‘Spectacular Accident’: Grand Am Race Car Lands in Woods After Flipping Over Fence
- Posted on June 25, 2011 at 10:21pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Editor’s note: Make sure to watch the alternate view of the crash at the 1:50 mark.
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Driver Joe Foster was hospitalized after a crash with Gunter Schaldach during a Grand Am race at Road America on Saturday that sent Schaldach’s car flipping over a fence and into the woods.
Schaldach said he was “totally fine” after the spectacular accident, but Foster was airlifted to a Milwaukee-area hospital. A series spokesman said Foster was awake and alert, but the extent of his injuries was unclear.
Schaldach‘s Camaro had a brake malfunction and plowed into the back of Foster’s Mazda going into Turn 1 at the four-mile road course. Schaldach’s car skidded at high speed through a runoff area and into a tire barrier — then flipped completely over a retaining fence and into a wooded area behind the turn.
In a radio interview, Schaldach estimated his car was going about 160 mph when he wrecked.
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BeardedDog
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 8:13pmHad a lot of brake problems with my last Chevy too! Now I drive a Subaru and no more problems.
Report Post »Skee
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 1:52pmThis is what happened when it turned into government motors(GM). They should have told him brakes are optional.
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 2:56pmStick to politics
Report Post »you don’t know a damn thing about racing!!!!!!!!!
garylee123
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 1:41pmSpectacular!!!! The flying car has finally come to fruition.
Report Post »zupwidat
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:47pm“Table for one with a nice view of the woods.”
Report Post »KwikKarl
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 10:05amCheck the 0:16 mark out and look 4-6 to the left of the impact point…. Just like the 24 hours of Le Mans a couple weeks back – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDGaiAZm6M&feature=related – the press/spectators are lucky to be alive…
Report Post »felix
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 10:05amthe dictator odumbler curse !!!!!
Report Post »felix
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 10:04amIts a camero/toyota
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 9:56amI love it-this is such a guy thing, my hubby would have laughed his tail off! Thanks blaze.
Report Post »MysteryMan2
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 9:42amYeah, the idiots to the left with cameras should be counting their blessings!! My life is not worth a great camera shot of an out of control race car!!! I’m just saying……..
Report Post »fredsmycat
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 7:53amTypical Government Motor(GM) vehicle nothing ever works
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 11:37amCheck again. That was a Mustang.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 11:48amNevermind. I hadn’t read the Blaze article. I was going by the video and not wearing my glasses.
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 2:47pmKeep running your mouth.
Report Post »Chevy has more race wins that all car manufacture’s combined
by ten fold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Theleftisda
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 2:36amyou want an inside run-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnyqiY6WsjY&feature=player_detailpage
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 2:52ammy first run was a four cylinder
Report Post »V-8 both chevy’shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pv_oostBu8&feature=player_detailpage
teddrunk
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 6:52amGood thing he didn’t hit any cows. Or go into the lake. Or hit the campground.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 3:01amGnarly. I watched the NASCAR Grandnational series (What I call Minor League NASCAR since they like to play musical series sponsors) race there later that day and I never noticed any kind of damage to the tire barrier or fence in turn 1. Musta had some crackerjack maintenance crews working during the rest of the Rolex event.
All I noticed in the Grandnational series race was Jacque Villeneuve going amateur hour on a late lap restart and taking two drivers out who were in contention.
Report Post »Gallagher1
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 1:20amThank God this guy wasn’t driving…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srfcx5B8ktI
Report Post »BobEd
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:52amI started to complain about posters bringing up Barry Obama/Soetoro in every thread…but, although, I like car racing,…………it’s tough to think about anything else when an illegal immigrant usurper is destroying your country, and both political parties are covering for him to continue his destruction.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:44amI will be so happy when auto racing finally goes away!!!! Please!!!!
Report Post »MR.CANADA
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 5:24amAuto racing is true freedom,only far lefts dont like auto racing !!!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 5:37amI will be glad when you go away…
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 2:29pmReally?
Report Post »remember every time you get into a car.
don’t put on the seat belt (race car invention)
don’t look in the rear view mirror (race car invention)
as a matter of fact don’t get in a car,because 99% of your car (race car invention)
CitizenVetUSA
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 3:21pmHaving been a Trans-Am team pit crew member at this race track previously I understand this may look shocking to you.
World Auto Racing is a testing ground for transportation safety. Indy cars sell their telemetric’s to NASA and the U.S. Government (NHSTA). These drivers survived due to decades of material testing for your safety.
The special foam currently used in racing drivers head gear is now being applied to foam lining in infant restraint seating devices.
These proven materials are in use on airplanes, trains, taxicabs, shuttle buses, etc. that most people use in their lifetime. Having safe travel is due to auto racing!
Report Post »saviorammo
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:13amOk, that was great. Now back to the total destruction of our country!
Report Post »chris3
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:09amthink that was me and our teenage crew in the 80′s, it hurts! take it from me don’t try this at home
Report Post »yetibunker
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:00amoh, oh, now obama’s going to ban auto racing!
Report Post »chris3
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:12amno, just bankrupt and mandate them out of bussiness (coal power plants)
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:50pmThat was America with Obozo at the wheel!!!!
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:52pmIt hit one of those “bumps in the road”!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:49pmWhat do you know, adult bumper cars!
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 4:49amDon’t worry, some of us understand “TypOnese!”
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 9:54amThank you for the word I’ve been looking for- LOL
Report Post »Centurion_
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:47pmThe word you wanted was “hurtles,” Christopher, not “hurdles.”
Look them up.
Report Post »LoisLane1951
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:41pm‘Spectacular Accident’: Grand Am Race Car Flips Fence, Hurdles Into Woods
They tend to do that.
Report Post »randy
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:11pmHere’s the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8qErq29Rdw&feature=player_embedded
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:10pmPretty incredible.
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sooner12
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 10:59pmDamn……..
Report Post »ALibertarianCitizen
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:10pmVideo for the crash: http://youtu.be/x9cuY8IRuww?t=2m38s
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:27pm@ ALIBERTARIAN……..
Saw the crash…………..daaaaaamn.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:15amThat was awful…
Report Post »Maybe now Hussein will ban cars and
TSA will start fisting airline passengers–for security reasons ofcourse
poverty.sucks
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:43amWow! Incredible emergency response team, the crane was nearly first on to the scene.
Report Post »WIMomma
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 9:11amAnyone with a Facebook account can check out the pics the photographer was snapping as the car headed toward him. They’re on the RaceShotsResource page. Wonder if he peed his pants… I know I would!
Report Post »flrick
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 10:23amThey need to stop using tire walls. The tires will always deflect a car vertically if it hits with enough speed. Foam barriers work better. I raced at Road America in the 80‘s and 90’s. Turn one is a real butt-clencher.
Report Post »Mauser KAR98K
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 2:29pmDo a barrel roll!
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