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Old 06-19-2015, 07:53 AM
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well the last crash was on the track....and I put this one up because it was on the speed stop challenge ....just to show how fast it can go wrong, for no reason...Ken had just shifted to third and swung the car wide (left) to go into a right hander and dropped a tire off the track and it was done after that....the car picked up speed in the grass runoff..sailed across another (closed off) section of track hit a small rumble strip that popped the car about a foot in the air and into a barrier wall...that was at about 75-80 miles an hour ....just freeway speed......so next time someone says "I'm not going to track the car" I don't need all that safety stuff....remember thats why cars today have air bags, crumple zones, collapsible steering columns, impact absorbing crash bumpers, traction control and ABS, and WERE NOT TRACKING THOSE EITHER, thats just your daily driver
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