crazy Porsche crash...

[KRAM36]

Rough way to get your Porsche water cooled.

[stephen wilson]

No way to tell from the video, but I can tell you from first hand experience, if it was a stuck throttle, you won't just let off and steer out of it. Luckily I just went into a runoff area, not a barrier.

[BYprodriver]

Slap shifter into neutral &/or press clutch pedal to the floor?

See the wheel rim break off leaving the center bolted in place?

[TeamOxford]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Slap shifter into neutral &/or press clutch pedal to the floor?

Then turn and HANDBRAKE!

TO

[stephen wilson]

OK, Have you guys actually had this happen? I have, you just can't think & react that quickly. I tried to hit the kill switch, and missed !

That's why it would be worth it for any racer to practice several response scenarios, building muscle memory in case it's ever needed.

[wawa]

Might I add people are forgeting one thing. This guy is racing, so when do you think he is gonna brake? At the last second! So, time to lift of gaz, start braking, realizing gaz is stuck, it's already late to do anything.

It's not an old lady having her yaris gaz stuck on the flat long linear highway.

Later
Chris

[jesseborgelt]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Slap shifter into neutral &/or press clutch pedal to the floor?

See the wheel rim break off leaving the center bolted in place?

I had to watch it again after you mentioned the wheel breaking. That is not something you see often!

If I crashed a car and was embarrassed I would probably blame some mechanical part of the car too. If the throttle was stuck, wouldn't you continue to hear the engine rev? It appears to decrease prior to hitting the wall. Compare the WOT sound of him coming out of the corner to just prior to the "oh crap moment" when impact is unavoidable. It sounds like he let up prior to impact.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by jesseborgelt

I had to watch it again after you mentioned the wheel breaking. That is not something you see often!

If I crashed a car and was embarrassed I would probably blame some mechanical part of the car too.

That's ego, I have the same behavior. Sticky everything, gears, brakes, even tires are FREE to accuse

But commercial-wise, most often the sponsor(s) will request and pay for press conferences and interviews to be staged. Scripts in the lines of "mechanical failure" are 100% of the time used in any embarrassing scenario. Been in the business for a while to know.

The only 'mistake' allowed to be publically disclosed in professional (or sponsored) racing is to be passed by a faster racer. The rest is all mechanical failures. What else can it be.

[BYprodriver]

[QUOTE=jesseborgelt;365054]I had to watch it again after you mentioned the wheel breaking. That is not something you see often!

If I crashed a car and was embarrassed I would probably blame some mechanical part of the car too. If the throttle was stuck, wouldn't you continue to hear the engine rev? It appears to decrease prior to hitting the wall. Compare the WOT sound of him coming out of the corner to just prior to the "oh crap moment" when impact is unavoidable. It sounds like he let up prior to impact.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it does sound like the engine is much quieter. It's strange that he never seemed to turn the steering wheel.

[woodsman]

ALWAYS TURN THE WHEEL! LIFT AND TURN-- LIFT AND TURN-- LIFT AND TURN!!! Brain fade takes only a tenth of a second and then ALWAYS LIFT AND TURN!!