Jamie Camara Crash - Indy 500 2008

[ManowarFan1985]

Those cars look much safer than the formula1 cars...

[fj9fl]

@ManowarFan1985 duuuhhh......nope yer dope!!!!!

[fatpat1823]

@EarthNightlcedWish I know how the cars r designed to work i just dont like them cant wait for 2012

[fj9fl]

@fatpat1823 and that means what/

[fj9fl]

@fatpat1823 and that means what?

[fatpat1823]

@fj9fl the cars now are shity

[kwings121]

NO! There must be someone who thinks this is GWB's fault.

[RikterZilla]

There must be someone who thinks this is Danica's fault.

[fatpat1823]

those cars r such shit im suprised he didnt break his back bring in the dp01 or something else

[EarthNightIcedWish]

@fatpat1823 These cars are designed so that the non essential pieces take most of the impact. The cars body absorbs the shock of the crash and dissipates it through out it, that's why there is always so much debris after one crashes. With the car itself taking the beating, the driver remains relatively safe and unharmed. Its because of that safety tech, that drivers are able to walk away from accidents like these.

[dionreedsamurai]

THANK GOD HE HAD NO SPONSERS,

[popplewort333]

Why don't they have servos so the driver can control the airfoil?

Anyway a bi-wing would channel the air more effectively, like thrust vectoring.

Thrust vectoring could be used to improve cornering?

[acornoyer]

only a few more inches to the right and that could have ben fatal

[mosportkarting6]

no you idiots he cant break his back going backwards hitting that lite!

[tubeyou443]

didnt he break his back in this crash?

[fisico6403bis]

No, he was ok after the crash.

[tubeyou443]

oh, thats good.

[honda50012]

@fisico6403bis i believe it was Phil Giebler that broke his back



[Zadan]

@tubeyou443 Nah, but he did spend the day/night in hospital under observation for bruised lungs.

[aure232]

wow, that thump sound...eeek

[race4ev]

he broke his back on that crash

[RMcHawk]

IMO he got too inside the corner... the degree difference made the rear left tyre to loose grip... then... if you take a close look @ 0:25 there's something flying out of the car...

[cj52racers]

I think the thing flying out of his car may be a tear-off. It came from the cockpit. I also do not think that he got too low. Those cars run below the white line almost the entire race and certainly during qualifying. The banking degree does not change at the white line like at other courses, it is even until you get to the grass. I would imagine they took wing off to increase straight speed and it made it difficult to handle in the corner. That is why he lost grip, lack of downforce.

[quasiphatpaul]

well he had a front wing. but if you mean they decreased its angle to increase top end speed at the expense of down force then I agree completely. Either that or he downshifted too early and the tires broke loose. But I doubt it was downshifting as that's something only rFactor jockeys like myself do. =D

[cj52racers]

Yes I am saying they decreased angle to lose downforce. They do this all month until they hit the absolute limit, which they obviously went past. Makes the car rather twitchy, but if you can get it right it will be good for some hot laps.

[trickless]

he took the corner too fast and then he hit the wall...

[aure232]

It seems that he did lose grip on painted stripe...

[xmanyou34]

this is why IRL should race on actually race courses, not race ovals because this is what happens, take Gordon Smiley for example

[CGFootball5307]

That was a good idea, it was called Champ Car and they are no longer in business.

[transformer01234567]

actually the irl and champ car merged

[frankisfunny2007]

lol kinda looks like a Baltimore Orioles car, with the black & orange

[jraybay]

ouch

[indysk8rjj]

i was pissed when this happened. i had just stepped into the bathroom..then...BOOM!!!

[saintconnnor]

please, if it happens, nothing or noone could stop it, but since 2005, security on vehicles has serioucly increased, it did already before that though,

just sayin.

[heatblast337]

thier loud as fuck though

[kb7787]

Back to the pond rookie!

[hicolts18]

i sax at and it was cool

[Remdog44]

I was right near that crash. It wasn't the best of that day though.

[SaidHead]

Dominguez almost did on Bump Day.

[DrinkMyEyes]

the safety is better since 2005..hopefully the cars won't fly anymore

[kingofpwnage92]

Dario Franchitti started flying his car in Michigan '07

[Ddmatis]

Need some more rubber down in those green corners.