maxairmike
Well-Known Member
If the driver lost control, it could have spun, though I would more expect it to roll.
Tragic all the way around.
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Death at Driving Experience
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If the driver lost control, it could have spun, though I would more expect it to roll.
Tragic all the way around.
mousehockey37
Well-Known Member
Go back to my video in my post on the 1st page of the thread. Follow the course, at the :49 second mark, if you look off to the right, that's the "access road" with the guard rail in question. The video shows the course. The video from the news station showing the tracks in the grass is wrong, as the car was coming out of a turn and not down the straightaway in typical racing format.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
The tracks in the grass might have been from an emergency vehicle.
mousehockey37
Well-Known Member
Or another accident from a different time. You can see, though, that they did hit some grass (more than likely wet) and it sped the car up and turned the car some (just like sliding on ice).
Not to dwell on it, but I followed the straight tyre marks directly to where they came to rest.
Tragic indeed.
ItlngrlBella
Well-Known Member
Horrible. Prayers to the family.
Probably a good thing that this will be eventually closing... Maybe earlier now?
Probably a good thing that this will be eventually closing... Maybe earlier now?
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PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
When I get the full report from FHP, i'll post it here or send it your way.
bferrara16
Active Member
Pure speculation here, but based on the pictures, the video, and the oddly placed access road, I'm wondering if the driver mistook the access road for the upcoming turn and tried to recover back to the track unsuccessfully. Tragic.
mousehockey37
Well-Known Member
No. Again, the youtube video posted on the first page shows a multi-cam view of everything. Driver/Passenger, out front window, etc. You can see what the car has in it safety wise as well as you can see the course the way they drive it.
Unfortunately, this isn't like an airplane where there's possibly some time before you hit the ground, going 100+ and possibly losing control coming out of the turn, then speeding up hitting the grass, there's no time to switch over controls to save the car.
Disneyhead'71
Well-Known Member
At times like this, my normally loquacious nature is paralyzed.
Hugs to everyone involved. And thanks to the members here for everyone's reasoned reresponses.
Hugs to everyone involved. And thanks to the members here for everyone's reasoned reresponses.
TheRabbit
Well-Known Member
First Paul Walker, now this poor passenger. All the reason why I never let anyone else drive ME, especially in some performance car that they probably can't handle. And if it turns out that the driver was a professional from Richard Petty Experience...then I hope the passengers family sue them till their eyes pop out!
StageFrenzy
Well-Known Member
Lamborghini caught on fire?
mousehockey37
Well-Known Member
The pro will do so much and then you can switch. So it may have been the guest driving and the CM in the passenger seat, we don't know yet.
Doesn't look like it. Just a really freak accident where the driver lost control and an unshielded guard rail impaled the spot where the door hinge would be on the passenger side door...
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
It was not the Richard Petty Experience.
It was the Exotic Driving Experience.
Totally different thing. Same racetrack tho.
(FHP sent out an email specifically correcting this)
StageFrenzy
Well-Known Member
TheRabbit
Well-Known Member
Either way, if the professional was driving....is what I meant.
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Lamborghini DIDN'T catch on Fire?!?!?!
Stop.
Just stop right there.
Someone died in this accident and you're gonna be "That Guy" in this thread? Seriously?