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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by WillM » Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:43 pm

Chrispy wrote:Tage is a mad man behind the wheel. He is also the guy that caught on fire last year and jumped out of his moving car at 60 mph to escape the flames.
Chris, perfect user name for that video! "Chrispy"... ;)

Please tell me that you are talking about the video above, or is it that he did this more than once?

I remember reading about this last year.

I give him credit for honesty, but the comments in his video...really?

..."Due to last minute mechanical repairs the brake bias adjuster was set to max rear braking...."
..."This caused the rear brakes to lock up at the end of the straight, sending me flying off the track!"

..."The bolts holding the transmission / engine were not tightened down and they fell out at this point..."
..."This yanked out a -10AN oil line..."
..."OIL + HOT HEADER = EPIC FAIL!"

Kind of funny that he removed the back window and likely got the exact opposite of what he wanted. All the draft comes into the car through the back windo, which must be a big step backwards for aerodynamics. Oh well, at least the missing back window allowed all of that smoke and fire into the cabin. Had the back window been there, the video would have likely been much less interesting.

Imagine how different the outcome could have been if there was an instructor in the car. Would the driver still have jumped out?!?!

Let this video, among the others here, remind us to:
1. Practice our escapes!
2. Keep the face shield down!
3. Get a better fire system than you think you need!
4. Not rush car prep - sounds like the driver was more focused on having the car together in time for the race than he was on having it put together correctly.
5. Check every car before we get into it. This goes doubly for instructors who are always stepping into the passenger seat of an unknown car/driver. Never go on faith that the car you are getting into is put together right or that the owner/builder put as much thought and prep into safety.

Also a good idea to wear a balaclava. I seem to remember a post from him back when this happened that he was 'rushing' and forgot to put on his balaclava. The back and side of his neck got the worst of it, IIRC. 3rd degree burns across a large portion.

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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by Chrispy » Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:17 pm

WillM wrote: Chris, perfect user name for that video! "Chrispy"... ;)

Please tell me that you are talking about the video above, or is it that he did this more than once?
I wrote a very badly written sentence, but no he has only done it once. As he is the Arizona Regional Director for NASA it just goes to show that it can happen to anyone, and if you rush and make silly mistakes then it is almost a given :)
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by brucesallen » Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:37 pm

I thought it sounded like the engine was still running after he got out. Engine off=loss of oil for fire.
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by Mick » Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:22 pm

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I don't know what's more impressive, the fact that he walked away, or that the camera dislodged and landed in the perfect spot to capture him exiting the car.

..Edit: Watching this again. It may have been good fortune that he rolled instead of going head on into that cinder block wall. The wall looks high enough where he could have had a cinder block come through the windscreen.

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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by breakaway500 » Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:09 pm

Holy cross country, Batman.. :shock:
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by Chrispy » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:18 am

Ken Block's latest adventures are up. Can't imagine how much money it must cost to shutdown the Oakland Bay Bridge and many busy streets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDN2bCIyus

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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by escortracer » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:38 pm

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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by wizzman » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:38 pm

I think Paul G. may have taken enough pictures of his 1.8L rebuild this past winter to make a similar video :P

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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by John F » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:51 pm

escortracer wrote:
Did you notice the distortion of the "wall of death" when the tubby Mazda 2 was running?
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by escortracer » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:27 pm

I did not.
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by nateh » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:52 pm

Was he using some lap counting techniques from the COMSCC relay rally?

Perhaps a strip of duct tape flew off in the wind?
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by dradernh » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:11 am

Except for the bent & broken body parts, bikes are the bees knees.
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by breakaway500 » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:46 am

^Agreed. Those who ride them at their limits need to be just the other side of insane... :lol:
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