Deer at Summit Point cause fatal accident

[Scott Gesford]

http://venus.13x.com/roadracingworld/

Very unfortunate accident. I had a deer run in front of me in qualifying in Wagon Bend last fall. This is a flat in 4th corner. It was the out lap but still was scary.

[EYERACE]

at Moroso there are alligators

[formulasuper]

Had a deer run beside me down the back straight at Rd Atl at the Runoffs one year. That sucker must have been doing over 60 mph then leaped over the outside 8 ft fence and disappeared. Glad he didn't turn in front of me.

[Curtis Boggs]

Scott,

Wagon bend is flat in 4th in a FC ???

hummm, .. so it should be easy flat in 3rd in a FF ???

I thought Bill had deer fences around the track, ..
not so ????

Curtis

[Brad Ellingson]

ask Lindstrand Motorsports & Jim Roemer about turkeys up at Road America....

[carnut169]

We hit a squirrel at CMP....

[Top]

We had a deer & dog scare at CMP. Ran over a pile of bear scat in Florida...

It is very sad that this young racer lost his life.

[Scott Gesford]

Originally posted by Curtis Boggs:
Scott,

Wagon bend is flat in 4th in a FC ???

hummm, .. so it should be easy flat in 3rd in a FF ???

Curtis

If you ever get the chance to watch a session, go over there. You find out real quick who's flat and who isn't. Minor, Moran, Silver were doing it all the time the other year. I'm sure Chas does. Kris (top fuel) Kaiser has been bugging me that I have to be doing it. It's a confidence thing mainly.
Check your mail, I sent the crash pictures and an extra one.

[Todd TCE]

Deer and Elk are often problems at Pikes Peak and other events for hill climbs.

Nearly tagged a dear last year in one event. First came mom, then the fawn...I gotta slow down, my wife would have never forgiven me.

[R John Lye]

Hi Curtis,
Yes, a FV hit a deer at Summit a couple of
years ago. It happened during my first driving
school in the fall. That poor guy had a very
bad weekend for several reasons, but the deer
was the worst part.

John

[Scott Gesford]

Originally posted by Curtis Boggs:

Thanks for the photos, .. awsome. , .. what's you dog's name???
Curtis [/QB]

You're welcome for the photos. You can post them if you want, the dog is named Monte Carlo.

[jattus]

Sean-
That squirrel was picked up by a tire and thrown square onto Robert Hibdon's visor-

[formulasuper]

Ya, after I squished the ___ out of him dead centered under my floor pan!

[jattus]

He was about a 1/4 inch thick

[Curtis Boggs]

Originally posted by Scott Gesford:
If you ever get the chance to watch a session, go over there. You find out real quick who's flat and who isn't. Minor, Moran, Silver were doing it all the time the other year. I'm sure Chas does. Kris (top fuel) Kaiser has been bugging me that I have to be doing it. It's a confidence thing mainly.
Check your mail, I sent the crash pictures and an extra one. [/QB]

Not to hijack this thread, .. but, .. yes I've been over to
watch you guys go through there and I thought you did it flat, .. but standing at the fence by the flag tub I couldn't
hear who was lifting and who wasn't.

I know most of the FF's where braking cause I could hear
the whine from the drilled rotors, .. Of course Schweitz
wasn't brake as near as I could tell.

I thought with my new car at the first MARRS race I could do
it flat or just a little lift, .. but I hadn't gotten brave enough.

Thanks for the photos, .. awsome. , .. what's you dog's name???

Oh, back on topic, .. didn't a FV hit a deer at Summit a few
years ago??

Curtis

[Beartrax]

That squirrel was picked up by a tire and thrown square onto Robert Hibdon's visor-

Was Robert OK? Did the visor hold up to the impact? Did it cause him to wreck, or just scare the heck out of him?

[jattus]

Visor was fine just covered in slime
Robert had a good laugh when the race was over

I duck when a bug or bird almost hits my windshield can you imagine a squirrel on your helmet visor 1 inch from you face [img]redface.gif[/img]

[mwalker]

it's been a while since i've raced summit.....which turn is wagon wheel?

[Scott Gesford]

Originally posted by mwalker:
it's been a while since i've raced summit.....which turn is wagon wheel?

Wagon Bend is turn 4. Downhill right hand sweeper.

[Curtis Boggs]

Originally posted by Scott Gesford:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by mwalker:
it's been a while since i've raced summit.....which turn is wagon wheel?

Wagon Bend is turn 4. Downhill right hand sweeper. </font>[/QUOTE]Oh, .. turn 4 I thought is called the "chute", .. and "wagon bend" is turn 3, .. the left hander before you go down the hill.

In that case, .. turn 4 in a FF is easy flat in 4th gear, ..

Curtis

[Scott Gesford]

I can't even remember the turns' names. What a dork. You can tell I haven't raced much lately.

[Curtis Boggs]

Originally posted by Scott Gesford:
I can't even remember the turns' names. What a dork. You can tell I haven't raced much lately.

I can't even remember, .. um, .. ah, .. what was I saying?

Oh yea, ..

I don't think there's one track that I could correctly name all
the corners, .. .. I have to look at my notes, .. old age, ..

at least I can remember the turns on the track, ..
" I think the left hand thingy,comes after this one, .. or
um, .. did I have to brake, .. .. oh crap, .. no that was back there, ..
oh THIS is what the tire wall looks like up close"

Scott, .. next time at Summit, .. just follow me around.

Curtis

[D.T. Benner]

A Sports racer[csr?] driver died at Sears Point 10-15 years ago in a collision with a Dear on a practice day. When the car didn't come around they went out and found the car at the side of the track and both the driver an the Dear DOA. No one witnessed the incident. Biggist thing i've hit,well other than another car or some K-wall,was a squirrel. Poor littel critter. I thought he was going to make it but i caught him with my front wing end plate! The front half hit me square in the face and fell in my lap,Yuck. The back half ended up on my hear caliper,cooking. Scarier than that was a Pelicn at Portland I.R. but i missed him-or he missed me-by inches.

[Charles Warner]

As a plug for Lexan visors, I had a piston from a 2 stroke DSR hit me in the center of my visor at Hallet at about 75 mph several years ago. There is a reason for headrests.

Visor had a good sized pick in it and was ruined, but it stayed intact.

[Curtis Boggs]

don't you guys think this thread is getting a little sick??

But, .. someone sent me a video of a UK touring car hitting
a wabbit, .. the poor thing just disintegrates, .. sick, .. but
I laughed for hours, ..

Curtis

[D.T. Benner]

While watching a C.A.R.T. race from Toronto [on TV] several years ago I caught a long range view of what looked like a Seagull getting ingested by one of the cars. I called the team on the monday after the race and they were surprised anyone saw it. They didn't know till cleaning up the car after the race. You just never know what can come at you during a race. And Charlie you know it seems DSR's have a lot of stuff dribbilig and flying off of them!

[Bob Wright]

Believe it or not, a bunch of us watched an armadillo get pulled from the radiator of an Atlantic at Moroso during a test day a few years ago...what a mess...

My wife got hit square in the visor by a pidgeon at 100mph at Lime Rock in a Skippy school. She came into the pits covered with blood and feathers almost giving Bruce McGuinnes a heart attack.

[R. Pare]

Originally posted by Brad Ellingson:
ask Lindstrand Motorsports & Jim Roemer about turkeys up at Road America....

I find it quite common to come across turkeys at the track!

[Dan Chiaradonna]

My kart team mate was 3 places behind him. He saw the whole thing. We feel terrible for the family.

Dan Chiaradonna
PG Racing

[Hawke]

To add to this sickening display of violence, a touring car hit a Kangaroo at about 180 kmh in the Bathurst 1000 last Sunday.

Car not so good, out for 8 laps; kangaroo out for longer.

I have a copy of the video to post if someone can let us know how this is done.

[Bob Coury]

Once saw a turtle walking across the track just as I exited the carousel at Nelson Ledges years ago.

[Jim Roemer]

Regarding my turkey adventure at Road America...

I was heading into 12 at about 120 mph when I saw this poor creature stroll out onto the track from the woods. There was no time to avoid it so I nailed it with the left front tire and part of the wing. It freakin' vaporized the buzzard, although the left radiator intake was chock full of bones and guts. It collapsed the upper a-arm, bent the wheel and caused a few hours of clean-up. Other guys coming into the corner said that it looked like an oil slick. There were feathers stuck to a lot of other cars. I guess I never did apologize to all the guys who needed to clean their cars up after that. So sorry guys, honestly!