Another Z06 bites the dust.....
08-05-2016, 08:11 PM
#61
Turn 12!
That really sucks. We've all been there maybe not crashing, but we have all gotten on it and almost lost control at one point I'm sure.
08-06-2016, 12:22 AM
#62
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '06
This is 1000% accurate and the grossly negligent driver will definitely be covered up to the collision property damage policy limits of his insurance policy. Azcanuk,
If your speeding 50 miles over the speed limit, or drag racing, those are also considered criminal acts, and if you total your car doing one of the above or what this goof ball was doing, you will DEFIINTLEY be covered.
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; 08-06-2016 at 12:22 AM.
08-06-2016, 12:39 AM
#63
Team Owner
Yep at Woodburn dragway. I put my 2008 C6 sideways heading for the wall on strip. I had lost it go sideways hitting third gear and I wheeled it back around then was across the lane toward the other wall saved the car no crash.
Got call upstairs in the tower. Kinda pissy they were. they said they about **** their pants thinking I was gone. Then they ended up adding NICE DRIVING! to save it!
08-06-2016, 08:44 AM
#64
Melting Slicks
Lost my brakes at VIR on the back straight. If you've been there you already know what comes next. Still not sure how I didn't go off, but I did loop it 2 complete 360's. Tends to scrub a lot of speed, but I wouldn't recommend it. I think the difference for most of us would be our mistakes are on a track, empty street, only putting ourselves in danger. Given a new car, with new found power, etc......that would not be the street I decide to see how long of a smoky burnout I can do. Absolutely no room for safety.
Last edited by cvp33; 08-06-2016 at 08:45 AM.
08-06-2016, 12:41 PM
#65
08-06-2016, 02:24 PM
#66
Lost my brakes at VIR on the back straight. If you've been there you already know what comes next. Still not sure how I didn't go off, but I did loop it 2 complete 360's. Tends to scrub a lot of speed, but I wouldn't recommend it. I think the difference for most of us would be our mistakes are on a track, empty street, only putting ourselves in danger. Given a new car, with new found power, etc......that would not be the street I decide to see how long of a smoky burnout I can do. Absolutely no room for safety.
BTW- a lot of these wrecks are aggravated by hand placement. Those cool guys with their hand at the top of the wheel and their other on the shifter, are asking for it. Too easy to make too much movement at that position, and that is just what you don't want when you car grabs a gear hard, and jumps. Think about it. and STOP that cool ****, NOW!!! it could save your life.
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08-06-2016, 05:49 PM
#67
Burning Brakes
08-06-2016, 05:49 PM
#68
Burning Brakes
08-06-2016, 06:08 PM
#69
Burning Brakes
I know this guy and can answer a lot of question you may have, some of them off the top of my head are,
Car was an Auto, I think he was at the top of second when it happened.
Tires were bald, he was excessively doing burnouts everywhere, because he had stickier tires ordered. I have him doing a burnout in front of my shop the day before. But I condoned it because I was the only one standing in the lot on a Fri afternoon and it was a private lot. Can post if anyone wants to see the car beforehand lol.
Yes, he's young, but typically runs with an older crowd. A few of us have sat down with him and he seems to genuinely be Sorry for what he did and could have done to someone else. It has humbled him. He's been in a slight slump since all this and says he's def learned his lesson. Was under the impression that something like this "only happens to the other guy'. Has a wife and a little boy at home and this opened his eyes.
Yes , the car is totaled. Claim was about 36K
Don't really know why they totaled it at such a low number but they did. Also, the motor is hit, I'm not sure if that was in the 36K estimate or not, but I do know the adjuster saw it. I'm sure he has the right to buy it back, if anyone has any interest in the car, I may be able to help. Also good friend with the Body Shop it is sitting at.
Car was an Auto, I think he was at the top of second when it happened.
Tires were bald, he was excessively doing burnouts everywhere, because he had stickier tires ordered. I have him doing a burnout in front of my shop the day before. But I condoned it because I was the only one standing in the lot on a Fri afternoon and it was a private lot. Can post if anyone wants to see the car beforehand lol.
Yes, he's young, but typically runs with an older crowd. A few of us have sat down with him and he seems to genuinely be Sorry for what he did and could have done to someone else. It has humbled him. He's been in a slight slump since all this and says he's def learned his lesson. Was under the impression that something like this "only happens to the other guy'. Has a wife and a little boy at home and this opened his eyes.
Yes , the car is totaled. Claim was about 36K
Don't really know why they totaled it at such a low number but they did. Also, the motor is hit, I'm not sure if that was in the 36K estimate or not, but I do know the adjuster saw it. I'm sure he has the right to buy it back, if anyone has any interest in the car, I may be able to help. Also good friend with the Body Shop it is sitting at.
08-06-2016, 07:20 PM
#71
Melting Slicks
You are correct about the 360, it is the best way to lose speed, no kiddin. While running the One Lap of America in my Cobra, we lost it in the M's at Memphis, amazingly did a 360, got pointed straight again and ended up 4th faster of the day out of 106 cars. Won our class and ended up fourth overall for the whole week long event. That was 1999 My Cobra beat all 6 Mallet's Corvettes, and Lingenfelter's too. Shocked all those boys with an old tech Cobra running pump gas and cruising over 6000 miles of highways going from track to track. Brock Yates had seeded us 87th out of 106 cars, before we ran the first race at MIS. After we finished second fastest at MIS, he moved us up to sixth for the event order of running. He was truly shocked.
BTW- a lot of these wrecks are aggravated by hand placement. Those cool guys with their hand at the top of the wheel and their other on the shifter, are asking for it. Too easy to make too much movement at that position, and that is just what you don't want when you car grabs a gear hard, and jumps. Think about it. and STOP that cool ****, NOW!!! it could save your life.
BTW- a lot of these wrecks are aggravated by hand placement. Those cool guys with their hand at the top of the wheel and their other on the shifter, are asking for it. Too easy to make too much movement at that position, and that is just what you don't want when you car grabs a gear hard, and jumps. Think about it. and STOP that cool ****, NOW!!! it could save your life.
After that, SRF fluid always....ALWAYS.
Last edited by cvp33; 08-06-2016 at 09:57 PM.
08-06-2016, 07:30 PM
#72
Drifting
Glad he's ok and genuinely sorry for putting people at risk.
What mode was he in?
I've seen a lot of posts about almost losing it going from 2nd to 3rd in several threads over the last couple years. Is it really bad in the A8? My mind is pretty set on the M7 but that A8's speed is hard to pass on.
What mode was he in?
I've seen a lot of posts about almost losing it going from 2nd to 3rd in several threads over the last couple years. Is it really bad in the A8? My mind is pretty set on the M7 but that A8's speed is hard to pass on.
08-06-2016, 08:01 PM
#73
FWIW, I haven't had a problem with my A8 doing the shift.
08-06-2016, 08:08 PM
#74
Le Mans Master
I had a bunch of references, but I think an insurance contract is more conclusive. Here's one of Geico's exclusions, right alongside nuclear weapons and farming:
any loss caused by participation in or preparing for any racing, speed, or demolition contest or stunting activity of any nature, whether or not prearranged.
Note their use of "stunting" so that you'd be excluded even if alone.
This guy might have already collected, but it could be without prejudice (ie: they can change their mind if new facts come along). I'm not an attorney, a street racer, nor an insurance agent. But I can read a contract as well as the next guy.
Reads to me like you get sideways in a burnout and you're excluded. Tough to prove, unless someone videos it.
any loss caused by participation in or preparing for any racing, speed, or demolition contest or stunting activity of any nature, whether or not prearranged.
Note their use of "stunting" so that you'd be excluded even if alone.
This guy might have already collected, but it could be without prejudice (ie: they can change their mind if new facts come along). I'm not an attorney, a street racer, nor an insurance agent. But I can read a contract as well as the next guy.
Reads to me like you get sideways in a burnout and you're excluded. Tough to prove, unless someone videos it.
Last edited by davepl; 08-06-2016 at 09:09 PM.
08-06-2016, 08:22 PM
#75
Drifting
I had a bunch of references, but I think an insurance contract is more conclusive. Here's one of Geico's exclusions, right alongside nuclear weapons and farming:
any loss caused by participation in or preparing for any racing, speed, or demolition contest or stunting activity of any nature, whether or not prearranged.
Not their use of "stunting" so that you'd be excluded even if alone.
This guy might have already collected, but it could be without prejudice (ie: they can change their mind if new facts come along). I'm not an attorney, a street racer, nor an insurance agent. But I can read a contract as well as the next guy.
Reads to me like you get sideways in a burnout and you're excluded. Tough to prove, unless someone videos it.
any loss caused by participation in or preparing for any racing, speed, or demolition contest or stunting activity of any nature, whether or not prearranged.
Not their use of "stunting" so that you'd be excluded even if alone.
This guy might have already collected, but it could be without prejudice (ie: they can change their mind if new facts come along). I'm not an attorney, a street racer, nor an insurance agent. But I can read a contract as well as the next guy.
Reads to me like you get sideways in a burnout and you're excluded. Tough to prove, unless someone videos it.
Hopefully nobody videoed the accident.. OH DAMN! LOL
Last edited by azcanuk; 08-06-2016 at 08:23 PM.
08-06-2016, 09:32 PM
#76
Drifting
I had a bunch of references, but I think an insurance contract is more conclusive. Here's one of Geico's exclusions, right alongside nuclear weapons and farming:
any loss caused by participation in or preparing for any racing, speed, or demolition contest or stunting activity of any nature, whether or not prearranged.
Note their use of "stunting" so that you'd be excluded even if alone.
This guy might have already collected, but it could be without prejudice (ie: they can change their mind if new facts come along). I'm not an attorney, a street racer, nor an insurance agent. But I can read a contract as well as the next guy.
Reads to me like you get sideways in a burnout and you're excluded. Tough to prove, unless someone videos it.
any loss caused by participation in or preparing for any racing, speed, or demolition contest or stunting activity of any nature, whether or not prearranged.
Note their use of "stunting" so that you'd be excluded even if alone.
This guy might have already collected, but it could be without prejudice (ie: they can change their mind if new facts come along). I'm not an attorney, a street racer, nor an insurance agent. But I can read a contract as well as the next guy.
Reads to me like you get sideways in a burnout and you're excluded. Tough to prove, unless someone videos it.
08-07-2016, 12:06 AM
#77
Racer
08-07-2016, 12:35 AM
#78
08-08-2016, 07:44 AM
#80
Ran out of talent.