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Big Audi crash at LeMans....
Saw this on the web.
Incredible, McNish walked away...or teetered away from this one. Looked like a late pass with little room to pull it off. YouTube - Allan McNish Crash Le Mans 24 Hours 2011
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Maybe a poor place to pass in the first hour, but it looked like the Ferrari turned into him. Haven't heard from McNish but the Ferrari driver said he didn't see him...
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Some damned lucky spectators at trackside...wow!
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Holy moly! He came in so fast on the inside, could he have even made the turn?
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06-11-2011, 11:55 AM
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Another bad one. Just now.
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What just happened at Le Mans? Rockenfeller in another of the Audi prototypes just crashed heavily? Was that a Lizard that took him out?
edit: OK, sounds like he's maybe OK, and that it was a privateer F-car team.
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Another bad crash for Audi with Rockenfeller now.
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Unconfirmed report from SPEED is that Rockenfeller walked back over the armco under his own speed. They just strapped him to the backboard and loaded him into the ambulance...
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06-11-2011, 12:54 PM
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Who placed that audi ad right there?
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damn.....1 lucky guy
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It's confirmed he walked out under his own power. A lucky guy!
The other car just cut him down on him it looked like. |
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YIKES! And yes, that Audi ad seemed wayyyy out of place.
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Reports of 180+ mph on the second crash.
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That was a very big one....
Some people should buy lottery tickets today....
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Very limited info on the driver of the other car Rob Kauffman co owner of Waltrips team. He runs an investment firm by day, and has spent a lot of time on his simulator training for this...... He wrecked the teams other Ferrari at Spa a few weeks ago.
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Rob Kauffman comments on Waltrip Racing website:
Robert Kauffman: “Le Mans at night is awesome. Last night was a bit of a shock to the system as there is no simulator which prepares you for this. It makes you respect the circuit. You have to think about the times before the chicanes were in place when they ran flat out all the way down the Mulsanne. We are going reasonably well. We are trying to get a car that is comfortable for a long period of time. We are on the right track, we’ll get there.” e
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Wow! That camera man was inches, from being killed! Code brown for sure.
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They just said it will take another 30 minutes to repair the damaged wall before racing can resume.
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