VIR Cobra Flip
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"damn you short wheel base! DAMN YOU!
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The guy in the video has no crotch belt in his car???? Is the camera car also a Cobra?
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Wow bad luck. I'm not even sure how that happened. Did a wheel catch in a rut?
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The driver was a 'she' not a 'he'. She was tall too. She had some scratches on her helmet too - very lucky driver. They actually got it cleaned and fired up later that day, but did not go back on the track. I was in the dark gray Corvette C5 you see in the video after she flipped her Cobra.
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holy hell
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that looked like it hurt, in my opinion converts shouldn't be allowed on track days without sufficient roll cage's.
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It's true, my dad and his friend own a club that rents VIR out all the time. If you get out of your car on the track, no matter what happened to someone else, everyone gets a stern talking to. It's safer just to let the corner workers handle it.
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It's amazing that the Cobra driver wasn't seriously injured or killed! Those little roll hoops don't offer much protection.
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@davidbspalding Oops, I was wrong. Red flag, you pull over ahem to right of track, on pavement. Never too good or experienced (neither of which describes me) to reread your HPDE documents. LOL But with other traffic coming, I think I would've pulled two off or four off on the inside of 14a, to get outta the way, as this driver did. BTW for those not experienced in HPDEs, they are not races, passing allowed only in designated zones with a clear "point by" from the front car.
did this guy get hurt?
fatgirlfister 5 months ago
@fatgirlfister Amazingly, no.
linutux 5 months ago
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WHat about the guy following the cobra....why didn't he stop and go help the guy? That's just the right thing to do. There was probably no one else close by....I mean he was probably ok but still that was shitty to just keep going. As soon as I saw the car flip I would have locked my shit down and at the same time rip the belts loose and haul ass over there to help. What a fucking douche
jimmylayers 2 years ago
The camera car actually did the right thing...sort of. He came to a stop on the right of the track anticipating an imminent red flag. He may actually have gotten out to help after the clip ended. However, if you look to the left of the track just before the Cobra flips, there's a corner worker less than 100ft away. It's almost always best to let the corner workers handle incidents. Drivers getting run over trying to help just makes it worse.
linutux 2 years ago 42