[DeTomaso] Sad day for a Norwegian Pantera owner

[boyd casey]

And making a "false" insurance claim is a felony!
Boyd

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>wrote:

> More and more insurers are including exclusions for all encomapssing 'track
> days' rather than for 'timed or racing events', thus many High Performnce
> Driving Experience (HPDE) events are no longer covered under you insurance
> program, so it pays to check. The problem is when specifically asked any
> insurance company is likely to come back with the answer you don't want to
> hear. But yes there are now insurers you can take out supplemental insurance
> through e.g. Lockton Affinity or Ontrackinsurance.com, not cheap but
> certainly peace of mind.
>
> Many SCCA regions offer PDX (basically same as HPDE) but as a club they are
> usually better set up for insurance cover than many of the smaller 'for
> profit' individuals offering HPDE events, so it's worth checking on SCCA
> events available locally to you.
>
> Of course you can always try the tested method of taking it away from the
> track and have an accident happen on the way home...., but it's kinda
> difficult to pass the insurance scrutiny test when photos are plasterd all
> over the web or Youtube.
>
> Julian
>
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 11:40:37 -0400
> > From: boyd411 at gmail.com
> > To: joernco at online.no
> > CC: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Sad day for a Norwegian Pantera owner
>
> >
> > At first I thought the foam was snow, I was thinking "God , this guy is
> hard
> > core!" But then I read the foam comment and saw the fire truck and was
> still
> > stunned by the prospect of that happening at some future track event. I
> was
> > just reading some promo material From the "drivers edge" about their
> events
> > at Texas speedway and they implied that since it is not a race(their
> > event's) nor a timed event your insurance should / might cover this type
> of
> > event. They also sell supplemental insurance to cover your participation
> in
> > one of their events. They are listed as a "driver improvement" program I
> > guess similar to this place in Norway, so it's not actually "a race "
> being
> > held on Texas Speedway might make the "Non race premise" a hard sell to
> your
> > insurance company.
> > Boyd
> >
> > 2010/5/15 Jørn C. Olsen <joernco at online.no>
> >
> > > I haven`t figured out who`s car this is yet.
> > > The driver was transported to the hospital but I don`t know his
> condition.
> > > He went off in a corner and the car flipped ower on the roof. A gas
> leak
> > > made it necessary to foam it when it laid upside down with the ignition
> on.
> > >
> > > This is not a proper race track but a training facility for secure
> driving,
> > > winter driving, wet conditions.
> > > Dangerous track because big rigs, busses and road cars often spil gas
> or
> > > diesel in corners.
> > >
> > >
> http://www.skantraf.no/?vis=artikkel&fid=4976&id=0&menymagasin=ja&t=Sikkerhe
> > > tskurs bane - glattkjøring
> > >
> > > J.C
> > >
> > > -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> > > Fra: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> På
> > > vegne av MikeLDrew at aol.com
> > > Sendt: 15. mai 2010 16:21
> > > Til: joernco at online.no; detomaso at realbig.com
> > > Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] Sad day for a Norwegian Pantera owner
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 5/15/10 5 45 1, joernco at online.no writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Lost it at a track day event!
> > > >
> > > > http://www.fvn.no/lokalt/kristiansand/article763231.ece
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > JC,
> > >
> > > Do we know who this is, and how it happened?
> > >
> > > It's very sad indeed to see a Pantera smashed up like that, and it
> looks
> > > like it got foamed by the fire truck too. Was the driver okay?
> > >
> > > Will it be repaired, or is this now a parts car?
> > >
> > > Mike
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