http://media3.big-boys.com/content/pcrash.wmv this is A crash - I would wish they would always show the guy getting out - makes me love the rollecage in my Challenge even more ----------------------------------------------------------- From http://carreracup.cupcar.com.au/new...273&ct_id=0&i=1 After one of the most spectacular crashes in Australian motor racing history at Queensland Raceway last weekend, Cameron McLean and the Sherrin Hire Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car are set to be on the grid for the next round of the Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup at Oran Park in Sydney from August 12 to 14. In what will be an amazing rebuild job for the Sherrin Hire Racing crew led by team owner Mike Sherrin and team manager Donald Kington, the team will rebuild the severely damaged Porsche starting this weekend and have it ready to race within nine days. A new body shell arrived at the teams Brisbane headquarters on Wednesday, while another four foolscap pages of parts have been ordered to enable the car to be completely rebuilt. McLean, one of the most experienced drivers in the Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup, has received the all clear to race in two weeks. The 37-year-old ex-V8 Supercar driver from Bunya in Brisbane sustained a cut tongue and bloodshot eyes from the g-forces during impact. It is a credit to Porsche, the safety features of the 911 GT3 Cup cars and the HANS device for drivers that I was able to climb straight out of the car and sustain minimal injuries, said McLean. Whilst the car was severely damaged, the roll cage did its job as the cabin area remained intact despite repeated impact with the ground. Now it is credit to Mike Sherrin and Donald Kington that we are on track to race again in two weeks. This is the second big rebuild job we have had this year after the incident at the Grand Prix, and hopefully it will be the last. We were finding some good speed and making an impression in the championship standings before the crash at Queensland Raceway, and we are determined to maintain that progress at Oran Park. The crash and subsequent damage has not dampened team owner Mike Sherrins enthusiasm and commitment to Porsche racing. It will be a massive rebuild project but we are already well on the way, said Sherrin. All up it will cost approximately $150,000 to have the Porsche back race ready. We are getting four foolscap pages of new parts to rebuild the car, and then use what parts we can salvage as spare parts after they have been tested. We are planning to run this car next year in the Porsche Drivers Challenge for a young up-and-coming driver as part of a development program, and also two new 997 Cup cars in the Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup depending upon availability. We have not had the best run of luck this year, but thankfully Cameron was given the all clear after the incident. Cameron is a great driver and we were making real inroads in our debut season in the category, so now we are just looking at reinforcing that. On Saturday, McLean only took seconds to climb through the roll cage and out of his Porsche after becoming airbourne and rolling the car up to eight times on the second lap of the first race at the Queensland 300. Sitting in fifth position at the time of the racing incident, McLean had contact with another competitor and veered into the kerb lining the outside of the track out of turn three. The Number-28 Sherrin Hire Racing Porsche then jettisoned at least a metre into the air, smashed through sponsor signage, flipped and rolled up to eight times on a 100-metre journey along the in-field grass. Sherrin Hire Racing is planning to give the car a shakedown next Monday at Queensland Raceway and then the following day at Oran Park before the fifth round of the series gets underway on the Friday. All cars in the Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup are developed and built by Porsche racing arm in Weissach, Germany. With a top speed in excess of 300 kilometres per hour, the lightweight, high performance vehicles have a 400 horsepower, 6 cylinder Boxer engine which revs to 8000 RPM, producing a sound that is distinctly Porsche.
They should send the bill to the idiot who pushed them off from behind. That accident was blatantly the fault of the driver behind who basically just attempted to shove them the car that got trashed out of the way at a stupid position on the track. A totally avoidable and pointless accident. Thats not racing.... that demolition derby. They should ban the driver who caused the accident for a year. Terry
In SuperCup and Ferrari Challenge events a RACE rarely is seen. Usually its a demolition derby as you say. Its fun for the spectators and the teams seem to be able to sustain the ridiculous expense with no real prospect of a payoff. A fun time for all.
If its the bolt in OMP Challenge cage that was in my Challenge car you'd likely be dead or near dead with that type of crash. Regards, Jon P. Kofod www.flatoutracing.net
Whilst the car was severely damaged, the roll cage did its job as the cabin area remained intact despite repeated impact with the ground." Sorry guys but take a look at that footage again. The car only rolls on the roll cage twice during that whole fiasco. The first time is about 6 seconds into the roll. The car then begins to "pirouette" on it's tail (I'm assuming the engines a goner). The entire time that it's spinning on that rear the driver cage never comes in contact with the ground. It bounces over and the very front of the car impacts the ground but once again the portion of the car most attributed to the cage (roof line- A Pillars) doesn't impact the ground. It just bounces, rotates back to the back end again. Then once most of the inertia has been lost it slowly rolls onto the cage at around 13 seconds into the video. What saved this guy wasn't his cage. It was his HANS, harness, webbing, and seat. Did the cage help? Most certainly but, 911 front fire walls are incredibly stout structures to start with. You don't have to do a whole lot more to make an already safe driver environment safer.
