Oulton Park Thanks
Discussion
Just a line or two to say thanks for all the good wishes and help after the big off at Oulton on Saturday morning – and especially to the medical team there. 
The car spun just after the brow at Deer Leap at pretty much full throttle on what would’ve been the start of my first hot lap in qually. The car hit the tyre wall HARD just before the pit wall proper and severely damaged both the front and rear end and destroyed the suspension on the offside too – it looks a real mess. I managed to get out and walk away unaided though and was taken to the medical centre which is thankfully only a short walk from there. After a couple of assessments when chest pains I had got progressively worse and given the speed at which the impact occurred, I was taken by ambulance to get properly checked out at Leighton Hospital. The diagnosis was not a punctured lung as was initially feared but severe bruising, fractured ribs aren’t always clear on x-rays so the A & E doctor explained. I was discharged and still managed to enjoy the end of season do on the Saturday night with plenty of liquid medication which helped.
They were right though when they said the pain would only get steadily worse over the next few days before it got any better – bl**dy sore this morning and I certainly need the painkillers now that they prescribed to help me move around. Pity they’re not as good as the morphine in the ambulance!
Once again the Tuscan showed its inherent design strength when it was needed most – it could’ve been a lot worse. I suspect a combination of the greasy track conditions, insufficient heat in the tyres and the car going light over the brow of the hill to have contributed to a loss of traction when trying to get 400+ h.p. down onto the circuit!
Plenty of time over the winter to get her rebuilt – it’s going to cost a few quid though!
The car spun just after the brow at Deer Leap at pretty much full throttle on what would’ve been the start of my first hot lap in qually. The car hit the tyre wall HARD just before the pit wall proper and severely damaged both the front and rear end and destroyed the suspension on the offside too – it looks a real mess. I managed to get out and walk away unaided though and was taken to the medical centre which is thankfully only a short walk from there. After a couple of assessments when chest pains I had got progressively worse and given the speed at which the impact occurred, I was taken by ambulance to get properly checked out at Leighton Hospital. The diagnosis was not a punctured lung as was initially feared but severe bruising, fractured ribs aren’t always clear on x-rays so the A & E doctor explained. I was discharged and still managed to enjoy the end of season do on the Saturday night with plenty of liquid medication which helped.
They were right though when they said the pain would only get steadily worse over the next few days before it got any better – bl**dy sore this morning and I certainly need the painkillers now that they prescribed to help me move around. Pity they’re not as good as the morphine in the ambulance!
Once again the Tuscan showed its inherent design strength when it was needed most – it could’ve been a lot worse. I suspect a combination of the greasy track conditions, insufficient heat in the tyres and the car going light over the brow of the hill to have contributed to a loss of traction when trying to get 400+ h.p. down onto the circuit!
Plenty of time over the winter to get her rebuilt – it’s going to cost a few quid though!
Thanks for the good wishes all. Im still very sore but bearing up! I was wearing my hans which lives in my
helmet bag so I never forget it. As has already been said it stops the whiplash but not all sideways movement as my head hit the rollcage fia padding in the crash and thats with my hooped seat wings too. But no headache at all just my bloody ribs! Anything you can do to mitigate head injury risk is a must as far as Im concerned. The medics noted my hans too in their report. Im sure theyll become compulsory before too long.
helmet bag so I never forget it. As has already been said it stops the whiplash but not all sideways movement as my head hit the rollcage fia padding in the crash and thats with my hooped seat wings too. But no headache at all just my bloody ribs! Anything you can do to mitigate head injury risk is a must as far as Im concerned. The medics noted my hans too in their report. Im sure theyll become compulsory before too long.
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