Instructor injured in S2000 at Thunderhill?
07-28-2003, 07:25 AM
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Yep...
I think I am not instructing any more convertibles unless they have REAL roll bars. This means boxsters, S2000s, Z3s, and miatas.
Rumor is that they are ok.
Here is the email message I got on the raceteachers@yahoogroups.com email list...
> It happened yesterday at Thunderhill (SCCA Street School). It is not
> fair to talk much about the situation until the instructor's side is
> told. Facts: A student, a first timer, rolled his car (Honda S2000)
with
> an instructor off T3. The student said he was driving above his
comfort
> level and regrets not saying something about it to the instructor.
The
> instructor's head apparently contacted the track or dirt surface
during
> the roll, not sure which. Convertibles with "roll bars" below your
head,
> I don't like 'em! The instructor was lifeflighted to the hospital, we
> did not have a report on him at the end of the day. Hopefully he was
not
> hurt seriously.
Rumor is that they are ok.
Here is the email message I got on the raceteachers@yahoogroups.com email list...
> It happened yesterday at Thunderhill (SCCA Street School). It is not
> fair to talk much about the situation until the instructor's side is
> told. Facts: A student, a first timer, rolled his car (Honda S2000)
with
> an instructor off T3. The student said he was driving above his
comfort
> level and regrets not saying something about it to the instructor.
The
> instructor's head apparently contacted the track or dirt surface
during
> the roll, not sure which. Convertibles with "roll bars" below your
head,
> I don't like 'em! The instructor was lifeflighted to the hospital, we
> did not have a report on him at the end of the day. Hopefully he was
not
> hurt seriously.
07-28-2003, 07:34 AM
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There was an instructor not getting out of a TR6 at CA speedway...
that car hit the wall hard and had it's original seats etc. The guy wasn't moving and the ambulence was on the way.
Don't know anything more about it but it's part of why I don't instruct.
Don't know anything more about it but it's part of why I don't instruct.
07-28-2003, 11:36 AM
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The S2000's A-pillar didn't hold up very well
Here's a picture of the car after the rollover.
<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/olav/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-07-27%2017.16.50%20-0700/Image-0D9A9BBBC08E11D7.jpg">
The car had almost stopped on the hill at the inside of turn 3. It then rolled downhill, landing back on it's wheels.
For comparison, here's a picture of a Boxster which flew off an 8' embankment, landing upside down.
<img src="http://www.iq.dynip.com/~mark/walker/_borders/phils_car_1.jpg">
It's hard to compare the impact, but you would imagine that the Boxster would have taken a harder hit. I guess there's something to Porsche's boron-steel reinforced A-pillars.
<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/olav/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-07-27%2017.16.50%20-0700/Image-0D9A9BBBC08E11D7.jpg">
The car had almost stopped on the hill at the inside of turn 3. It then rolled downhill, landing back on it's wheels.
For comparison, here's a picture of a Boxster which flew off an 8' embankment, landing upside down.
<img src="http://www.iq.dynip.com/~mark/walker/_borders/phils_car_1.jpg">
It's hard to compare the impact, but you would imagine that the Boxster would have taken a harder hit. I guess there's something to Porsche's boron-steel reinforced A-pillars.
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