100mph track accident flip- no track insurance

Wow, that was worse than I thought. You are very lucky. I thought maybe you caught an edge and the tire dug off the curb and rolled over. I am glad you made it through without major injury.

 

First, glad you walked away.
Second, if I were you, I’d get rid of the Merc. Sending it overseas kinda makes sense since I’m assuming the only record of the crash is here. Not your problem if someone lies about the history and you documented it so no one can claim you were being deceitful.
Now, moving forward...I used to race an FProd fiat 124. Lots of fun and cheap, but also a fair amount of work. The Spec Racer Fords seemed to have the best fun to cost value. After my kids graduate from college, my current plan is to pick up an SRF. 35-40k fully set up with spares. Tons of shops that will maintain and store it so you can “arrive and drive.” As to your DD, I made the decision long ago to stick with Toyotas. I live in Chicago, and even garage kept DDs get beat to heck.

 

Hi Alex,

I'm so sorry to hear this, I also hope you are okay. Personally, I would try to liquidate it.

Again, my condolences on the mishap. Best wishes to you.

 

Glad u are safe!
I think no matter how they want to make it a track car it’s jut too heavy for it. I tried tracking my ff and I really didn’t like it. I felt the weight could make the car go out of control much faster. Not fun.


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I did not realize people took such large and heavy passenger cars to the track, without proper insurance at that, one thing is for sure, that car was built for you to walk away from it after the fact, and thats a great example of Merc build quality.

Thank you

 

I'm just glad that you're okay! I wish you the best!

 

No doubt you know more than I. The SM doesn't flip my ticker, so I've been racing SPB. What I DO know, is that we have a couple cars here locally that are being sold, both have been on the podium this year, one won a championship last year, and both are for sale under $10k.

People also told me I'd need to spend $50k for a competitive SPB; I spent less than $20k, with spares, and was immediately competitive. My buddy spent $28k and is now "the fast guy".

I don't really know the difference between a $10k SM and a $25k SM, I only know what I see on the market. Regardless: the beauty of spec racing is that there will ALWAYS be somebody at your same level that you can dice with.

 

I mean, you offered a totalled car to someone, they gave you an offer. Not sure what the fuss is.