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March 24th, 2008, 01:57 PM
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Rep Power: 13  |  100mph Fireball Crash    Racer Hunter Abbott survives 100mph crash http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../ncrash123.xml photo slideshow http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Slid....xml&site=news Racing driver survives incredible 120mph smash http://blogs.notw.co.uk/sport/2008/0...oes-up-in.html photo slideshow http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/slid...s/crash001.htm Racing car crashes at 100mph http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770 Ginetta G50 crash at Oulton Park 2008 - video
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March 24th, 2008, 09:43 PM
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| Lazy Head Dude  Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 01:15 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,641
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 229  | Damn!
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 |
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March 24th, 2008, 09:53 PM
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| cows glow, fgs! Joined: Feb 23rd, 2008 Last Online: 08:34 PM Location: Northern Ireland (Up a mountain somewhere) Age: 18 Posts: 45
Car: Ford Fiesta Rep Power: 3  | That has to be the luckiest man on the earth. How he wasnt knocked unconcious in that i dont know. |
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March 24th, 2008, 10:09 PM
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| Cigar Smoking Man  Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 01:26 AM Location: Listening to stories from the Brân Lwyd. Age: 32 Posts: 4,835
Car: MY07 G11 WRX-TR WRB. Rep Power: 80 | Thank goodness he survived. What a horrible crash.
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March 24th, 2008, 10:12 PM
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Car: Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 TDI Slush box. Rep Power: 44 | Bloody hell - lucky or what? |
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March 25th, 2008, 09:33 AM
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Car: Ford Focus Rep Power: 12 | I was there, it was mad! My brother took the pictures that are in the News of the World article. I was up at the first corner so missed the crash, but I've got a load of pictures of the wreckage that I need to process. I've only got this one so far... 
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March 27th, 2008, 10:18 AM
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Rep Power: 22 | Wow, that's crazy. Glad to here the driver is ok.
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March 27th, 2008, 11:20 AM
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Car: '99 Citroën Saxo SX Rep Power: 8 | lucky man! how the hell did he manage to survive? Good thing he did tho
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April 5th, 2008, 01:15 PM
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