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by **SkylineObsession** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:16 pm

Yeah, as someone said previously - YouTube.com is your friend if you want to upload videos.

So did you drive the car to the track then (sorry if you already mentioned it, i just skimmed through this topic)? Hopefully you can get another car and get back on the track soon.

by **gurutasker** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:30 pm

OUCH

Glad your okay Ken.

Any idea as to why the FX lost it?

-+=gon-zo-crazy=+- · by **neo** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:19 pm

damn Ken, were all ment to be looking up to people like you 'with experience in the sport', and now look what you've done

Glad to see you walked out of it

Santa's TardMe Listings · by **Santa'sBoostinSleigh** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:29 pm

my condolances for you loss Ken :cry:

Website · by **Bling** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:36 pm

That really sux Ken :evil:

hope it doesnt turn out too bad for you, and i'd recommend a KP starlet for a new car if it comes to it

by **strx7** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:57 pm

I saw it happen, wasn't pretty, nothing but REAL bad luck.

by **B1NZ** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:40 pm

Ouch, Glad your ok,

So just out of interest who pays for what in race circumstances? Is it just you pay for your own cars reguardless of what happens? or would you maybe be liable for the FXGT, or he liable for your cAr?

by **2LTR Rona** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:11 pm

B1NZ wrote:So just out of interest who pays for what in race circumstances? Is it just you pay for your own cars reguardless of what happens? or would you maybe be liable for the FXGT, or he liable for your cAr?

Its you pay for damage done to your own car isnt it ? i.e. its just a racing incident.
stating the obvious but of course insurance dont apply, although I have seen people tell others to call their insurance company in cases like this :roll:

by **RedMist** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:28 am

Ken, sorry to read of the incident. It unfortunately looks ugly. You must have taken him square on with quite a bit of speed. Still the front end crush may have taken some of the impact off you. Good to read you were alright.

It also looks as if you have a tonne of work to complete before next season. Wish I was up north to lend you a hand. Good luck.

Mental note, get a transporter for my rally car.

by **Leon** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:42 am

There are no rules on who pays for what on a racetrack. Generally accepted practice is that you pay for your own car, no matter what the circumstances.

by **KinLoud** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:13 pm

I know the guy who I hit. I wandered over and had a chat afterwards to check he was OK. He said that he saw stars after the impact! I didn't, but I would love to know if I blinked as I hit him! Ha!
I've raced him a few times now and he is a clean driver - he said he went into the turn at the end of the straight a bit deep and lost the backend about mid corner. I was chasing a civic and I got a really good run off that corner and nearly hit him as he braked and swerved to (just) go behind the fxgt. By the time I worked out where the fxgt was the fxgt had rolled back about 1 car length which meant that I had no option except to slow down as much as I could.
Yeah racing damage you pay for yourself.
He said sorry - I said not to worry as I was certain that he didn't spin deliberately just so I could hit him.

I can still remember the sound it made... funny though, in the video soundtrack you can hear something almost sounding like a bell ringing, sort of a BONG sound. All I heard was about 100 things going crunch at the same time!

Ken
Ham
021 408 863

by **Chelles** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:39 pm

Oh Ken!!!

by **fxgt race** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:49 pm

that looks like a good shunt,hopefully it will be back on the track again and i will be making a mental note not to spin out in front of you as i think you might have a thing about fxgts from now on.good luck with repairs.

by **thornz** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:06 pm

any luck with the video yet?

by **al_feinted** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:50 pm

Thats a sad sight to see... poor carina :cry:

good to hear no injuries to drivers.

A local wrecker has a red 2dr carina up on a container. Looks like a clean shell too veiwed from the road,

I can get u the wreckers number if you are interested its 2 mins from where i live.
Alex

by **Pelo** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:05 pm

The old carina did well there Ken, good to see you are AOK. Can't imagine a kp starlet staying in one piece after that... Engines & Spares down here has an AT141 hardtop coupe floating round at the moment, no idea if it is for sale though.

by **KinLoud** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:19 pm

Now with video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BiG3-gGqHE

Ken
Ham
021 408 863

by **Silent Knight** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:26 pm

Sorry to see that Ken.
Can tell you are were very angry in that video!!!

by **Snoozin** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:13 pm

Oh crap man, the impact looks massive from in car. Always crap to see, unfortunately it's a racing incident, you simply had nowhere else to go, it came up so quick. Sorry to see

On to better things we hope!

by **KinLoud** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:11 pm

Angry? No not at all. I was like "well that bonnet was pretty ugly and now I WILL have to replace it"
After the impact the first thing was "crap I'm in the middle of the track and the next bunch of cars are coming around the corner" so I stayed in the car until I knew they were going around me.
Then it was "hmmm, I wonder if it is going to burn" so I got out and ran off behind the nearest barrier. Almost as soon as I got there I saw the red flags waving (race stopped) so I went back to my car and helped get it off the track.
You can see how I nearly hit the Civic I had been chasing as he braked and swerved around the fxgt. I got a better and tighter exit from the corner so I was faster and more to the left than the civic so I ran out of options.
I worked out I hit the other car at about 40 to 50kph.

Maybe I should buy this trademe item...my own race team!
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Toys-models/Di ... 757943.htm Ha!

Ken
Ham
021 408 863

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