Norris Evo 6 binned

Andy_Cat · Post by **Andy_Cat** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:22 pm

don't know if its been posted anywhere else, but found this today and well....

http://www.bhpcars.co.uk/mlr/Combe-crash.wmv

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:59 am

That was a bad crash just glad that both drivers are ok. Castle combe has such a bad reputation for accidents that I am suprised they still run track days.

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:22 am

This was an awful accident and I couldn't help thinking:-

a) How lucky the people involved were
b) How important safety equipment is when really pushing on.

Simon Norris has kindly offered to pay

Richf · Post by **Richf** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:58 am

Wasnt a problem when i recently went to CC, the Aston Martin series for example had

these

racing in the same class as these

The clubman type class had mixes like this

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:09 am

Hence my point about a mix of speed and experience Rich. Looks like a great weekend when you went

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:16 am

I was reading about this yesterday on a couple of forums. Simon Norris was being slated for poor driving. From what I gather, he's a good enough driver for speed events but when it comes to racing he has little experience and different values and attitude need to be applied. Maybe it was too little race experience in too powerful a car.

http://www.sw-pc.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

Still pics, sequence of pics shows how lucky everone was.

http://www.turnpikeracing.co.uk/combe-2 ... index.html

Pike · Post by **Pike** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:35 am

Bloody hell, thats a serious shunt. Its a shame there aren't any shots of the cage/floor as it would be interesting to see how it took the hit.
As Stuart says it demonstrates how essential good saftey equipment is, it never pays to cut corners anywhere where saftey is concerned.

drifter · Post by **drifter** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:24 pm

Vid of the whole race from start to crash is here....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6099091273

There's a lot of shit being posted about this. I think he seems abit aggressive, trying to keep up with the Evo's in front, bashing one off at one point.

I would be very interested in Maxx's opinion.

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:44 pm

SHEEEEET that was nasty!!!!!!!

Glad everyone is ok. As Stu said it is a testament to the importance of proper safety equipment.

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:07 pm

Looked to me that his lines were wrong for the corners. looking up the inside of the car in front whilst approaching a corner meant a too early apex and running wide on exits. The straight line speed was there but lost in the cornering.

It all seemed rather frantic where the leaders were much smoother.

But that's just my opinion.

Thank goodness everyone walked away from it.