04-11-2018, 11:13 PM | #1 |
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Track Nights In America: Harris Hill - Huge Wreck! 4/11/18
PDR footage at Harris Hill. Caught a big wreck on camera. Driver was okay.
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04-11-2018, 11:21 PM | #2 |
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04-12-2018, 12:01 AM | #3 |
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That looked Nasty, hope they are alright...
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04-12-2018, 12:05 AM | #4 |
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04-12-2018, 12:17 AM | #5 |
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Holy hell. Did you guys find out what happened?
Either he forgot there was a turn there, or had critical brake system failure....that was a lot of speed!!! |
04-12-2018, 08:53 AM | #6 |
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Had to be a brake failure. I was at Sebring two years ago and saw a guy in a Corvette lose his brakes approaching the Hairpin, he smashed through a fence and some brush ending up in the parking lot of the Chateau. He was OK but did 5-10K worth of damage to his car. That's why you should keep fresh DOT 4 in your system if going to the track.
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04-12-2018, 09:15 AM | #7 |
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I like how the BMW owner said F* IT, and went off-roading to go help him!
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04-12-2018, 09:26 AM | #8 |
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My oldest just turned 20 this month and ran the car at TNIA at MSR-Cresson (Texas) the night before (T 4/10) for the first time on a track - he did very well. We were talking about going to Harris Hills sometime for TNIA. Not so much anymore. There seems to be a lot of trees available to interact with, like this, in high speed areas. I'm not naive to say that this is not a dangerous hobby nor that Cresson does not have locations where you can hit something you don't want to. Just reinforces that our hobbies have risk.
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RSFR, let us know what you find out what happened. Was he on stock tires, stock pads, etc.? Glad he was okay, of course. |
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04-12-2018, 12:23 PM | #11 |
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Unfortunately, I didn't get to talk to him after the crash. The guy is a seasoned HPDE enthusiast and has driven at that track many times before. He has a dedicated track car that currently has a blown engine. The ATS-V he was driving was his daily driver and he had been driving very aggressively the whole day. I suspect he over cooked the brakes and had nothing left for that corner. If I hear anything differently, I'll post another update.
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04-12-2018, 12:45 PM | #12 |
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Thanks...wonder if he had PDR on the car and was recording with it.
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