If you're gonna slide off the track...don't do it like this.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

I give him a 6 on the landing, but a 10 for distance. :eek3: :eek3: :eek3:

Crash at Mid Ohio SCCA T2 Nissan - LotusTalk - The Lotus Cars Community (http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f68/crash-mid-ohio-scca-t2-nissan-61500/)

Also note in post #9, the driver walked away.

edit: In-car footage, which stops right as the car is starting to flip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdaMMrmkF8

[altalti]

Holy S$#% that was some serious distance.

[stiizy]

Shit that thin went far as fuck and he walked away wow...

God was on his side that day fa real

[shmiddy]

fuck me!!! he must have been booking it!

[SHIFT_*grind*]

Holy shit. Words from the driver, from page 3:

"I’m completely fine though, just a small bump on head." :eek:

I'd quit my job and spend the rest of my life doing free advertising for the guy who made my rollcage.

Also, nice spot for the ambulance to be hanging out.


edit: He was going 95 when he started flipping. I added a youtube link to the OP for in-car footage.

[stiizy]

^ 95 holy shit and he lives to tell about it damn nice!!!

[98s14inaz]

Holy S$#% that was some serious distance.

No shit. I was scolling through the pics saying, "WOW!", "no way", "jesus christ", "he's still going", "holy shit he went through the fence", "jesus he's still going", "oh my god i hope he can walk away from that one"...

Amazing cage design.

[SlideWell]

saw that on the local forum here titled " Why a $2k+ rollcage is worth it." Epic!

[driven_]

i'm surprised they didnt strip much from that car before racing it,

although,
id live a legend. or in a casket. :]

[allntrlundrgrnd]

ludicrous speed!

[driven_]

those wheels are win.

[HyperTek]

from teh video it looks like he came in too hot and locked up his brakes.

Luckily he was ok, thats glad to hear.

[flip3d]

Hmm.. the VQ still looks good.

[sac]

damn.. thats some serious speed to wreck at.. kick ass that he walked away!

[longdy]

If you pay attention to the wheels they didnt bend through out the whole crash!!!!!!..

expensive forged wheels are worth it!!!..lol if it could go through that kind of abuse then it could take anything!!!!!...lol

crazy ass distance that it traveled!!..wow

[C. Senor]

holy shit!

dude that was an awesome flip, who's awesomeness is only bested by that cage.
car completely totaled, flipped over an insane distance........... no one got hurt. that's a good day.

[azndoc]

safety is paramount.

I feel so much safer with a cage drifting.

[mRclARK1]

Wow. He went far.

Just kept rolling and rolling and flipping and rolling. Like that scene from Talladega nights. haha

[blasting_speed]

I think he went in too hot and braked late and hard. Maybe even brake failure. Either way i'm glad he's alive and doing fine.

[spikNspan]

everyone is talking about safety, but I think it would have been best if his brakes worked in the first place.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

It was brake failure, if you read through the thread.

[Future240]

Wow. I cant belive he walked away from that.

[LeftNutOfGowd]

I'm gonna .GIF that whole crash lol

[murda-c]

I'm gonna .GIF that whole crash lol

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/1613/nismocrashsccazf4.gif

[gripstr]

I'm gonna .GIF that whole crash lol

Its been done at the lotustalk forum.

Anyways, Just scratched power upgrades from my shopping list and added full roll cage!

[TheWolf]

Anyone else think T2 is the dumbest class racing wise... Take heavy weight high HP cars... give them crappy brakes (by race car standards) and non race suspension...

you end up with this happening... that dude had zero brakes going into that corner...

[SexPanda]

lol. Awesome...

[illvialuver]

what caused the accident.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

what caused the accident.

...did you read the thread in the link, at all? Or click on the video link in the first post?

[az_240]

sounds like the stock brakes just couldnt handle the speed and weight of the car for that turn

[BoroDrifter]

not enough vtec....no srsly, dibs on that wheel.

[UNISA JECS]

That aston martin, that was pretty crazy to, lucky.

[ayuaddict]

not enough vtec

i agree with you wholeheartedly.

yes.

[downshift_sideways]

Thats so awesome.

Looks like he walked away?

[trsilvias13]

did you guys see this? not sure if repost

Drifting Videos | Car Racing Videos - GT Channel - First R35 GT-R Totalled In The U.S. (http://www.gtchannel.com/content.php?cid=31186)

[zaquanh]

roll cages saves lives ,

[Gnnr]

Wow! Just when you thought he was gonna stop he keeps going!

those wheels are win.

Wow, those wheels are intact! Wonder what they are...

[xtreme_s14]

Wow, those wheels are intact! Wonder what they are...

[email protected]#$%
:bowrofl::rofl::bowrofl::rofl::bowrofl::rofl:

[bloodangels13]

good god that z wreck was nuts... Yay for my friends at Piper Motorsports for another badass rollcage.. they do badass work.. worth every dime

[racepar1]

I'll say the same thing here as I did on trackhq, DIBS on the motorset!!!

[DOOK]

I've done track days at Mid Ohio on my bike when I had it... that turn is kinda tricky... I can imagine it would suck without brakes haha

[jessfx]

Sick. Sick. Sick. Sick. Good thing he's ok!

[IdriveaNissan]

crazy air time

[njd07]

i think this vid jinx'd me...today my brakes failed on the track. tire blew up and somehow broke my brake line bolt(the one holding the line to rear caliper). good thing it was in the middle of the straight just after I finished my drift. phewf!

[blu808]

Roll cages on sale at my shop.

lol

[racepar1]

did you guys see this? not sure if repost

Drifting Videos | Car Racing Videos - GT Channel - First R35 GT-R Totalled In The U.S. (http://www.gtchannel.com/content.php?cid=31186)

Once again, DIBS on the motorset.

[IIIXziuR]

The gauge cluster seems to be fine

[deolio]

fucked up their fence!

[twistedsymphony]

From the driver.. it sounds like his brakes failed :eek:

Hey all, here are the pics of my crash at mid-o this wknd. Data said I was going about 95mph when I went off the back straight before 7. Some kind of brake failure. Had brakes for a split second then nothing. Slowed from 130 down to 95. Someone said I flipped about 9 times. Cartwheeled over the gravel trap and catapulted over the tire barrier and then over/through a 18 foot fence and ended up in the spectator area. Officials said they have never seen a car go that far out or seen a crash like that at mid-ohio. I’m completely fine though, just a small bump on head. Can't say the same about the Z. Thanks to everyone out there that helped me out especially cat killer, ralphy and ed.
Yes, i had a hans on. That's what probably gave me the bruise on my forehead. Hans stopped my helmet but my head smashed into the inside of my helmet. I had a racetech seat with wings and head bolsters. Did not have a net on the right. Had a 5 point harness (2 groin belts combine into one buckle). Car never really had a hard impact. Just kept on doing cartwheels over a long distance dissipating the energy. Looking at the in car video looks like instinct took over and i tried turning at the end of the straight so i started flipping almost before i left the concrete. Should of gone off straight into china beach and hopefully had the gravel slow me down b/f hitting tire wall. Thing that bothers me the most is not knowing what happened to the brakes. Childs is conducting a csi investigation. My data showed a 1.2 G slowdown at the 400 mark just like always but only for a split second. Pedal felt good. Then my G's gradually dropped to 0. I remember lifting and pushing in the pedal again and the data showed my G's came back up to .7 then quickly dropped back down to 0 before i turned the car and flipped. I don't ever remember the pedal just hitting the floor. Brake fluid reservoir was still filled after the crash. Looking at the in car video, the car really shimmied at initial braking, almost looking like the rear brakes were working but not the front. Only evidence we have so far is on the front left wheel, the rotor had a weird discoloration and was completely scoured and gouged as if the caliper was stuck. I don't see how this happend though b/f the crash though b/c the car was pretty dead on straight, not drifting to the left as you would expect so maybe it somehow got scoured after the crash. Car does have ABS but I don't think it ever activated. Braking was totally fine going down the keyhole just prior.

he says "instinct took over" and he tried to turn, but if he saw serious gouging on the front right caliper then perhaps that caliper seized and that's what caused him to turn?

[drift925]

did you guys see this? not sure if repost

Drifting Videos | Car Racing Videos - GT Channel - First R35 GT-R Totalled In The U.S. (http://www.gtchannel.com/content.php?cid=31186)

Damn I wonder what lucky ass junkyard got that car.

[sidewaysil80]

every time my fat ass gets tired of climbing over my cage and debate cutting out seeing shit like that will def always make me keep it lol.