Castle Combe Corner of Crashes

JRS · 10 Jul 2007 at 22:25

sr4470 said:
Wasn't that a Rover?

Piccy:

I could be wrong, but I'd swear that was a BMW M Coupé thing. Looks like a kidney shaped grille at the very least, and that would be a BMW trademark.

moss · 10 Jul 2007 at 22:26

Looks like a BMW to me.

andi · 10 Jul 2007 at 22:26

sr4470 said:
Wasn't that a Rover?

It's an M Coupe or Z4 Coupe or something hitting a Lotus 11.

Indy500 · 10 Jul 2007 at 22:27

JRS said:
Piccy:

I could be wrong, but I'd swear that was a BMW M Coupé thing. Looks like a kidney shaped grille at the very least, and that would be a BMW trademark.

Guess I wasn't looking closely :confused:

you're talking about the green car with stripes getting crushed, right?

JRS · 10 Jul 2007 at 22:29

sr4470 said:
Guess I wasn't looking closely you're talking about the green car with stripes getting crushed, right?

Green car with the yellow stripe. Looks to me like a Lotus 11 or a Westfield replica of one. The car destroying it is definitely a BMW.

Mr_White · 10 Jul 2007 at 22:53

Definitely a BMW M Coupe

Burned_Alive · 10 Jul 2007 at 22:59

Some big accidents there, many people going home unhappy that day!

BigglesPiP · 10 Jul 2007 at 23:04

LOL, the Rover 25 up to its usual trick, not turning in at all.

Vimanis · 10 Jul 2007 at 23:07

*Cries for the scooby but especially for the evo*

It's like the evo wasn't even trying to turn, that must have been some serious lock, but ouch.

helpimcrap · 10 Jul 2007 at 23:28

the weird thing with a lot of them was getting on the power too much it seemed on the way out and doing a nice 360 a few times.

Simon · 10 Jul 2007 at 23:31

BigglesPiP said:
LOL, the Rover 25 up to its usual trick, not turning in at all.

Rover 200 actually

Had a T16 turbo lump in it, about 230hp

Duke · 18 Jul 2007 at 21:45

Nasty one from National Mobile Windscreens Saloon Car Championship last weekend at CC. Didn't see it myself but the view inside shows the speed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBOT5eajyZk

Building Candy · 20 Jul 2007 at 13:58

A bit of castle combe without crashing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyciY2lUmc

in a 16v nova, if anything faster than the saloon cars

Cryfreeman · 20 Jul 2007 at 14:08

superb Nova :cool:

Durzel · 20 Jul 2007 at 14:11

That video is quite scary... lot of oversteer snap-back.

I'd like to think that I would somehow be able to handle it better but the reality is in all of the cases it looks like the snap-back is quite a surprise. Being able to hold a drift (I think) isn't childs play.

I guess it comes down to just too much speed going into the corner, as others have remarked.

Sone · 20 Jul 2007 at 14:14

Mr_White said:
Definitely a BMW M Coupe

what happens in this situation? is it the BMW drivers fault and he pays up or is it just what happens on the track?

Alibaba99 · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:32

DreXeL said:
Ahhh, the legend that is Quarry Corner

In all honesty though I don't understand why so many people get Quarry so wrong. I have never found it to be that tricky, infact I'd say Camp corner is trickier to get right due to the double apex.

I'm not surprised that you find Camp tricky if you are taking it with a double apex. It does have a very late apex though.

Vertigo · 20 Jul 2007 at 16:51

Sone said:
what happens in this situation? is it the BMW drivers fault and he pays up or is it just what happens on the track?

AIUI, there's no third-party aspect to trackday insurance, each driver simply claims on their own insurance for the damage to their car, however caused. Could be wrong here though

Of course, insurance aside, I'd imagine the Lotus driver beat seven shades of **** out of the Beemer owner.

Burned_Alive · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:29

Vertigo1 said:
Of course, insurance aside, I'd imagine the Lotus driver beat seven shades of **** out of the Beemer owner.

The Lotus driver is just as at fault as the beemer driver, if he hadnt crashed he wouldnt have been there for the beemer to hit.