WOW. that was an epic situation. cool having so many angles of it from 2 cars. was the porsche held accountable at all? i would be absolutely furious. who pays for all the damage?
I am friends with the driver of the 911 and I was at the track that day. I know a lot of people are very emotional over this accident and I sympathize. I am glad no one was seriously hurt. There are some facts that should be included here:
1) there was no meatball flag thrown 2) his comment to your friend was that he has had to take the hose off a number of times to service the engine, not that it "would periodically slip off" and 3) the hose split open about 4 inches. All of the coolant belched out of the engine in a second or two. The replacement hose from Porsche has actually been redesigned to fix what apparently is a problem even though there is no associated recall or service bulletin.
This was an example of what can happen anytime at the track. It was not the driver's fault and it was extremely unlucky that the coolant hose let go in the blind esses. As for the corner worker, I can't say if he or she was negligent. Again, I feel very badly for those involved. It was a scary and expensive day that the track.
Thank you for your input, as it's always good to hear another perspective regarding the situation. As far as the meatball flag, when I pulled into paddock and asked the spectators on the stands what had happened, three or four seemed to agree that the Porsche driver did indeed get flagged and quite some time had passed since he finally pulled off-line. Their testimony along with what I heard about the Porsche driver from the Suzuka driver painted a completely different picture than yours.
As far as the corner worker, the fact that a yellow flag had not been thrown by the time I had got to the esses (mind you this is after the Porsche driver spilled coolant, 350Z spun and went off, Suzuka S2000 spun and went airborne, Apex CR spun and went off), tells me the corner worker was either oblivious or just plain stoned.
From what I heard from the Suzuka owner, the fluid on the track was coolant. The Porsche driver actually knew at the start of the day that his radiator hose would periodically slip off. I think he was grossly negligent by not only tracking a car that is not in safe running order, but also not pulling off track as soon as he was flagged. If what I have heard is true, his negligence caused the damage of three S2000s, and at the very least should be banned from future events.
Yes, we should slow down when we see dust. But it was white flag out, corner worker wasn't doing anything, so I figured it was from someone who went off in the front straight or even the last complex of turns before the skidpad.
What I've learned from this incident is to not trust corner workers.
Even with self-tech forms, I would question this to help prevent situations in the future. Not saying everyone who goes to a SV event is negligent about the safety of their car, but this incident proves there is at least one irresponsible driver.
I agree with not trusting the corner worker, this person was not paying attention at all. Was this person paid to work?
To top it off that Porsche owner was aware of the coolant hose coming on and off so in my book thats 2 strikes
0:34 "MIND IS BLOWN"
robgoesvroom 2 months ago
dawm your pretty lucky alot of people spun out
shufflejames1234 1 year ago
refresh my memory, why is this called a massacre again?????
madmax98 1 year ago
nice driving you caught it
aspensubi28 1 year ago
Thats a Car show right there!!
LOL~~
vanzong 1 year ago
damn that was crazy
nate250x 2 years ago
WOW
thatnigga54 2 years ago
BAHAHA OMGWTFBBQ?!?!?! Thats the funniest shit I've heard!
HaVoK1023 2 years ago
I Love that Bowl!!! I need to get back out there! :)
taospec 2 years ago
i like the faceplam-ish motions. shit happens. you got lucky.
pucsicsal 2 years ago
Wow
714s2k 2 years ago
omg wtf bbq
why you gotta make me laugh in a horrible situation!
jibtastic77 2 years ago
Wooooow wtf!
moogleii 2 years ago
WOW. that was an epic situation. cool having so many angles of it from 2 cars. was the porsche held accountable at all? i would be absolutely furious. who pays for all the damage?
KuostA 2 years ago
I am friends with the driver of the 911 and I was at the track that day. I know a lot of people are very emotional over this accident and I sympathize. I am glad no one was seriously hurt. There are some facts that should be included here:
shearlayer 2 years ago
1) there was no meatball flag thrown 2) his comment to your friend was that he has had to take the hose off a number of times to service the engine, not that it "would periodically slip off" and 3) the hose split open about 4 inches. All of the coolant belched out of the engine in a second or two. The replacement hose from Porsche has actually been redesigned to fix what apparently is a problem even though there is no associated recall or service bulletin.
shearlayer 2 years ago
This was an example of what can happen anytime at the track. It was not the driver's fault and it was extremely unlucky that the coolant hose let go in the blind esses. As for the corner worker, I can't say if he or she was negligent. Again, I feel very badly for those involved. It was a scary and expensive day that the track.
shearlayer 2 years ago
Thank you for your input, as it's always good to hear another perspective regarding the situation. As far as the meatball flag, when I pulled into paddock and asked the spectators on the stands what had happened, three or four seemed to agree that the Porsche driver did indeed get flagged and quite some time had passed since he finally pulled off-line. Their testimony along with what I heard about the Porsche driver from the Suzuka driver painted a completely different picture than yours.
VitaRenovatio 2 years ago
As far as the corner worker, the fact that a yellow flag had not been thrown by the time I had got to the esses (mind you this is after the Porsche driver spilled coolant, 350Z spun and went off, Suzuka S2000 spun and went airborne, Apex CR spun and went off), tells me the corner worker was either oblivious or just plain stoned.
VitaRenovatio 2 years ago
I was the Apex Blue CR...not too happy with the situation, but I made out better than the other S2000's somehow.
kinchu007 2 years ago
From what I heard from the Suzuka owner, the fluid on the track was coolant. The Porsche driver actually knew at the start of the day that his radiator hose would periodically slip off. I think he was grossly negligent by not only tracking a car that is not in safe running order, but also not pulling off track as soon as he was flagged. If what I have heard is true, his negligence caused the damage of three S2000s, and at the very least should be banned from future events.
VitaRenovatio 2 years ago
Don't you guys tech your cars or at least have the organizer of the event tech them?
Sounds like this could of been somewhat avoided especially if the owner of the porsche knew the hose comes off periodically.
Then there's the issue of the corner worker, but in all reality, if you see dust ahead of you, slow down.
Glad nobody was hurt.
lifeplaza 2 years ago
SpeedVentures uses self-tech forms.
Yes, we should slow down when we see dust. But it was white flag out, corner worker wasn't doing anything, so I figured it was from someone who went off in the front straight or even the last complex of turns before the skidpad.
What I've learned from this incident is to not trust corner workers.
VitaRenovatio 2 years ago
Even with self-tech forms, I would question this to help prevent situations in the future. Not saying everyone who goes to a SV event is negligent about the safety of their car, but this incident proves there is at least one irresponsible driver.
I agree with not trusting the corner worker, this person was not paying attention at all. Was this person paid to work?
To top it off that Porsche owner was aware of the coolant hose coming on and off so in my book thats 2 strikes
lifeplaza 2 years ago
i know 2 of the people in that vid. the s2k infront of u and the suzuka that was totaled
m1northreat 2 years ago