at the beginning of the clip it looks like she doesnt realize the camaro was
there and squeezes him a bit... naturally you wouldnt normally expect
someone coming up on you OUTSIDE the race track. or she was trying to get
him to back off and he had two wheels on the dirt and couldnt brake. he/she
camaro driver must be watching too much CART footage where they drive those
monsters on and off the grass. a couple years back i watched zanardi get
loose in a turn, then head straight off the track, bouncing over hill and
dale for 200 yards and got back on losing only one position and finished the
race. pretty incredible stuff.
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>
> Well, given that the Camaro had hit her so suddenly (it looks like he hit
> the Mustang, too) could you hardly blame her? For flipping up into the
air,
> I mean. It looks like the Camaro guy was trying to pass her on the grass
or
> something, which was kind of a freaky maneuvre, if you ask me, because
they
> were only like 9 seconds into the race.
>
> That's pretty amazing footage, and rebuild was fantastic. It's a pity
there
> had to be another mishap, but that's racing, I guess.
>
> Katie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk Meline [mailto:KMeline@iscribe.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 5:41 PM
> To: 'Jerry Brown'; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Kathy's M Coupe Crash And Rebuild
>
>
> Just FYI
>
> The car that ran into her from the tape was a Camaro not a Mustang. She
> actually hit the Mustang from what I saw.
>
>
> Kirk
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Brown [mailto:jerbrown@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:08 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Kathy's M Coupe Crash And Rebuild
>
>
> Unfortunately, Kathy suffered another major mishap at the Runoffs, and
> is undecided as to whether it'll be rebuilt again, or parted.
>
> -jerry
>
> TummyRub@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Elton,
> >
> > Yes,
> > Kathy's MCoupe was (almost) totaled, but she was OK. Last year
during
> > the start of a national's qualifying race another car (Cobra?) tried
> passing
> > Kathy on the grass and even though she gave him extra room he slid into
> her
> > caused chain reaction crash which resulted in her hitting a dirt
> embankment
> > at (maybe 80mph), rolled several times, and walked away! There was an
> MPEG
> > video on the z3 board which showed the crash from 3 perspectives
including
> > Kathy's onboard camera. Wow!
> > Her car was completely rebuilt in less than a month in time for her
to
> > qualify (she finished first?) in the last race prior to nationals. She
(I
> > think) raced at nationals. The 40 or so images taken during the 10
stages
> of
> > the rebuild show some (IMHO) very professional work.
> > Way to go Kathy! I'm vicariously living her racing (although I only
> get
> > bits and pieces of her progress). Call me Walter Mitty!
> > .....Gary
> > .....00 Imola MCoupe
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