985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

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Originally Posted by toymex

Looks like you were lucky to get away without rolling it Colin ,did it just not turn in? i know my plate diff is set really tight and a slight back off of throttle as you go to turn in really does unsettle the car ,i have to be brave and keep my foot in when all senses are telling to back off.On a plus side it looks like the carbon panels have held up quite well considering .Good luck with the repairs ,im sure you will get her back looking better than ever and no doubt a little lighter

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I definitely didn't back off the throttle as I take that corner absolutely flat....but I did miss 5th gear just before the apex, and I think that's possibly what unsettled the car, although I may also have caught the kerb on the inside a bit hard, which is to be avoided in small cars.

I've just received a CD full of photos from the event, and some of the images the photographer got of the accident are excellent. I will post up soon!

As said that really looked like it was going onto its roof :eek:

The photographer didn't quite catch the beginning of my 'moment' (he was a little bit round the corner from there), but here's the sequence of shots he got;

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4631.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4632.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4633.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4634.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4635.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4636.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4637.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4638.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4639.jpg

Clearly I was a little dazed and confused as it would seem I then tried to proceed along the track and to the finish.........

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4640.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4641.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4642.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4643.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4644.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4645.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4646.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4647.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4648.jpg

Funking hell! That was a hell of an endo...

Glad your ok after seeing that.

And then ground to a halt with the engine screaming;

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4649.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4650.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4651.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4652.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4630.jpg

Woah that looks real bad in the pics! Amazing that he caught that sequence of pics

Glad you're OK and assessing it with a few to fixing it!

:eek::eek:

Proper scary stuff! it really looks like it should have tipped over from this angle:

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...rt/G2Y4636.jpg

****theBed! lol lol You were even more lucky then it first looked in the vids, from them pics you can see how close it was to going over, cray good pics thought, shame the cars damaged from it all though, one of them needs to be your new AVATAR.

Edit: Colin do you do stunt events in your other spare time?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlzWg0U-rAc

Scott