



Where we where standing... (me white, marshal black) I was leaning on the wooden post at one point.



I've circled grass from the tyres so show how high the car got... that's about 8/9feet up..



It can right at us, no clue what happened, but he was going bloody fast and didn't look like he could turn the corner.. Huge bang when it hit.. Very scarey, made my heart go nuts. But i'm really glad both driver and passenger are ok, that is the main thing.

Edited by Bennz on Tuesday 11th September 07:13

[Robatr0n]

Glad all involved were okay. A tough and expensive lesson learned sadly.

Nice footage Steve although could you ask Mike not to swear next time? You know how offensive I find it!

[m555]

He comes into that video at over a ton easily and no ways it would slow down then,on grass.
at least he wasn't on a public road.

[Bennz]

Lee b said:

i was there driving the ktm x bow (giving passenger laps for forge) at this event, i didnt have any problems with any other drivers out on track, i was quite suprised with the large number of vehicles on track at once that there were not more accidents but most people could keep the cars on the grey stuff.

it was good to see no harm came to the four people who were involved in the accidents that day (fiat & aerial atom)

This one? Beautiful machine.

[AshVX220]

bennz,
that's ^^^^ a KTM Xbow, not an Atom.

[anonymous-user]

AshVX220 said:

bennz,
that's ^^^^ a KTM Xbow, not an Atom.

And Lee b said "I was there driving the x-bow"

[Darlonick]

Glad to hear the driver and passenger are ok - but gutted to see this as it's my old Fiat Coupe. I only sold it earlier this year and took it to Spa, Davos, Stelvio Pass and Lake Garda last year. Have a look at my profile for a photo of it in happier times.

[bulldog5046]

[DiscoColin]

Classic PH thread : the driver, the passenger, the person who shot the video, the guy who was nearly hit by it and the last owner of the car all show up... Is this a seriously small world or are there really _that_ many people on PH these days...?

[jonnyleroux]

DiscoColin said:

Classic PH thread : the driver, the passenger, the person who shot the video, the guy who was nearly hit by it and the last owner of the car all show up... Is this a seriously small world or are there really _that_ many people on PH these days...?

lol - let's go for a full house in Bent-car-bingo and have the scrap-man who's selling the car post next [+]

[anonymous-user]

was it insured?

[coupe20vturbo]

The Spruce goose said:

was it insured?

insurance didnt cover it for on the track so no it wasnt at time of impact

[anonymous-user]

I would edit that,

I asked because I was thinking about a track day.

[Lee b]

yep thats my car

Bennz said:

This one? Beautiful machine.

[Bennz]

DiscoColin said:

Classic PH thread : the driver, the passenger, the person who shot the video, the guy who was nearly hit by it and the last owner of the car all show up... Is this a seriously small world or are there really _that_ many people on PH these days...?

I joined to post after being show this thread.

Lee b said:

yep thats my car

Pm me an email, i have a few pics of it in full size high-res.

[Dan Friel]

bulldog5046 said:

And the tyres on the front of the crashed Fiat that understeered off at speed are what??

[Old Red]

Don1 said:

I think the worse driving comes from the green Lupo/Polo a few seconds after the red flags come out - everyone else is slowing and they have to take to the grass to avoid another wreck.

But at least everyone is fine and there we go!

Typical of experienced drivers!!! They think they are better than the 'the others'- in this case most of the novices appeared to see the carnage / obstruction and take action - The worst driving by far.......Lupo man looks suspiciously like he might be this experienced race driver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTQevbDMVHg&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl-mveY8p7U&fea...
on observation...or rather lack of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-9bhZUlavc
and another driver who lacks spacial awareness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnZ4IB_eIHo&fea...

bottom line nobody is perfect!



:another armchair critic

[coupe20vturbo]

Old Red said:

Typical of experienced drivers!!! They think they are better than the 'the others'- in this case most of the novices appeared to see the carnage / obstruction and take action - The worst driving by far.......Lupo man looks suspiciously like he might be this experienced race driver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTQevbDMVHg&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl-mveY8p7U&fea...
on observation...or rather lack of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-9bhZUlavc
and another driver who lacks spacial awareness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnZ4IB_eIHo&fea...

bottom line nobody is perfect!



:another armchair critic

that lupo driver is a demon of a driver. grow up, he just didnt see the flags. he has a huge channel of videos in car,