have there been any major accidents in the races? (Page 1 of 2)

Letting us idiots pretend like we can drive a for-real racetrack was either and horrible accident or Jay losing a drunken bet and not being able to back out in the morning.

There have ben a few roll-overs and wall impacts.  I believe a total of two deaths that were proven NOT to be related directly to a crash but crashes resulted after the fact (eg, heart attack causes wall impact).

The worst I have seen personally is just a hard sidewipe or two when one car exceeds the limits of traction and slides into another car.  More injuries happen in the paddock in one race than all the on-track human carnage in probably three seasons of racing.

Oh and the worst injury I heard of recently was a corner worker getting hit by a car lining up to get on track. Broken leg

http://blog.caranddriver.com/200-proof- … roll-cage/

In that "other" series I have witnessed more then one chopper ride out of the track, usually it is because the driver had a concussion/got briefly knocked out or for a couple broken ribs, usually the person involved is back to the track by event end.

The ZomBee tumbled end over end, and there have been a couple of roll-overs.

Worst injury that I am aware of is Mike Harrell getting ambushed by a traffic cone and breaking his arm.  No cars were involved in that afaik.

Van

I think what all these posters are trying to say is that Lemons racing IS RACING but the likely hood of getting hurt or killed while certainly possible is not as likely as most people would think who are not familiar with auto racing. I believe my chances of being involved  in a crash on the track  are less then they would be driving on the Chicago Dan Ryan Expressway in rush hour traffic.

That was my Cavalier that got wiped out at Sears Point.
Not too often you can say "Yeah, my car got crashed and Tyler broke his neck." followed by whoever I'm talking to: "!!!"
"He got better."

I've been there for both of the deaths, and it is a sad place to be, even if not directly related to the racing.

Remember that Lemons has had THOUSANDS of drivers at this point, and statistically it was gonna happen at some point.
Still think of the drivers' families.

-Anton

And we are glad for it. When one of my drivers put our car in the wall at Road America all he had was some sore ribs and bruises. Safety gear is money well spent.

This is why I have a pool noodle cut down to size in my trailer.  As soon as the door opens, that gets placed on the top of the door frame.

http://youtu.be/422ro2AbEWw

This inspired me to get a HANS.

Keep up the ball busting.

We were watching one video after a race two years ago where there was a crash. There was in car video that someone slowed down so you could see what was going on. The amount of movement still amazes me. The driver was using the doughnut for neck protection and there was a lot of neck movement. Once we saw that, we bought a Necks Gen and have never looked back. They protect better and are more comfortable to boot.

Our big t-bone was in a ChumpCar race (see "that's not gone well" below)--our driver spun, and the guy who hit us was looking at another spin to the side of the track (oof!)--but still, aside from a little soreness, our driver was okay. The worst I've seen have been things like that: car to car contact, with mechanical issues taking people out of a race as opposed to injuries. Oh, and because MSR-H: dehydration.

I'd much prefer an incident in a crapcan racer over one on the street. I'm a lot more hurt (still) from a less serious incident in my street car than the guy who got t-boned in Porschelump v1.

Drink so much water you'll have to pee all day and don't cheap out on safety items.