| WGI incident |
Subject: WGI incident by BrianCunningham on 2010/8/3 17:41:24 glad they're OK http://forums.corvetteforum.com/autoc ... -on-wednesday-at-wgi.html [QUOTE]Bill Dearborn; The first student session of the first day of the Trackmasters event at WGI my student and I witnessed an 06 Z06 flip over in Turn 6. The car was about a couple hundred feet in front of us as we went down the chute. Instead of turning in at the turn in point he just kept to the far right side of the track and only started turning when the pavement turned. The right side of the car went into the grass and went a little further to the right on the grass where it started sideswiping the tire wall. Once it hit the tires they just seemed to grab it and pull it in to the point the right front rode up onto the tire wall. When the car got to the point where it was completely on its side it sort of stopped and held there just a moment and then fell backwards onto its roof. The right side A pillar collapsed but the Halo bar held up very well. The instructor on that side had his head pushed forward as the top came in on him due to the A pillar collapsing. There wasn't enough room to crawl out his side of the car so he had to crawl out of the driver's side. Neither occupant was hurt. That is one of the scariest things I have witnessed. Definitely a sobering sight. Bill[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Bill Dearborn; I finally got around to downloading some pictures I took of the car. They show how far the top crushed inward. The instructor is around 6' 2" or 3" tall so with a helmet on his head was very close to the headliner. Not a lot of room in there for his head considering he was hanging upside down on the belts. [IMG]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/BillD64/IMG_0014a.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/BillD64/IMG_0019a.jpg[/IMG] It sure has made me think about whether I want to put my race seats and 6 point harnesses in my car if I don't have a cage. Even though the stock harness probably latched tight during the impact a person could still move around the single shoulder strap while two shoulder belts would hold you almost vertical in the seat. Wearing a HANS could be a problem as well since it limits forward head motion. Nothing like supporting the weight of the car with your neck/back bone. Bill[/QUOTE] |
