| Author | Message | ||
| Frank K Lipinski (Kaz)
Junior Member Username: Kaz Post Number: 224 Registered: 11-2002 |
Jack - agree 100% What was interesting is they said part of the flip resulted from a failure of a foam piece in the new "soft" wall..... | ||
| Jack (Gilles27)
Member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 727 Registered: 3-2002 |
There's a lot of credit due to the safety design of that car, all of which would have been irrelevant had luck not played a hand. If Mario continued on into the stands, or landed upside down, we would be having a very different discussion right now. | ||
| Frank K Lipinski (Kaz)
Junior Member Username: Kaz Post Number: 219 Registered: 11-2002 |
I just saw a live interview with Mario on ESPN and they showed the tape...WOW...says a lot about how the cars are built and Mario is one cool customer. He brushed it off and said it was not that bad, the worst being when he lost a wing on a car, knew he was in trouble and pulled his feet back just in time to save them when the drivers box split... He will always be my hero.. | ||
| Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Intermediate Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 1169 Registered: 4-2002 |
He may have acted calm, but after an accident like that it still had to feel kinda squishy when he sits down, if you get my drift. | ||
| Lee Hamner (Tennlee)
New member Username: Tennlee Post Number: 40 Registered: 2-2002 |
Wow! I can't believe how calm he was after that. He's definately a hero... | ||
| Sean F (Agracer)
Junior Member Username: Agracer Post Number: 98 Registered: 2-2003 |
"The way they build those cars are amazing" Considering it was and IRL car, he's the luckiest man alive today! | ||
| Andre Vieira (Goggles_pisano)
Junior Member Username: Goggles_pisano Post Number: 90 Registered: 5-2002 |
"Flight 500 departing from Indianapolis to Nazareth, you're cleared for take-off. Over..." Age 63, and that man's accomplished something Nigel Manell couldn't do at 41--still fit in a race car! >Rimshot!< | ||
| David Stoeppelwerth (Racerdj)
Junior Member Username: Racerdj Post Number: 105 Registered: 1-2003 |
Try this link for a video of the accident: http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=1246726&nav=9TahFPiv | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
Intermediate Member Username: Countachxx Post Number: 2357 Registered: 2-2001 |
I saw the video & it looked A LOT higher than 30 ft. Mario's guardian angel got a real workout  | ||
| David Stoeppelwerth (Racerdj)
Junior Member Username: Racerdj Post Number: 103 Registered: 1-2003 |
Does anybody know if he still owns his F-40? | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 4428 Registered: 5-2001 |
And his major concern was that nobody told his wife! I guess that is not going to happen. He is going to get some ass whooping tonight | ||
| Aaron Williams (Aawil)
Junior Member Username: Aawil Post Number: 140 Registered: 8-2002 |
For those like me looking for a mpeg version to download. Try Here this thread. http://tbk.fameflame.dk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3665 Unbelievable really. | ||
| Dave (Maranelloman)
Intermediate Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 1266 Registered: 1-2002 |
He's lucky he didn't land on that rescue truck heading to Kenny Brack's car. What a$$clown failed to light the yellow flag lights when they sent that truck on track with Mario still hammering along at 225 mph??? | ||
| Jere Dunham (Questioner)
Member Username: Questioner Post Number: 454 Registered: 1-2003 |
Watched it in slow motion last night. Truly amazing that he survived. It it had made another half flip and landed upside down we would have seen a much sadder announcement. | ||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 681 Registered: 5-2002 |
I'm glad to hear that he's fine.. The way they build those cars are amazing1 | ||
| Mark (Study)
Member Username: Study Post Number: 456 Registered: 10-2001 |
INDIANAPOLIS -- It had been one of the most satisfying days of Mario Andretti's amazing life. At 63, he hopped back into an Indy car for the first time in nine years and,less than 50 hot laps into Wednesday's testing, was already running speeds of more than 226 mph at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But, just two minutes before the track closed for the day, all hell broke loose in front of the racing legend. Sweeping through the first turn with the throttle wide open, Andretti found the short chute littered with debris from Kenny Brack's car, which had just pounded the outside wall. Andretti's car ran over a piece of Brack's car and launched the 1969 Indy 500 winner into the air like Evel Knievel. His car soared some 20-to-25 feet in the air, nearly cleared the spectator fence and somersaulted four times before slamming back down to earth -- thankfully -- rightside up. Andretti hopped out and, incredibly, only suffered a scrape on his chin. Brack also escaped injury. "It was pretty wild," Andretti told a smattering of media in Gasoline Alley a half-hour after his monstrous accident. "There was debris all over the place and the piece I hit wasn't very big, but it was solid and that launched me. | ||
| Mark (Study)
Member Username: Study Post Number: 455 Registered: 10-2001 |
I just saw on ABC 11:00 news... Indy 500 today Mario at age 63 testing a car for his sons team... He didn't get hurt. But his car went flying by the stands at 30 feet high doing flip after flip never coming anywhere near the ground. Looked like a airplane. Wildest thing I've ever seen. |