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Post by CoolGuy094 on Aug 16, 2012 9:39:13 GMT -5
Someone just showed me this at work and I had to paste it here for anyone who hasn't seen it. Amazing that these guys made it out perfectly OK; they say the driver is 100% fine and the passenger had a dislocated shoulder.
Hill climb ain't no joke!
Video may be NSFW due to language; headphones in!
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Post by czrider on Aug 16, 2012 10:54:51 GMT -5
:oLooked like the hood flew open in the turn?
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Post by nutdriverrighty on Aug 16, 2012 12:15:08 GMT -5
Just wanted to add that one of these folks left with a broken leg and I believe the other was airlifted with non-life threatening injuries. From what I understand, "perfectly ok" is a bit of an overstatement.
Scott
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Post by nutdriverrighty on Aug 16, 2012 12:18:37 GMT -5
Both Foley and his co-driver were air-lifted to a local hospital, but have since been released. Early reports suggest Foley escaped the calamity with a broken leg. This was his first time at Pikes Peak. If ever there were an advertisement for building a proper cage, this is it. Check out the video of the crash below.
*Update: According to a post on Evolutionm.net, neither Foley nor his co-driver, Yuri, broke any bones in the dust up. Foley exited the crashed vehicle under his own power and Yuri injured his shoulder in what may be a dislocation.
This is from autoblog.com
So I stand corrected as well. I believe that Jeremy posted on his Facebook page that only one of them was airlifted. Lots of info out there, but not all of it accurate.
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Post by nutdriverrighty on Aug 16, 2012 12:18:53 GMT -5
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Post by CoolGuy094 on Aug 16, 2012 12:48:02 GMT -5
Yeah, anything I say is just a regurgitation of the interwebs... nothing can be taken as accurate, haha.
As for the hood... it is a CF hood, so maybe it just looks like it is open? Here is a clip of him tearing it up just before the crash...
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