Wicked crash almost takes out corner worker

[Greg Collier]

Inside apex... a better place to stand

http://www.wimp.com/deathalmost/

 

[laserspeeddemon]

Yea, I saw that a few weeks ago, what the hell was that guy doing there in the first place?

Check out this the footage (at about 1:50). Now thats funny.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/FE6C3E5B-B93E-4BE0-8EB0-A485BF915779.htm

 

[Zero Bar]

Inside apex... a better place to stand

http://www.wimp.com/deathalmost/

I'll bet he had to go clean out his pants after that one!! In rally there is NO safe place to stand, those cars go flying everywhere.

 

[Greg Collier]

what the hell was that guy doing there in the first place?

He was a corner worker, seeing yellow and black flags in his hand. I'm assuming this was on a track and not a Rally...

 

[ldstang50]

damn thats scary

 

[T9S1i]

damn close!!!! tooo damn close!

and the other movie 1:50..........haha!!! wow

entertaining!!

 

[mavisky]

Similar situation.

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1309/

 

[Slapnut]

3 words... I Hate Rally-Cross

IMO the most retarded Motorsports ever, let's let all the fans stand on the track at a NASCAR event from now on. Gahhhhhh (sorry to the rally guys, but WTF!?!) I guess, I am just a safety type of person. The thought behind this sport is good, but the safety aspect is bad. From the WRC videos that i have seen, people get hit at almost every race. To me, this is not cool.


this is why http://media.hawt.net/videos/1e3bf9e10e01d20724cd11349d36ecbb.wmv

 

[Pube Stache]

The thought behind this sport is good, but the safety aspect is bad. From the WRC videos that i have seen, people get hit at almost every race. To me, this is not cool.

I'm pretty sure that people get so "close to the action" so to speak since it's exciting. The people that are at those events know the risks they take. They have been doing it for decades. And as far as I am concerend, Rally takes the most skill out of any motorsport. It is also the most exciting to watch.

If you think rally racing is bad now, take a look at some of the Killer B's from the 80's. 400+hp!

let's let all the fans stand on the track at a NASCAR event from now on.

Not to sound sick, but I think that would actually be pretty funny. "Hey! Hold my Bud i'm gonna jump on down der. Yeeee Hawwwww!"

 

[Slapnut]

Don't get me wrong, they have skill. As far as the peps on the track at nascar

 

[Microrcdude]

it wasnt rally, spoon sports never made a rally specific car

 

[laserspeeddemon]

I don't think that was a spoon sports car. I've seen them in person during the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race. They don't have a white zig-zag going over it. It's just strainght blue to yellow.

BTW, that wasn't a rally race either (I don't think)

 

[mavisky]

it wasnt rally, spoon sports never made a rally specific car

That wasn't even a Honda car. Looked more Peugot-ish.

 

[Microrcdude]

I don't think that was a spoon sports car. I've seen them in person during the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race. They don't have a white zig-zag going over it. It's just strainght blue to yellow.

BTW, that wasn't a rally race either (I don't think)

Ive seen spoon cars too, at the 25 hours of thunderhill, and here in town when they used to race SCCA.

 

[D_Eclipse9916]

Lol we have a saying when working NASA being a cornerworker, there is an understanding, if you see my eyes going wide, please tackle me. It is cool to work as a cornerworker though, earn credits and also muhaha be 5 feet from the action, watching a legends car blow its engine right in front of you and production cobras spin out is beautiful in its own little way.

That corner worker had no protection, I feel sorry for him if he was assigned to that place. Also racers really need to be considerate of corner works, we volunteer our time to be there to protect YOU! When we have those debri, yellow, emergency worker flags up, dont come screaming around the corner like you normally do, have some respect. This weekend I had a debris and yellow flag and a stupid m3 thought he was too cool to respect the flags and almost lost it coming around the corner, if a emergency personnel was there he would have hit him regaining control. Please we are there for your safety.

 

[Greg Collier]

Lol we have a saying when working NASA being a cornerworker, there is an understanding, if you see my eyes going wide, please tackle me. It is cool to work as a cornerworker though, earn credits and also muhaha be 5 feet from the action, watching a legends car blow its engine right in front of you and production cobras spin out is beautiful in its own little way.
That corner worker had no protection, I feel sorry for him if he was assigned to that place. Also racers really need to be considerate of corner works, we volunteer our time to be there to protect YOU! When we have those debri, yellow, emergency worker flags up, dont come screaming around the corner like you normally do, have some respect. This weekend I had a debris and yellow flag and a stupid m3 thought he was too cool to respect the flags and almost lost it coming around the corner, if a emergency personnel was there he would have hit him regaining control. Please we are there for your safety.

I’ve become pretty good buddies with all the corner workers and fire and safety people at all the California tracks. I’ll buy them extra soft drinks and get them cups of ice during their lunch breaks. I always give them all the high sign before and after all my track time and especially after races. They all know my car and that makes me feel pretty secure in case that the worst might happen. A corner worker can be the difference between my life and death…

Greg

 

[Slow old poop]

You'd think he'd know better. WTF Rally fans on the other hand & rally drivers too, Rich...

When I ran pro rallies, we ran everything at night. That schmuck on the outside of the turn reminds me of the idiot photogs that would set up out there, then zap with you with a photostrobe straight on, right in the eyes, blinding you for a few seconds and taking away yer night vision for the next two minutes. If I was lucky enough to spot the photog before he took the pic, I'd close my eyes right in the middle of the turn and yell "ASS*OLE!" as I slid by. None of those idiots ever tried to sell me an 8x10 of my car taken from the front. If they did, I would have crammed it down their throat whilst I explained that it was not very nice to shoot pix like that.

It's amazing that none of those photogs ever got lynched by a bunch of mad drivers. I know I would have gladly joined the lynching party.

Rich