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Not a good day to be piloting a 1000hp Lamborghini
The driver lost control of the Gallardo after he pulled the chute going well over 200mph, then goes airborne. At least he walked away from the crash.
Underground Racing Lamborghini crashes at Texas Mile, driver survives
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HOLY FOCK!
 That video was chilling...
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Damn, that's fast!
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10-26-2010, 02:33 PM
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Did you hear the wind blowing thru the mic? Makes you think a wind gust got him.
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10-26-2010, 02:36 PM
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now that was DRAMA! wow! hope hes ok.
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10-26-2010, 02:41 PM
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Yep...if he had the room, should have waited before popping the chute.
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10-26-2010, 02:42 PM
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Was the cameraman in another car doing 250? God that footage was horribly shaky.
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10-26-2010, 02:47 PM
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Almost looked like he left the track, hit something and went airborne. Waaay too tough to see from the video.
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10-26-2010, 03:19 PM
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What did he need a parachute for? That caught the crosswind, and bam! Should have just used the brakes. Yeah, I am an armchair (or couch, actually) dragracer
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It's really great to hear that the driver walked away, that's good stuff.
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10-26-2010, 04:00 PM
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10-26-2010, 04:18 PM
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Leaving the pavement is probably what started it.
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10-26-2010, 04:40 PM
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UGR is a great shop that has extensive work on Vipers and turns out high quality work.............RIP pumpkin lambo
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10-26-2010, 06:18 PM
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Ucking Fugly death roll and thowing expensive parts at the end..........
RIP. they're all just machines, if you can walk away, THAT is the important human factor. http://www.jtiff.com/viper/2001/texasmile/2010/lambocrash/crash.gif
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That's why I never use a chute for slowin' down the SC.
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10-26-2010, 07:17 PM
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I'll say it: "That will buff out."
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10-26-2010, 07:40 PM
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Wonder if he had track insurance . . .
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10-26-2010, 09:23 PM
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What? 1000hp and he didn't need a quad turbo W16????
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10-27-2010, 02:26 AM
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That guy comes to our local "Cars and Coffee". I'm guessing he might skip the next one. Here's a cell phone pic I took last month...
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10-27-2010, 03:25 AM
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Didn't something similar happen a year or two ago in Twin Turbo? Perhaps they didn't fly off the track, but I remember a spin at about 200mph.
Listening to the wind noise in the microphone, it seems stupid to try a 200+ mph run with that much wind.
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10-27-2010, 07:57 AM
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