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7th May 08 at 10:24

Lucky he got away with this, could have been much much worse if he hasnt done what he did

sadly it didn;t stay that shape for long

Minty_Fresh

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7th May 08 at 10:25

aha just shows that he cant drive!

stick to building them not racing them...

[Edited on 07-05-2008 by mk4_boy]

[Edited on 07-05-2008 by mk4_boy]

nova_gteuk

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7th May 08 at 10:26

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQlz6TqtdNs

2 write offs in 4 races now....

[Edited on 07-05-2008 by nova_gteuk]

cunningham

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7th May 08 at 10:26

he not crashed a few cars now

Rob B

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7th May 08 at 10:28

Was gonna say crashed alot aint he..

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7th May 08 at 10:29

this one was down to brake failing, not error

Minty_Fresh

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7th May 08 at 10:31

ohh was that his excuse...

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7th May 08 at 10:31

here is what he has posted happened.................

The cause of the crash was total brake failure on the approach to Tower, I applied the brakes three times but all that happened was the rears locked and unlocked scrubbing no speed. Becuase of this I turned the car in very very early (before the corner) to try and get the car sideways so I could scrub off some speed. It stopped an even more serious possible outcome......ie death for me!

Sadly this meant HEAVY contact with Gary (Orange car) and then the tyre wall. There was a full investigation today (after the event) and I have been praised by the clerk of the course for the way I dealt with a very nasty situation. The official cause was "mechanical failure".

Sadly this 800mile old Evo 9 RS is a total loss, needs a reshell in the minimum. I may just break the car and take some time out until the green car is fixed though. Kind of makes you realise how dangerous motorsport can be.

Cheers all

Si

p.s. The brakes had boiled fluid which had no previous signs until I applied them on the approach to this corner.

Superlite Ltd.

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7th May 08 at 10:31

oh no, i hate seeing smashed up evos

Nismo

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7th May 08 at 10:33

I allways miss his Combe accidents

BYRON

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7th May 08 at 10:35

Small world. Gary Prebble the driver of the orange Evo used to own Seats Galore who trimmed up my interior. His sold man owns Sparshatts dealer group.

Dan295

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7th May 08 at 10:48

is it me or is that the exact same corner on the exact same racetrack

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7th May 08 at 10:50

Nismo

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7th May 08 at 10:53

quote:
Originally posted by Dan295
is it me or is that the exact same corner on the exact same racetrack

same track as Norris is local to combe, not the same corner though.

VegasPhil

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7th May 08 at 10:55

quote:
Originally posted by BYRON
Small world. Gary Prebble the driver of the orange Evo used to own Seats Galore who trimmed up my interior. His sold man owns Sparshatts dealer group.

Saw that was Prebble's car

Bet he was pissed!

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7th May 08 at 10:57

So, he had boiled the fluid and had no brakes, but it all felt normal on the previous corner?

I fail to see how that could be true really, you would always feel the difference, or feel the brakes slowly fading, not just working one corner, none at all the next.

Unless the brake pipes got damged etc, fair enough, but boiling? I don't believe that.

VegasPhil

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7th May 08 at 11:06

+ 800 Mile Evo

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7th May 08 at 11:20

some of the comments here are funny. Cant drive etc..... He may not be the best, but at least he is out there giving it a damn good go. Accidents happen, and while both parties wont be happy, they have to expect the unexpected.

Brakes fail.

Paul_J

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7th May 08 at 11:25

So that's 2 major accidents i've seen him cause at castle combe

really makes me want to avoid that series...

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7th May 08 at 11:38

Adam, I completely understand that brakes can fail unexpectedly, but usually from a line failure, damaged master cylinder etc.

I have never heard of brakes feeling normal and fine on one corner, and there being nothing there at all at the next, thats my point.

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7th May 08 at 11:41

yes, i can see your point.... but my point is its all too easy to say that from here.

Do you think he wanted it to happen? It was an accident.

Paul_J

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7th May 08 at 11:41

P.s. I have no problem with him smashing up cars in some high cost professional series like time attack professional class or anything...

My gripe is that the castle combe series is mainly full of 'amateurs gone racing' - people with 'hobby budgets' populating the classes like E,D,C,B ... then there's like a handful of about 4 class A evo's and stuff.

Personally i don't think they should be in the same race together... but not enough class A's to have their own league on it...

But no one else in the series is writing cars off, ok the orange one may have some money to rebuild, but the class C car he wrote off before was just on a hobby 'i want to go racing budget'.

Marshall

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7th May 08 at 11:45

what happened to the green one? any youtube links?

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7th May 08 at 11:54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQlz6TqtdNs

yes, but if you enter a competative series you must know what you are in for

Its door to door racing, not sprinting

James_DT

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7th May 08 at 11:54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-9bhZUlavc
That's the Evo 6 he crashed. It's not the green one, though.

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