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Building: Built Westfield Mega blade , Factory built F27 Bl
posted on 1/7/12 at 07:09 AM
Crikey, that was nasty. That roll cage did seem to stand up well, I'm glad to see the driver seemed safe & sound. It's the first time
I've seen a video of a seven rolled.
Love the commentary, calm as you like...... "and he seems to have come to an abrupt halt"
Been thinking of a full cage for ages, it's now top of the list Great to see him walk away, looked like an oldish bloke
bet he was aching for a few days after that.
It was Mr Hickman Zilspeed, I was trying to remember the guys name after I saw that video and thought the same as you, IIRC it was an old F1 car
modified for hillclimbing, i think it may have been the cars first season as well as they were adapting it for the narrow tracks that our hills have.
Also a post by the driver of the above video reports it may well be the last run he does.
" Unfortunately, it was driver error!! Too much speed!!
Having just looked at the split times, I see that I was over three tenths quicker to the "Crossing" split time that I've ever been
before, and 0.07sec quicker than Tom had just done.
Unfortunately, runs like that do not come without taking a few risks....
I think the time has arrived where I'm no longer prepared to take those risks, so it's very likey that yesterday was my last competitive
outing."
As seen on the L7 forum.
I have been sideways at that point myself, but fortunately the outcome was just a simple spin into the outside banking, does made you wonder why the
owners have not modified the inside bank to reduce the ' launch' situation.
quote:Originally posted by Westy1994
It was Mr Hickman Zilspeed, I was trying to remember the guys name after I saw that video and thought the same as you, IIRC it was an old F1 car
modified for hillclimbing, i think it may have been the cars first season as well as they were adapting it for the narrow tracks that our hills have.
Correct. I was stood on the bank at Crossing when he did it. Very eerie moment it was, as the car was inverted and ran at full revs for a couple of
seconds before cutting out, then absolute dead silence, just the echo of the engine down the valley...
Of course, the irony was that it was the last run of the day and he already had FTD.
I am re-assured that I just spanked a load of cash at Caged on my Stylus!
a lot of people are going for arm-restraints as well now, and I intend to. They should be have enough to get free travel for the steering wheel, gear
stick, etc, but will keep your arm in the open cockpit in case it all goes a bit blue-danube-waltz.
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Building: Magenta LSR Ver 2.2.3 AKA Tupperware Turd
posted on 2/7/12 at 12:10 PM
I find it odd that open-cockpit car drivers have to have arm restraints for drag racing, but not other forms of motorsport. I hate the things but when
you see arms flailing around after/during a crash, they make sense!
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Building: Dare I say it, a Haynes Roadster, bit by bit!
posted on 5/7/12 at 06:33 PM
Shelsley walsh is always good to go and see, I've got a picture of the air ambulance landing there when someone had an accident, i think it was
the 2009 one.
Great to see him walk away, looked like an oldish bloke 
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