Another Lambo incident (no mx5s involved)

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:38 am

At Phillip Island in the Vic Racing Champs. A Zed ran into the Lambo stalled on the start, Zed driver airlifted out. Hope he is ok.

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:53 am

Far out .....

MattR · Postby **MattR** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:32 am

Nope, zed driver in critical condition with broken neck and pelvic injuries, not looking good for him or his family.

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:39 am

Apparently Mallala had a bad incident over the weekend to.

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:21 pm

I hope he pulls through.

Matilda of course had a similar incident earlier in the year, thankfully she was ok.

Maybe races involving GT type cars should have rolling starts.

stb · Postby **stb** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:51 pm

Many of the SA sprinters know the Zed racer well - thoughts are with him and his family.

MrsB · Postby **MrsB** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:06 pm

Maybe races involving GT type cars should have rolling starts.[/quote]

Maybe but it could have happened in any category. Thoughts are with the driver, his family & friends.

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 5:26 pm

Hoping there is some good news.

Agreed, it could happen in any category. I would hate to see a move away from grid starts.

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:47 pm

The Australian wrote:Mr Hall, of Lobethal, was taken to the Phillip Island hospital before being flown by air ambulance to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne in a critical condition. His condition since has improved, with the hospital saying today he was serious but stable.

MattR · Postby **MattR** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:00 am

Apparently out if intensive care, but still a long road to recovery. Peter is a well respected racer and a legend in the zed community for his driving and car preparation, having one of the fastest group sc zeds in the country.

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:27 am

Good news.

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:14 pm

mazmad wrote:Maybe races involving GT type cars should have rolling starts.

The other side of that argument though is you end up with a pack of cars arriving at turn 1 doing some very serious speed.

I remember a time when grid positions were staggered so you had clear view of the two rows in front of you. There was also 3-2-3 formations used. You are not allowed to do practice starts these days either so people get few chances to learn how to get their car off the line.

mazmad · Postby **mazmad** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:41 pm

deviant wrote:The other side of that argument though is you end up with a pack of cars arriving at turn 1 doing some very serious speed.

Yeah thats true. As I say I would hate to see a move away from grid starts (both as a spectator and participant).

Talk is that this particular car had a history of non-starting. Also apparently the same car that t-boned one of the Deckspeed cars.

little decks · Postby **little decks** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:21 pm

mazmad wrote:
deviant wrote:The other side of that argument though is you end up with a pack of cars arriving at turn 1 doing some very serious speed.
Yeah thats true. As I say I would hate to see a move away from grid starts (both as a spectator and participant).

Talk is that this particular car had a history of non-starting. Also apparently the same car that t-boned one of the Deckspeed cars.

I have an excellent photo of myself passing this lambo while it is airborne on the main straight at Phillip Island because of the guys inability to drive a racecar to an acceptable level... Unfortunately, I know the guy obviously loves the sport, but he is just a danger to everyone else, CAMS should really be able to review these sorts of things and look at preventing someone like that from competing in certain types of events.