one less 997 GT3

[lightweight]

Aparently one less 997 gt3 in the world Snetterton is wet today

[SNDa]

misread that. thought you were referring to your 996 GT3 : phew :

although sorry for the 997 owner.

Edited by SNDa on Thursday 23 August 11:35

[lightweight]

No not me. sadly a new 07 car aparently car not great driver OK but you have to feel for the guy

[Glenn McMenamin]

Very sad....

I bet it was at Chorum, must be the only place there to have a biggy ?


G.

[cardigankid]

Its called Coram is it not. Yes, bugger it up there and it can be fast and serious. But you could come the wrong way out of the esses if you misjudge it.

Main thing is he's ok, joking aside.

Edited by cardigankid on Thursday 23 August 18:44

[Stu R]

bugger

[all black]

massive smash on pit straight - nose straight into the armco, which sent it airborne, back down on the nose, airbags went off, bounced onto one side then onto the rear end..amazingly he walked away

....pity about not having trackday insurance and only being 2 months old...

[Dr S]

all black said:

massive smash on pit straight - nose straight into the armco, which sent it airborne, back down on the nose, airbags went off, bounced onto one side then onto the rear end..amazingly he walked away

....pity about not having trackday insurance and only being 2 months old...

ouch...

[Dr S]

all black said:

massive smash on pit straight - nose straight into the armco, which sent it airborne, back down on the nose, airbags went off, bounced onto one side then onto the rear end..amazingly he walked away

....pity about not having trackday insurance and only being 2 months old...

ouch...

[sleep envy]

you can say that again

[Grant3]

ouch!


Note it was the pit straight, so was it aquaplaning in very wet conditions on the cup tyres???

[ScottL]

Poor bloke (no pun intended). Can't imagine how crap he's feeling right now.

I guess he didn't know that trackday insurance is readily available.

I also guess that the trakcday insurance companies are glad he didn't know.

[Stu R]

all black said:

massive smash on pit straight - nose straight into the armco, which sent it airborne, back down on the nose, airbags went off, bounced onto one side then onto the rear end..amazingly he walked away

....pity about not having trackday insurance and only being 2 months old...

Christ, lucky to walk away but not having trackday insurance on a car like that is a touch silly

[Bund]

Does anyone know for sure that he didnt have track insurance? Lets be honest, you dont buy this car and intend to track it and not insure it unless your filthy rich and if he is then he's probably laughing at walking away from such a bad crash! I know id be thanking the gods...

[vin_r1]

I agree with you Bund, that any car let alone a GT3 would make you get trackday insurance....but you never know.

[7357]

So how did he lose it on the Pit straight ?

[batman69]

Sounds horrible. Glad he's walking. Hope he was insured. Bining it on the pit straight at Snett is pretty difficult to do, must have been an aqua-plane.......but then standing water just doesn't suddenly appear unannounced especially on a short track like Snett.

[DanH]

Bund said:

Does anyone know for sure that he didnt have track insurance? Lets be honest, you dont buy this car and intend to track it and not insure it unless your filthy rich and if he is then he's probably laughing at walking away from such a bad crash! I know id be thanking the gods...

Not always that easy/possible to insure for trackdays. Most of us taking GT3s to the ring aren't covered for the car...

[TIGA84]

Wasnt a white one was it? I went to the Ring a couple of weeks ago with a guy who had his a couple of months who never really had anything in that kind of league performance wise, just hoping it wasnt him!

[hunter 66]

there is always a stream of water across the track at the beginning of the pits where you can have a serious moment of aquaplaning.
But I remember the days when sex was safe and racing was dangerous , and after Corum came Russel which then was a flat in 5 th chicane ..... which led to the most unbelieveable crashes thus safety led to the emasculation of this "fun" spot.