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[WaterPog]

This type of thing is main reason I drag race

Rest of the gallery : http://www.pbase.com/atrltd/bric2005

 

[Rootus]

Everything has it's price . Door to door racing would be a blast, but it comes with some risk.

 

[stock50LX]

I'm with you Pog.

No more than a million, or two, or three worth of damage there. Those guys can afford the loss. I hope. The body on the ground has me a little worried.

 

[Cue-Ball]

Oh man. That is SO sad to see all those classic cars hammered like that. But it's not like drag racing is without it's risks too. I've seen PLENTY of cars crash at the drag strip too. A broken axle or oil spot on the track can really ruin your day.

 

[Rootus]

No more than a million, or two, or three worth of damage there.

More like a couple hundred thousand. With the possible exception of the Mustang (could be a real Boss 302, hard to say), the rest of them are not particularly expensive cars and most of them look fixable.

 

[WaterPog]

But it's not like drag racing is without it's risks too. I've seen PLENTY of cars crash at the drag strip too. A broken axle or oil spot on the track can really ruin your day.

Very true, but it's far less common to see a car get banged up bad at the strip and when it does it's almost always just your car that gets hurt. I would really feel horrible if I were to f'up and destroy someone elses car, worse than I would about the damage to my own. I would assume that you would have the same kind of liability in a situation like the one above as you would on the street, but without the benefit of Insurance in most cases?

 

[Rootus]

I would assume that you would have the same kind of liability in a situation like the one above as you would on the street, but without the benefit of Insurance in most cases?

The situation above is certainly a race, and therefore I'd guess there is no liability, you play at your own risk.

In an open track situation, you may or may not have liability, I'm not sure. But you also have insurance to cover it. And you don't get wrecks like this at an open track event.

Dave

 

[WaterPog]

Good to know.

Either way if I were the guy at fault I'd feel like more of an ass than usual.

 

[Rootus]

Either way if I were the guy at fault I'd feel like more of an ass than usual.

Well put .

 

[The Factor]

Looks more like road rage than road course

 

[Rootus]

Looks more like road rage than road course

Odd ... I don't see Keith's car in that pic...

 

[The Factor]

Ya that is strange I dont see Keith either

 

[The Factor]

I got it, Keith just gave them a brake check and laughed his way around the next turn. Now thats sounds more like it

 

[duner]

 

[The Factor]

:d

 

[lamrith]

Good to know.

Either way if I were the guy at fault I'd feel like more of an ass than usual.

Feel like and ass or look like one???

 

[hungrymonkey]

The roll bar on that AC cobra does not like it helped much.

guy's head probably got a little squished.

 

[Merc331]

Good luck finding ANY insurance company that will cover Open Track time. I got dropped from State Farm just for having a preppared vehicle.

Sounds like that crash was due to a pace car that failed to gather the field properly follwed by an improper display of the correct flags. Guess you had to be there but then again I'm glad I didn't have to witness it.

Drag racing may not have multi car crashes but it's only fun for the racer...as a spectator, boring as hell. I'll take three hours of ALMS any day. Biased road race fan point of view.

 

[hungrymonkey]

http://www.pbase.com/atrltd/bric2005


The value is probably closer to the millions rather than the hundreds of thousands.

The AC cobra's are real I guess. not kits.

 

[89MustangGX]

Wait ... you guys don't think that'll buff right out?