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All Torque
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10th Sep 06 at 22:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Theres the distance:



(and yes, thats a bed racing a garden shed)
Lynny
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pic i took.....quite close!
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque

(and yes, thats a bed racing a garden shed)


thats genius
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tbh though sometimes when im there i get butterflys thinking what if........rip
All Torque
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quote:
Originally posted by morpheus22
tbh though sometimes when im there i get butterflys thinking what if........rip


me too, what if I went today with my dad

seen a piston cane out of a car there once, we soon left.
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Im guessing it was top fuels today? couple of my mates were there today, will ring them in the morning to find out what happened.
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im no expert on these things but when im there i dont seem far enought away becouse imo there isnt enough space btween the strip and the banking all it needs is a car to hit barrier gover over the barrier and wipe out at least 50 people but thats my opinion
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Bloody hell
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on the tickets, it will say "motorsport is dangerous" and "the owners accept no responsibility for injury or death" or something along those lines.

there will have to be an inquest into it, as there always is with these things...

but i doubt the Santa Pod company are actually doing anything wrong, they will be sticking to the distance rules, like any other drag strip.

the other thing is, there are rarely injuries at Santa Pod, i bet there are more injuries at Silverstone or Rockingham... and Brafield will be the worst in the area, as its used for banger racing, but they have a disclaimer too.

its tragic still though

glad i didnt go now

i'll have a look for a news article
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cant find anything, i'll look again this afternoon.
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
i belive there big signs entering the place i-e diclaimer that if you get gurt its your responsibility and motorsport is dangerous etc


but if the car wasnt running well or poorly maintained....


they are highly maintained, but they need rebuilding after every 5 second run, so the components are under a lot of strain, its quite frequent for the engines to pop

although "starter ring" sounds like a part with not much strain on it
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robin i agree that partaking in the races risk, but a disclaimer doesnt waive the rights for the owner to do wtf he wants. if its found that part of the track isnt as it should be then im pretty sure something will happen

iif its found they have done as much as possible to maintain health & safety then it will be classed as an accident

[Edited on 11-09-2006 by Steve]
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yeah you are right steve, in law you can't limit or exclude liability for death or injury
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/5334466.stm
All Torque
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Dad says "Spoke to a mate who sponsors a dragster there and he said the man was stabbed when a piece of fibreglass from the wing"

parachute must have caught the wing and snapped it

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11th Sep 06 at 13:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hopefully it wont result in Santa Pod being closed.

like i say, they have less accidents per person than other motor racing venues nearby...
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from Norwich

All Torque
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quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
from Norwich



Anymore info from local press Kerry?
ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Jules S
quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
quote:
Originally posted by Haimsey
what was it that hit him just "part" of the engine?

Edit: i mean what part?

[Edited on 10-09-2006 by Haimsey]


"Starter ring"


I thought this too.

How on earth can an engine part kill a spectator?
Drag cars cylinder heads are held down by kevlar straps in case the head blows off the engine. They have been known to fly off and hit the crowd.
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He was wrong Ed, it was the parachute breaking a lump of fibreglass off. dad only heard it was the starter ring from the gearbox.
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
from Norwich



Anymore info from local press Kerry?


http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED11%20Sep%202006%2018%3A38%3A24%3A153
All Torque
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"Hit in the head" ?

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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
He was wrong Ed, it was the parachute breaking a lump of fibreglass off. dad only heard it was the starter ring from the gearbox.
Yea, read that after posting. Tragic really as you don't expect stuff like that to ever happen.
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Final Destination 4
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sorry but whoever wrote that article sucks:

"The dead man was watching the final round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championships"

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