Texas Mile...BEWARE..BE Alert
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Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Team Jeff
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- Sep 8, 2007
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Ugh! It would have used the "entrance" just above the radiator inlet! :thumbsdow
Ever wonder what would happen when a BMW driving at 160 mph hits a deer? Well, this recent experiment was performed on the autobahn in Germany. Driving 160mph in his BMW Z4, Geoff Stein hit a deer. The deer disappeared…
Then Geoff stopped, pulled over and wondered, "Where did the deer go…….???"
(Sam would probably think this is the best thing for a BMW....)
skyrex
FORD GT OWNER
SYCO GT
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That would be pretty intimidating to be racing and have a snarling wolf/dog face in your rear view mirror on the front of the chasing car...
GT38
GT Owner
Wow! But not all that surprising for that area. Big critters were my biggest worry when I was exploring the Texas back roads in my E-Type in the '70s. After a buddy killed a deer with a T-37 at a Laughlin AFB aux field near Del Rio, I drove a bit more cautiously!:willy:willy:willy
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Empty Pockets
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Animals are a huge problem here in Texas. I would think a racetrack (TexasMile etc) would have a fence around the area high enuff to keep critters out, but that's what I get for thinkin'!
I was returning from Las Vegas late one eveing in S Texas. CB radios were the new thing of the day and I was communicating with the car behind me frequently just to help stay awake. He was an off duty sheriff. Very dark and I noticed his lights were no longer in my rearview mirror. Turned around and a deer had broadsided his 4dr sedan exactly in the rt rear door with the car's speed being a prettyy good clip of speed (not going to commit myself here lol).
Another time I was driving my loaded two-car hauler (rocket -launcher, slide truck...whatever the terminology) and crested a hill at about 60mph. A black cow was laying in the road at night ...I cautiously swerved to the left and clipped the cow with my rt front...literally knocking the chit out of the cow. Luckily I did not turn over. I was in the ditch gathering my thoughts and a farmer in an old Chev Bel-Air came slowly up. I noticed his front end was crushed in but driveable. He gets out and says " I see you hit that cow too!"
Moron could have pulled to the side and turned on his flashers but instead he went to the farmer's house that owned the cow. I was sooooo pissed. The owner of the cow then comes and says "You pay for your truck and I will pay for my cow". Sounded like bs, but after checking I found out that farmer's are not required to maintain their animals inside fences unless it was an interstate hwy. It was not. Lesson learned.:ack
I was returning from Las Vegas late one eveing in S Texas. CB radios were the new thing of the day and I was communicating with the car behind me frequently just to help stay awake. He was an off duty sheriff. Very dark and I noticed his lights were no longer in my rearview mirror. Turned around and a deer had broadsided his 4dr sedan exactly in the rt rear door with the car's speed being a prettyy good clip of speed (not going to commit myself here lol).
Another time I was driving my loaded two-car hauler (rocket -launcher, slide truck...whatever the terminology) and crested a hill at about 60mph. A black cow was laying in the road at night ...I cautiously swerved to the left and clipped the cow with my rt front...literally knocking the chit out of the cow. Luckily I did not turn over. I was in the ditch gathering my thoughts and a farmer in an old Chev Bel-Air came slowly up. I noticed his front end was crushed in but driveable. He gets out and says " I see you hit that cow too!"
Moron could have pulled to the side and turned on his flashers but instead he went to the farmer's house that owned the cow. I was sooooo pissed. The owner of the cow then comes and says "You pay for your truck and I will pay for my cow". Sounded like bs, but after checking I found out that farmer's are not required to maintain their animals inside fences unless it was an interstate hwy. It was not. Lesson learned.:ack
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Now, transfer that "hello" situation to the DIMBULB who was doing 210 mph PLUS in that Veyron!!!!!!!!!!! :ack:ack:ack:willy:willy:willy
Remember this from Road America a few summers back?
Da Matta remains hospitalized after hitting deer at Road America
Updated 8/5/2006
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta remained in intensive care with a serious head injury Friday, a day after his race car collided with a deer that had wandered onto the track during a test session at Road America.
Champ Car series spokesman Eric Mauk said the driver was in the intensive care unit at Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah, where he was airlifted to and had surgery to remove a ruptured blood vessel in his head.
Road America media director Julie Sebranek said she had never heard of a similar incident at the track.
"The race track has been here for 50 years. It's highly, highly unusual," Sebranek said Friday.
An 8-foot chain link fence topped with barbed wire circles the 628-acre property, which is surrounded by wooded terrain and farm fields.
When asked how the deer got onto the property, Sebranek said: "They have been known to jump the 8-foot fences."
"It's just a freak thing and we just maintain the property as we do on a daily basis," she added.
The 32-year-old Da Matta has 12 career Champ Car victories — including four straight wins in his championship season of 2002, tying a series record.
A native of Brazil, da Matta left Champ Car after winning the championship and drove for the Toyota team in the elite Formula One series in 2003 and 2004. In 28 starts, he finished a career-best sixth in three races.
Da Matta returned to Champ Car last year to win a race at Portland and tie for 11th in the standings. He is sixth in the standings this season after finishing second in Sunday's race in San Jose, Calif.
Da Matta began the season with Dale Coyne Racing, then moved to RuSport team at midseason after A.J. Allmendinger was fired.
Da Matta is single and lives in Miami.
RuSport also announced Thursday that Justin Wilson, da Matta's teammate, would not participate in the final day of Road America test on Friday.
The Champ Car series races at Road America on Sept. 24.
Da Matta remains hospitalized after hitting deer at Road America
Updated 8/5/2006
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta remained in intensive care with a serious head injury Friday, a day after his race car collided with a deer that had wandered onto the track during a test session at Road America.
Champ Car series spokesman Eric Mauk said the driver was in the intensive care unit at Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah, where he was airlifted to and had surgery to remove a ruptured blood vessel in his head.
Road America media director Julie Sebranek said she had never heard of a similar incident at the track.
"The race track has been here for 50 years. It's highly, highly unusual," Sebranek said Friday.
An 8-foot chain link fence topped with barbed wire circles the 628-acre property, which is surrounded by wooded terrain and farm fields.
When asked how the deer got onto the property, Sebranek said: "They have been known to jump the 8-foot fences."
"It's just a freak thing and we just maintain the property as we do on a daily basis," she added.
The 32-year-old Da Matta has 12 career Champ Car victories — including four straight wins in his championship season of 2002, tying a series record.
A native of Brazil, da Matta left Champ Car after winning the championship and drove for the Toyota team in the elite Formula One series in 2003 and 2004. In 28 starts, he finished a career-best sixth in three races.
Da Matta returned to Champ Car last year to win a race at Portland and tie for 11th in the standings. He is sixth in the standings this season after finishing second in Sunday's race in San Jose, Calif.
Da Matta began the season with Dale Coyne Racing, then moved to RuSport team at midseason after A.J. Allmendinger was fired.
Da Matta is single and lives in Miami.
RuSport also announced Thursday that Justin Wilson, da Matta's teammate, would not participate in the final day of Road America test on Friday.
The Champ Car series races at Road America on Sept. 24.
Fubar
Totally ****** Up
Does it look like the driver is floating in mid air on the second picture? I'm not sure why I noticed that.
centerpunch
ex-GT owner x2
