Here is the in-car video and the drivers write-up of what happened
>More pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/jeffdegrieck/MidOhioSept2008
>In-car video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhvdaMMrmkF8
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>Hey all, here are the pics of my crash at mid-o =
>this wknd. Data said I was going about 95mph =
>when I went off the back straight before 7. Some =
>kind of brake failure. Had brakes for a split =
>second then nothing. Slowed from 130 down to 95. =
>Someone said I flipped about 9 times. =
>Cartwheeled over the gravel trap and catapulted over
>the tire barrier and then over/through a 18 foot =
>fence and ended up in the spectator area. =
>Officials said they have never seen a car go =
>that far out or seen a crash like that at =
>mid-ohio. I=E2m completely fine though, just a =
>small bump on head. Can't say the same about the =
>Z. Thanks to everyone out there that helped me =
>out especially cat killer, ralphy and ed.
>
>Yes, i had a hans on. That's what probably gave =
>me the bruise on my forehead. Hans stopped my =
>helmet but my head smashed into the inside of my =
>helmet. I had a racetech seat with wings and =
>head bolsters. Did not have a net on the right. =
>Had a 5 point harness (2 groin belts combine =
>into one buckle). Car never really had a hard =
>impact. Just kept on doing cartwheels over a =
>long distance dissipating the energy. Looking at =
>the in car video looks like instinct took over =
>and i tried turning at the end of the straight =
>so i started flipping almost before i left the concrete. Should of
>gone off straight into china beach and hopefully =
>had the gravel slow me down b/f hitting tire =
>wall. Thing that bothers me the most is not =
>knowing what happened to the brakes. Childs is =
>conducting a csi investigation. My data showed a =
>1.2 G slowdown at the 400 mark just like always =
>but only for a split second. Pedal felt good.
>Then my G's gradually dropped to 0. I remember =
>lifting and pushing in the pedal again and the =
>data showed my G's came back up to .7 then =
>quickly dropped back down to 0 before i turned =
>the car and flipped. I don't ever remember the pedal just hitting the floo=
r.
>Brake fluid reservoir was still filled after the =
>crash. Looking at the in car video, the car =
>really shimmied at initial braking, almost =
>looking like the rear brakes were working but =
>not the front. Only evidence we have so far is =
>on the front left wheel, the rotor had a weird =
>discoloration and was completely scoured and gouged as if
>the caliper was stuck. I don't see how this =
>happend though b/f the crash though b/c the car =
>was pretty dead on straight, not drifting to the =
>left as you would expect so maybe it somehow got =
>scoured after the crash. Car does have ABS but I =
>don't think it ever activated. Braking was =
>totally fine going down the keyhole just prior.
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