Michael McDowell had a HUGE crash in qualifying for the Samsung 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway. Scared the s##t out of me.
If you got to www.nascar.com and then click on McDowell takes a tumble under "Video Control Room," you can see the accident. Amazed he was okay.
I agree, if you ever needed a reason for the COT, that sure as hell is a good one. Wow.
If you pause the video at the right time, you can see he hit the wall at 186 mph.
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, Apr 04 2008 10:13 PM
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 12:11 AM
Damn that was crazy... Speaks alot of the safety in Nascar... -
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 01:34 AM
They are playing this every hour on ESPN, what a tumble.
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 02:39 AM
I'll just add that is says good things for SAFER and HANS, too ...
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 03:50 AM
I don't get this Car of Tomorrow malarky... if it was the car of tomorrow then it shouldn't crash in the first place as it would have sensors all over it, not need a driver, hover over the track, and follow a wire imbedded in the tarseal. It's a car of TODAY not tomorrow....silly yanks
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 09:16 AM
Still think RKs Canadian GP hit last year was bigger..............but still OUCH!!!
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 01:26 PM
B.P., on Apr 5 2008, 05:16 AM, said:
Still think RKs Canadian GP hit last year was bigger..............but still OUCH!!!
Either way, that was pretty nasty.
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 02:36 PM
Bloody hell! That really was a big one....
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 05:34 PM
Rainmaster, on Apr 5 2008, 03:36 PM, said:
Bloody hell! That really was a big one....
Are you quoting from the NOTW video?
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 08:59 PM
Meanioni, on Apr 5 2008, 06:34 PM, said:
Are you quoting from the NOTW video?
Brilliant!!...just to be clear I'm not, I don't speak German, after all
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Posted 10 April 2008 - 08:08 AM
OOOOH! that was a bit of an off!
But he shouldnt worry about the car, I'm sure it will buff out.
But he shouldnt worry about the car, I'm sure it will buff out.
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