[DeTomaso] On-board video of Cobra crash at 130mph

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

It also struck me the trunk flew open when he got backwards like a piece
of tin foil; anti spoiler feature I guess.


> I didn't catch that the first time, good eyes! Probably had to do that in
> order to create some slack to release the latch. After the c-collar was
> put on he should have been removed from the car, put on a backboard, and
> transported to the hospital for x-rays.
>
> John
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 21, 2012, at 12:03 PM, gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote:
>
>> Not just that but it looked like he was pushing down on his helmet with
>> his hand.
>>
>>
>>> I was surprised to see that the course worker removed his helmet. If he
>>> was going anything more than 60mph, the first thing they should have
>>> done
>>> was put on a c-collar.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Tom Borcich <tborcich at msn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Many interesting points about safety equipped cars (roll bar, harness,
>>>> etc). Whats amazing it the amount
>>>> of energy (as Boyd mentioned) that is generated/dissipated when a car
>>>> is
>>>> rolling or flipping. A friend of
>>>> mine use to race sprint cars (note "use to"). Full cage, harness,
>>>> etc.,
>>>> he got tangle up in an accident
>>>> on one of the faster sprint tracks and flipped four or five times end
>>>> over end at over 150mph.
>>>> Even with all the safety equipment his body absorbed so much energy
>>>> during the
>>>> flips and landings (landings=sudden stops which puts tremendous strain
>>>> on the body), he broke his
>>>> hand and wrist (don't recall if he had arm straps) and collapsed a
>>>> lung
>>>> and burst the internals of one
>>>> of his eyes, all from the pressure generated from the five point
>>>> harness
>>>> during the flips.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, the body is not as strong as the safety equipment in
>>>> some
>>>> instances. In the Cobra video
>>>> the drivers body was thrown around like rag doll...he's a very lucky
>>>> guy
>>>> if he walked away
>>>> with little or no injuries. Recall Dale Earnhardt's accident...I would
>>>> have never thought that accident
>>>> would have been fatal...it just didn't look that violent.
>>>> Tom
>>>>
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