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148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - V1GiLaNtE - 04-06-2010
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Damn, that's a pretty nasty wreck... glad this dude was ok
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - CaptainHenreh - 04-06-2010
Looks...familiar. Happened exactly where I thought too. The bridge fucked up the aero, and without the wing to stabilize, the rear got light and weeeeeeeeee.
I'm glad he was OK. An important lesson to be learned here. When you make changes to your car, be more aware of what's going on. He was in the zone so he couldn't see his wing flying down the track, if he had, maybe he'd have toned down his right foot a little and pitted in.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - D_Eclipse9916 - 04-06-2010
yeah when responding to the crash I almost ran over the wing in turn 5-6, he was a good ways down that straight before the esses.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - WRXtranceformed - 04-06-2010
I'm glad Phil is okay, he's the one who tuned my old car. That was a nasty wreck!
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - BLINGMW - 04-06-2010
phew that sucked!
hock:
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - Evan - 04-06-2010
lol "it was the wings fault"
he doesnt drive fast enough to push his mechanical grip let alone aero grip.
that guy has yardsaled at least 3 cars and somehow its never driver error.....
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - Apoc - 04-06-2010
Is that car really capable of 148 mph before the uphill esses? I know 944s are slow, but damn.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - PDenbigh - 04-07-2010
He turns 1:59's at VIR full, that's moving along pretty well. Don't know if that equates to 148 at that spot though?
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - .RJ - 04-07-2010
1) doesnt look like 150mph
b) he dropped a wheel off going into the first turn of the esses
iii) 150 into the esses is way too fast for any production tub on DOT tires. Need a downforce car for that nonsense.
quatro) no profit at all
Sure, it sucks, but I dont think the busted equipment is at fault here.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - Goodspeed - 04-07-2010
Nooo....that car was insane. Hands down my favorite car to watch every time I was at the track. 150mph...I fully believe it, it ran like a raped ape. Cars never look as fast as the speedo (or GPS, or...) on film.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - Ken - 04-07-2010
Definitely capable of 148. My friend had a much less prepared WRX and he got it up to 140.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - .RJ - 04-07-2010
Ken Wrote:Definitely capable of 148
Didnt say it wasnt. My old integra would be coming up on 120 at the bottom of the hill, so with probably 3x the HP thats not really the question here.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - Ken - 04-08-2010
Didn't point it towards anyone in particular
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - kcook - 04-08-2010
The car has 650whp for those of you who don't know. From personal experience tracking a 300whp+ prepped WRX for 2 years, I was hitting 120+ before the esses. Phils car has 2x the hp I have. You do the math. The reason Phil was not seriously injured is from Subarus engineering. Yes, I believe his equipment (harnesses,seats,hans) helped but that 6 pt cage didn't help on HIS side impact. Our cars were/are extremely safe and have the ratings to prove it. Im not just saying this because I'm biased. This is the 5th totaled Subaru on track(that I know of) within a year and every driver has walked away with minor to no injuries including myself.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - Apoc - 04-09-2010
Maybe they ain't so safe if 5 got totaled in a year.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - Ken - 04-10-2010
Truth, no joke a Subaru saved my life.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - Goodspeed - 04-10-2010
Did anyone else notice that the Sparco wheel's ring broke off the center section? Left a nice sharp blade....scary.
Re: 148mph Crash after Scooby looses wing.. - Evan - 04-10-2010
kcook Wrote:The car has 650whp for those of you who don't know. From personal experience tracking a 300whp+ prepped WRX for 2 years, I was hitting 120+ before the esses. Phils car has 2x the hp I have. You do the math. The reason Phil was not seriously injured is from Subarus engineering. Yes, I believe his equipment (harnesses,seats,hans) helped but that 6 pt cage didn't help on HIS side impact. Our cars were/are extremely safe and have the ratings to prove it. Im not just saying this because I'm biased. This is the 5th totaled Subaru on track(that I know of) within a year and every driver has walked away with minor to no injuries including myself.
and Im pretty sure that cage is bolt-in/bolt together ( :roll: ) which wasnt doing him any favors in any of his wrecks
subaru does make some strong cars.