eddie99
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 01:03 PM |
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Sad News!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-17886340
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 01:14 PM |
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Thoughts go with her family and friends.
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 01:27 PM |
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Our Condolences to the family and our thoughts are with both family and Friends. Sad indeed.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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locost47
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 01:28 PM |
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so sad thoughts are with family so young
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 01:33 PM |
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OMG, 27 is no age at all. That is so sad.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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handyandy
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 01:53 PM |
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Sad news indeed
My thoughts to her family & friends
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BenB
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 02:26 PM |
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I just spotted it on the BBC news and was going to link it here but too slow.
Sad news
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 02:33 PM |
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a reminder that motor sports can bite,take it easy out there
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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bi22le
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 03:28 PM |
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Bad times. Thoughts for her family and friends.
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
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Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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jacko
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 03:31 PM |
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Yes very sad RIP
Jacko
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yellowcab
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 03:35 PM |
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awful news RIP young one.
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Worzey
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 03:53 PM |
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Very sad news.
Goodwood is the only circuit that's ever scared me. Very fast and little or no run-offs.
Caterham R400
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withersdelivers
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 04:39 PM |
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r.i.p . Our thoughts are with the family of this lady doing something she loved
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jeffw
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 05:01 PM |
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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
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jossey
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 05:32 PM |
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makes your stomach go a bit funny when you see it on the news.
My thoughts to the family.
xx
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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phelpsa
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 05:56 PM |
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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.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 06:00 PM |
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Any words I write wont come out right, RIP Sandra.
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DM
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 08:37 PM |
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terribly sad news, RIP
Arthur C. Clarke; Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
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metro6r4
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 09:07 PM |
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My condolences to the friends and family 27 is no age
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jeffw
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| posted on 29/4/12 at 09:09 PM |
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I believe the lady concerned was 37 rather than 27, I think the BBC has it wrong.
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Nick DV
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 01:51 PM |
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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 
"The force will be with you, always!"
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Humbug
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 02:46 PM |
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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
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 04:27 PM |
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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
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jeffw
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 04:55 PM |
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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]
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Not Anumber
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 06:02 PM |
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Truly awful accident. My thoughts are with her family
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