Racing is, without a doubt, a dangerous sport. Rocketing around a track in a 3000+ pound motorized bullet, just one wrong flick of the wrist or touch of the brake can be the difference between victory and total disaster. There is a reason many tracks require excessive amounts of safety equipment, such as fuel cells and roll bars.
Still, all the safety equipment in the world can’t correct driver error, as these pictures from
Racers Web show.
Photo Credit: Nam Nihn Photography
The car in question here is (was?) the cover car for the recently released December 2009 issue of
"5.0 Mustang". This 2009 track racer has a mildly massaged engine with a cold air intake,
SCT tuner,
JBA long tube headers, and exhaust system sans the cats.
The suspension received the most love, with 4.10 gears in the rear end,
Tokico D-Spec shocks and struts,
Ford Racing sway bars and springs, and a whole bunch of other goodies. Alas, all that was not enough to keep it on the track.
This crash took place at the Hallet Circuit in Jennings, Oklahoma. Apparently it happened right around turn eight on a left-hand turn. The turn is on an incline, and this kind of crash can be caused by one of two things: excessive speed or poorly timed braking.
The car rocketed over the tire barrier, went nose first into the ground, and wound up on its roof. As I said before, they make roll cages for a reason! But even with a flat roof, the roll cage did its job, and there were no injuries from this fantastic crash. All in a day's work.
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