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Man rolls $400,000 vintage Bugatti in race, goes for a pint
TimEllershaw - 18/6/13 at 11:46 AM

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/10/man-rolls-400-000-vintage-bugatti-in-race-goes-for-a-pint/



designer - 18/6/13 at 11:56 AM

That's what you can do when you have money.

jossey - 18/6/13 at 12:01 PM

Id need a change of pants before I went anywhere lol

HowardB - 18/6/13 at 12:05 PM

That is some picture!

Mr Whippy - 18/6/13 at 12:12 PM

Yeah I can see despite the colosal price it's still a death trap

CNHSS1 - 18/6/13 at 02:09 PM

Prescott Wall of Champions, been in there myself, didnt roll but wrecked the car, 80mph into armco and then cannoned into other side armco.

tilly819 - 18/6/13 at 04:06 PM

My father had a very similar crash in his 1930s Frazer Nash at Cadwell a year or two back the damage was almost identical too.

Tilly

DarrenW - 18/6/13 at 04:13 PM

Assuming he went for a pint afterwards because he wasnt badly hurt, i cannot believe he walked away from that. At best it looks like he should be badly injured, at worst the amco looked nastily close to taking his head off! Unbelievable.

Re damaging the car, these guys know the risks and have to be applauded for using them in the way they were always intended. Classic racers will be bent every year and need major rebuilds. I guess that is what keeps the sport alive.

morcus - 18/6/13 at 06:02 PM

As above, its great that there are folk willing to take the risk, and id wager something like that should be fairly simple to fix.

StrikerChris - 18/6/13 at 08:18 PM

Lucky chap but at the end of the day id rather spend a day with a sheet of ali a hammer and a bag of sand than go about trying to mend some splintered carbon fibre.theres probably very few original panels on that anyway.major respect to these people who have money and the balls to spend it driving these machines.i dont do museums but seeing any classic/vintage/rare car being properly used makes the hair on my neck stand up like no modern race or rally car can anymore!

Chris

TimEllershaw - 18/6/13 at 08:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Assuming he went for a pint afterwards because he wasnt badly hurt, i cannot believe he walked away from that. At best it looks like he should be badly injured, at worst the amco looked nastily close to taking his head off! Unbelievable.

Re damaging the car, these guys know the risks and have to be applauded for using them in the way they were always intended. Classic racers will be bent every year and need major rebuilds. I guess that is what keeps the sport alive.


I quite agree. Good to see him getting out and racing it.

The sight of the mangled steering wheel was quite scarey. Very surprised he walked away.

iank - 18/6/13 at 09:13 PM

Scary, good job they don't do insane speeds - caused surprisingly little damage.
Good on him for continuing to race it after that.