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Driver Miraculously Walks Away After Race Car ‘Disintegrates’ During Crash at Le Mans
- Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:02pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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It‘s considered one of the world’s toughest races for a reason. Britain’s Allan McNish was OK after being taken out of his car, which nearly disintegrated after crashing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Comments (69)
Bill me later
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 11:31amCheck out the guy in the blue shirt. He missed the crash, to busy on the cell .Plus he missed the photo.
Report Post »ARIZONA VETERAN
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 11:31amWoW WHAT A CRASH, THATS WHAT AMERICA IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IF WE DON’T GET RID OF THE FRAUD IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!
Report Post »Charles
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:17amHe was safe inside the crash cage. I’ve seen far worse where the driver walked away. The people in danger were of course the fans who had pieces of car flying all around them. At the end a tire comes slamming down right next to someone who would most likely have been killed had it landed on him. They cut the video short about 30 seconds too soon. I wanted to see people shaking each others hands for being alive.
Report Post »ilikai
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:12amThats not disintergrating, you want to see a car disintergrate and the driver walk away, watch Michael Waltrip hit the gate at Bristol, Now thats a car disintergrating.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVlj7F8OJCY
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Posted on June 12, 2011 at 9:49amThose people on the sidelines I’m sure need to change their underwear!
Report Post »olddog
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 7:45amWoW.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 6:57amThe blonde reminds me of the demos and leftists, commies, pinkos, etc., congress in today’s world…. and our administration with AMERICA and the world disintegrating around them, the walk heedlessly on only involved in their own tiny little world.
Some miracles happened there, folks; and as always, some people “got it” and some people, even those most blessed by what happened, didn’t/don’t. Makes you wonder why GOD even tries with us, doesn’t it?
GOD, I just want to say, Good Morning to YOU and “THANK YOU!” for those specific miracles yesterday. Help me have open eyes, YOUR own heart and a willing spirit to see all the miracles YOU give me in my life this very day. I don’t want to be unaware of YOUR love and protection over and around me, ever. In the name above all names, JESUS THE CHRIST, amen.
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 2:35amBlammo!
Report Post »apollo18
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 2:03amKE=M (V1-V2)2
Report Post »2 Means: spectacular crash!
ontherocks
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 1:34amActually, the worst racing accident of all time happened at Le Mans in 1955, when about 83 spectators and a driver were killed when a car went over a guard rail. That is why there weren’t any Mercedes race cars for about 30 years.
Report Post »HellPhish89
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 4:47amand before they added those esses into the molsane, youd see speeds topping 250mph
Report Post »Suzee
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:53amlook at the woman at the lower part of screen she looks like she has a camera, but is facing the otherway, seems oblivious to what is happening; completely unphased by the flying debris…I am blond but this gal is the reason there are blond jokes!
Report Post »Indymaverick
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 8:14amlol Suzee. She does not know how lucky she was. Totally clueless.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:26amIt looks impressive, but it’s hardly unprecedented… they are designed to disintegrate to shed energy and absorb impact. The driver’s compartment is practically indestructible.
Not quite sure why it’s Blaze-worthy. Anyone who watches auto racing sees this on a regular basis, and YouTube is full of similar videos.
Report Post »HellPhish89
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 4:46amthe 2 audi wrecks were spectacular and amazing because no one was hurt.
audi’s second car got clipped and went head on with the armco on the molsane straight at 190+. walked. away. its not so much seatbelts that saved them, it was the general design of the car/titanium tub
Report Post »mendolover
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:17amWhoa!!! Something bad happened there!! McNish was driving like he was the only one on the track! That should sell a few Audis!
Report Post »IamEvilHomer
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 3:24amHe was online and the rules are the slower classes need to move over. The Ferrari moved in the line. This stuff happens in a long 24 hr race. Most of the cars are out with 6 hrs left
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 8:14ammebbe he should to stick to “Need For Speed Audi Unleashed” for a while!
Report Post »deskpilot
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:16amEngineers design and build things to the absolute limits, and then move those goal posts even farther with every try. Cars, tracks, sand traps, and barriers; all with two purposes, build it better and save lives.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:57pmI am one of those that wish race car driving would just go away!!!!!!!
Report Post »twofoot_trucker
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:35amWhy?
Report Post »ontherocks
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 1:30amThe need to compete has been a part of humanity for a long time. Personally, I would rather see boxing and horse/dog racing go away. Auto racing abuses machines, boxing and horse or dog racing abuses people and animals, respectively. [Mind you, I have no wishes for the government to ban any of these sports.]
Report Post »faithwalker
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 8:28am@nomercy63: Where do you think auto innovation comes from, your local auto union? I don’t think so. Why do you think tires have evolved to be as safe as they are, auto racing. Why do you think cars now have crumple zones, auto racing. Why do you think motors have evolved into the lightest and most efficient energy producing forms of the internal combustion system, auto racing. Auto racing has contributed as much or more to auto safety and efficency than any other form of research out there.
Report Post »Browncoat359
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:39pmYou should see the crashes IRL drivers walk away from.
Report Post »scseahawk
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:23pmThis is why we drive Audi’s, you walk away from wrecks!
Report Post »IamEvilHomer
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:38pmI agree. Audi’s are designed for the 170 I did in a A7 from Munich to Inglestat last month.
The safety in the race cars are top notch. And there are no airbags. Makes me wonder what would happen if cars were built better and the thousands sent on airbags were better spent on other safty measures. How many more lives would be saved.
Report Post »thx1138v2
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 6:28am@iamevilhomer
Be careful what you wish for. You may just get it. The Progressives in charge of the DOT could mandate it to “protect the children.” A car would then cost around $250,000. Emission problem solved. Infrastructure problem solved. But by God the cars would be safe.
A few examples from an F1 car: gas tank $10,700; fire extinguisher $3,200; brakes $15,120; wheels & tires $7,800, chassis $117,000, etc.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 7:20amIt’s true, Auto Union have an excellent racing reputation. The old Auto Union company was the Fuhrer‘s very favorite in the 1930’s.
Report Post »waymoregooder
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:12pmthe photographers were inches from death…they are the lucky ones!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:14amThat’s what I saw too .. they we in more “danger” than the driver .. the cars are pretty good as long as there is no fire.
Report Post »prmermen
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:09pmgods hand was in between the car and the spectators. i see no other reason why that car didnt keep going. other than the debrie, the car looked like it couldnt pass threw an invisible wall.
Report Post »beachingit
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:04pmRecalculating!!!!
Report Post »faithwalker
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 8:18am@beachingit: Nice, might be time for an update to that GPS unit.
Report Post »Wyatt's Torch
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 9:26amTURN — RIGHT — IN — ZERO — FEET…er……never mind…..recalculating……..
Report Post »twofoot_trucker
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:01pmWhen you consider the advances in safety technology in all the various types of auto racing over the last decade, it‘s not really all that surprising that the driver wasn’t seriously injured. It IS amazing though that none of the people standing there were hurt.
Report Post »freightliner1160
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:45pmzigged instead of zagged.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:38pmLet’s hear it for seat belts, everyone!
Saved me once!
Report Post »jumbles
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:44pmThat’s a shame.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:09pmIndeed thanks for seat belts; and for designs made to improve safety in the vehicles overall as well.
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 5:54amWhat up with JUMBLES today, sounds mad, did he burn his welfare steak, or run out of free tokens to ride the bus. Could be the food bank ran out of free cheese while he was standing in line
Report Post »Patriot Rider
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:02pmSeat belts do save lives but I am here today because I WASN’T wearing one. After laying a semi on it’s passenger side, the steering wheel impaled the seat where I was sitting just a moment before. God was looking out for me on that day. Still glad no one was hurt, goes to show that all the safety features on these race cars and around the track work.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:26pmI am at work and can’t see the video.I see the two pictures though. Looks bad!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:23pmWow .. hope no one else was seriously hurt or killed .. looks like a lot of people in the area of the crash.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:26pmsays at the end no fans were hurt .. wow again.
Report Post »sing it out
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:28pmYes, very scary. I’m guessing they would have included in the report if any bystanders had been injured.
Report Post »anOpinion
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:35pmActually, with speed being equal, the spectacular accidents are safer because the car itself is taking a lot of the energy out of the impact. Its the high speed ones accidents with little damage to the vehicle that are more deadly to the driver.
Report Post »coladude
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:49pmThat is insane.
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Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:57pmIncredible, no matter how many times you see people walk away from wrecks like this, it still is very incredible.
{Obi Wan: “Oh dear, Master Yoda is going to be most upset over his favorite car now…oh, Master Yoda, uh, about the car of yours, a funny thing happened…”
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:57pmmakes you think twice about being a photographer over where its “safe”.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:06pmOooops!
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:07pmYeah, who was the dip s–t in the Ferarri?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:11pmWatching this a couple of times more and it still is just amazing how no one got hurt.
Anyone want to guess how long until someone in the Senate offers to bail out the drivers of these events who wreck or lose?
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:18pmI bet it took a while to shake the cobwebs out. Did you see how lucky the camera woman was at the end of the crash? A tire fell out of the sky like a foot from her head just as the clip was ending. WOW !!!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 11:41pmSeat belts WORK!!!
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 12:22amLucky folks on the side there. Parts were flying all around them.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 5:40amStanding in a curve of a race track on the inside of the fence? Why not stand down at the target end of a shooting range next to the target!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »faithwalker
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 8:16amIt cannot be said enough how God protects people, yes even those who do not believe… Jesus Saves… John 3:16
Report Post »408 CheyTac
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:50amSome underwear needed changing
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:40pm.
Report Post »I’ll bet he saw birdies for a week.
Can you imagine the G forces as the car spun on the guard rail?