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eddie99 - 29/4/12 at 01:03 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-17886340

Daddylonglegs - 29/4/12 at 01:14 PM



Thoughts go with her family and friends.

jollygreengiant - 29/4/12 at 01:27 PM

Our Condolences to the family and our thoughts are with both family and Friends. Sad indeed.

locost47 - 29/4/12 at 01:28 PM

so sad thoughts are with family so young

Confused but excited. - 29/4/12 at 01:33 PM

OMG, 27 is no age at all. That is so sad.

handyandy - 29/4/12 at 01:53 PM


Sad news indeed

My thoughts to her family & friends

BenB - 29/4/12 at 02:26 PM

I just spotted it on the BBC news and was going to link it here but too slow.
Sad news

theconrodkid - 29/4/12 at 02:33 PM

a reminder that motor sports can bite,take it easy out there

bi22le - 29/4/12 at 03:28 PM



Bad times. Thoughts for her family and friends.

jacko - 29/4/12 at 03:31 PM

Yes very sad RIP
Jacko

yellowcab - 29/4/12 at 03:35 PM

awful news RIP young one.

Worzey - 29/4/12 at 03:53 PM

Very sad news.

Goodwood is the only circuit that's ever scared me. Very fast and little or no run-offs.

withersdelivers - 29/4/12 at 04:39 PM

r.i.p . Our thoughts are with the family of this lady doing something she loved

jeffw - 29/4/12 at 05:01 PM

I was competing....this will give you an idea of the conditions. I put the car back on the trailer after first practise and watching a succession of cars coming back on low loaders. We also had a Golf dropping oil in one of the first runs. Very sad news about Sandra, the meeting was abandoned as you would expect.

Golf dropping oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym66EHY6Wmw&feature=related

And me shaking my head lots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB4oJ-o574I&list=UUyjCHSGwXhVEXz3hsQuAlAw&index=1&feature=plcp

jossey - 29/4/12 at 05:32 PM

makes your stomach go a bit funny when you see it on the news.

My thoughts to the family.

xx

phelpsa - 29/4/12 at 05:56 PM

Very sad news It's only when an incident occurs that you realise how rare major injuries are in motorsport these days.

The decision was made at Wiscombe this morning not to run, and I don't think anyone would have argued. There were 2 major incidents on Saturday with cars that will never see the road again and many that narrowly escaped major damage (including my dad). Luckily no one was seriously injured.

Jon Ison - 29/4/12 at 06:00 PM

Any words I write wont come out right, RIP Sandra.

DM - 29/4/12 at 08:37 PM

terribly sad news, RIP

metro6r4 - 29/4/12 at 09:07 PM

My condolences to the friends and family 27 is no age

jeffw - 29/4/12 at 09:09 PM

I believe the lady concerned was 37 rather than 27, I think the BBC has it wrong.

Nick DV - 30/4/12 at 01:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
I was competing....this will give you an idea of the conditions. I put the car back on the trailer after first practise and watching a succession of cars coming back on low loaders. We also had a Golf dropping oil in one of the first runs. Very sad news about Sandra, the meeting was abandoned as you would expect.

Golf dropping oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym66EHY6Wmw&feature=related

And me shaking my head lots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB4oJ-o574I&list=UUyjCHSGwXhVEXz3hsQuAlAw&index=1&feature=plcp


A terrible and tragic thing to happen, but I think that what Jeff did was absolutely correct. I would have done the same for certain.

I do not want to 'knock' the organisers or staff at Goodwood or apportion blame, but I am surprised that given the conditions and the fact that oil was down on the track in the amount that it appeared to be from the footage, that the meeting wasn't stopped. There is no way that oil can be removed completely when the track is wet. Last week, the BSB was stopped for exactly the same reasons - yes, I know bikes have two wheels - but even though it was televised, with all the top teams, all the money tied up in it etc, the meeting was still cancelled.

Note: Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and I may be wrong as I was not there, in my assessment. This is just my opinion so I am not after any arguments

Cheers, Nick

Humbug - 30/4/12 at 02:46 PM



From other reports, it does seem she was 37, and her "Caterham" type car was actually a Caterham...

Looks like the conditions were not the best, surprised the meeting wasn't cancelled after the crash

MikeRJ - 30/4/12 at 04:27 PM

According to a certain rag her husband actually witnessed the accident as he was competing as well. I can only imagine how he is feeling

jeffw - 30/4/12 at 04:55 PM

Just to clarify a few points...

The car was a Caterham and was being double-driven (husband and wife)
There where a number of big offs before this but nobody else was injured.
The 'oil' in the video is in fact fuel from the Golf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym66EHY6Wmw&feature=plcp

Notice the flames

This is what it looked like from the outside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp2qahPxNkc&feature=plcp

And my on-board

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB4oJ-o574I&list=UUyjCHSGwXhVEXz3hsQuAlAw&index=1&feature=plcp

I got picked for drive by noise but I had already decided that I would push too hard come the timed runs so put it back on the trailer. I was running Avon ZZRs which handled the weather pretty well considering, especially as I was doing 120 in places while shaking my head and drive like your Granny.

The meeting was abandoned after the incident involving the Caterham.

As to if it should have been cancelled before....easy decision in hindsight and I'm sure the organisers are asking that themselves every moment of every day since. But, if I had a set of wet tyres and passed the noise drive-by I probable would have continued.

[Edited on 30/4/12 by jeffw]

Not Anumber - 30/4/12 at 06:02 PM

Truly awful accident. My thoughts are with her family

Custardpants - 30/4/12 at 07:24 PM

So sad. Brave to do Goodwood without a full cage though.

nick205 - 30/4/12 at 08:11 PM

Very sad indeed.

Thoughts go out to family and friends.