Carrera GT Crash Case Settled at $4.5M

[ChrisZang]

as I said earlier: read the whole article and not only the headline

Very interesting read.

[blinkwatt]

Wow,that crazy! I wonder how many CGTs there are left after seeing all these wrecked ones on the net.

[Tool Pants]

This article has been all over the message boards.

100 years ago I skydived solo, static line. I signed a release. Now if there was popcorn instead of a properly packed parachute on my back I would have been pissed, or maybe my heirs would have been sad after I died.

Corey Rudl, who was a passenger in the CGT, died.

Folks keep talking about Ben Keaton, who also died. The driver and owner of the Carrera GT. The focus has always been Ben Keaton and the car.

What on earth did Corey Rudl do to deserve to die on that day?

He went for a ride.....

[blinkwatt]

@TP,

do you know how long ago the crash happened?

[mdex]

As an organizer of track events I am concerned about the 41% judged against the track and organizers. I would like to see how the blame was distributed, and also to know what waivers were signed. Up until this case, as far as I knew the track waivers that the insurance companies use had yet to be defeated in court (although this was a settlement).

Marc

Originally Posted by mdex

As an organizer of track events I am concerned about the 41% judged against the track and organizers. I would like to see how the blame was distributed, and also to know what waivers were signed. Up until this case, as far as I knew the track waivers that the insurance companies use had yet to be defeated in court (although this was a settlement).

Marc

Marc, did you read the whole article? You really need to. Then you'll understand more.

[pteam]

Sad story. Bless both of them. Porsche is dumb for not having PSM standard on CGT, even if they have 2 options one to partially disable it and one to fully disable it, then it was your choice. Stability control saves lives and even when racing if you partially disable it , it really only comes on when youve fuxed up.

[mdex]

Originally Posted by bmussatti

Marc, did you read the whole article? You really need to. Then you'll understand more.

I did read it.. it still leaves many questions though, and depending on the interpretations this could be the end of track events.

If the waiver was beaten is huge (or did the parties just settle because they thought it might be beaten) as no one can risk this kind of judgement for something we do for fun.

I have to trust that statements etc, from my drivers are honest... if their car is out of sorts how am I to judge? We all hear rumors and BS that different drivers / cars are dangerous or out of sorts and 99% of the time it is unfounded.. so how can we know that this is the 1% case?

After 18 years of running events, without a single serious incident I am for the first time thinking of shutting down... the one thing that gave peace of mind was that we were covered by the Lloyds waivers that had never been beaten from this kind of suit.

Marc

[Perfectlap]

June 2005.

I remember reading about it as it unfolded. First came a TV local news report about a crash at Fontana and within hours the guys on Rennlist figured out it was "Ben in la jolla". The passenger Corey Rudl was a well known internet millionaire who made his money from spam emails.
I'm sure the Ferrari community writes about Corey more than Ben Keaton.
Crazy how quickly times go by...