stormseeker 0 Posted October 18, 2005 Anyone who was at the Dubsport Rolling Road Day back in Jan 2004 may remember my mate Dave with his modded Silver VTEC Prelude, who snook on the rollers right at the end... Anyway, Dave's been getting more and more into track days over the past years, culminating in a trip to Spa in Belgium with the Honda Revolutions club last week.... Don't think this is gonna polish out... http://escort.accelerator.org/images/pr ... d/dead.JPG :shock: Seriously - I'm surprised everyone escaped unscathed.... http://www.jackals-forge.com/lotus/movi ... _crash.wmv :shock: :shock: Apart from the crash and mega spin, Dave nearly wipes out the guy in the Lotus who wiped out first.... :shock: Anyway - in typical Dave fashion, he's just sourced another mint prelude, fresh off the boat (so not reg'd in this country yet) ready to reshell his bits from the silver one..... :roll: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sc0rian 0 Posted October 18, 2005 OOOOOO.. i just shouted oooo F**** at the top of my voice :/ ouch!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bix 0 Posted October 18, 2005 Don't think this is gonna polish out... lol, still laughing...hurry up and download video! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veeDuB_Rado 0 Posted October 18, 2005 Holy crap that was bad Found when he hit the other car a bit funny tho lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bix 0 Posted October 18, 2005 cool! could have been worse....could have been crashed there on his own :oops: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorradoVR6-Turbo 0 Posted October 18, 2005 Guy who was getting out of lotus 7 almost got wiped out again by honda ...lol :lol: What a bad day :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveVPK 0 Posted October 18, 2005 :shock: Ouch :shock: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ronan 0 Posted October 18, 2005 Oops. Off topic - Honda revolutions is a great site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Musicman 0 Posted October 18, 2005 Ulp. :shock: both of 'em spin out on exactly the same spot on the line. Guess the other guy was lucky he didn't hit it right. :? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
conleycrew3 0 Posted October 18, 2005 ouch! glad it wasnt a corrado! it wouldnt have been anyway, far better handling!? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmn 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Ouch, they both seem to hit the patch of grass on the inside of the track with a rear wheel. But ouch!!!! Thats the risk you take with track days To be honest what your mate is doing is the right thing to do, just rebuild the car into a new shell and get back up and going again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted October 19, 2005 Fecking hell.. talk about lucky. That Prelude hit the wall at some serious speed. Tis a real shame. The actual day looked amazing - great track, clear skies.. bummer :| Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emoda 0 Posted October 19, 2005 To be honest what your mate is doing is the right thing to do, just rebuild the car into a new shell and get back up and going again expensive hobby tho' :-) especially if you come away with a physical injury too :-( ...or if the guy in the lotus had gotten out on the side the Honda hit ... :shock: doesn't bear think about! At the start of the vid it says "lots of coolant dumped" - I think that's what causes them to spin... there's a portion of the track that looks darker... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
h100vw 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Tracks days gotta love 'em. Know your limits and try to stay near them...... :mrgreen: Still waiting on the video to load but if there was coolant on the track surely the marshalls should have been out with the flags, toute de suite...?? At least the metal can be replaced. I remember the dyno run too. Who is this 'rice boy'? :D Gavin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stormseeker 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Who is this 'rice boy'? :D :D He's a mate I used to work with at Marconi in Liverpool - a dyed-in-the-wool Ford man until someone took him over to the dark side.... (hence his http://escort.accelerator.org pages - his long time restoraion of a mk1 1300 Gt Escort - plus the rest of his fleet, XR4i, Cosworth and a smattering of other escorts...) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Feck... glad everyone got out of that OK... :| Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted October 19, 2005 Blimey, that's not pretty - bit of an occupational hazard if you do track days :( Glad to hear he's ok and has replaced the metal thouh :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazzyvr6 0 Posted October 19, 2005 thats one reason why i wouldnt do any track days in my car Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yandards 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Holy crap! The lotus driver must have been watching the prelude spinning at him in slow motion like a startled rabbit in the headlights! Made me laugh at the end of the vid where you can hear the prelude driver put the hand brake on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeNose 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Was he insured? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted October 19, 2005 Probably not, unless you take out specific track-day insurance... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beavis 0 Posted October 19, 2005 The exit of Eau Rouge is a bit dubious to say the least. You enter it at about 90mph going uphill, aim for the inner kerb, hope there is enough track to catch you as the car goes exceptionaly light on the exit... oh and by the way, all you can see is 'sky' rather than where you are going on the entry to it, cross your fingers and hope for the best. Armcoat is about £400 a metre to repair if you hit it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmn 0 Posted October 20, 2005 i didnt realis it was like the ring that if you hit it you pay for it, double ouch, one for the car cost and one for the arco Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stormseeker 0 Posted October 20, 2005 Armcoat is about £400 a metre to repair if you hit it. Apparently the tyre-wall soaked up all the impact, so no paying for the armco - apparently one of the lads on the same trip last year had damaged 2 lengths of armco and a couple of posts and ended up with a £3k bill! And they wouldn´t let him leave before he coughed up! :roll: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
