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redcliff dyno cortina crashes

Started by protd, Nov 19 2006 10:21 AM

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#1 protd

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Posted 19 November 2006 - 10:21 AM

steve from redcliff dyno crashed his cortina during the streetcar shootout last night.. the car rolled as it crossed the finish line.. it was a horrible smash in which steve has broken his back he is ok now and is out of hospital, my best wishes go to him and his family and hope he gets on hi feet again soon..

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Posted 19 November 2006 - 11:01 AM

Not good.
Any news on the cause????
Hope the driver makes a full recovery.
What sort of terminals did this car pull??
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Posted 19 November 2006 - 11:41 AM

all i know is it ran an 8.9 n/a on the pass he crashed on dont know the t/s yet but will find out soon..

steve is fine he's out of hospital.. i'm talking to him on another forum, he's pretty sore and shaken atm.. i'll get more details from him when he's feeling better..

this was the second crash for him on thurs night testing the car he pulled the shute and a huge gust of wind grabbed the shute and pulled the car backwards into the wall, and after 48 sleepless hrs they got it ready for the shootout.. anyway will get more details soon from steve's forum..
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Posted 19 November 2006 - 12:56 PM

Sounds like it's cursed, give him my best wishes, considering I love redcliffe dyno, one of the best tuners I know. People out there are wishing him a full and quick recovery.
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Posted 19 November 2006 - 01:57 PM

i have pmed him on another forum he is on and sent best wishes from the forum
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Posted 19 November 2006 - 02:09 PM

how can he be alright if he broke his back? U dont mean his spinal cord, just the vertebrae?? Damn, i loved that car. Got a poster of it on my wall... Very sad the hear. Best wishes

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Posted 19 November 2006 - 02:47 PM

View Postshrekvk, on Nov 19 2006, 02:09 AM, said:

how can he be alright if he broke his back? U dont mean his spinal cord, just the vertebrae?? Damn, i loved that car. Got a poster of it on my wall... Very sad the hear. Best wishes

his spinal cord is fine.. his back is broken in a way that only is causing him extreme pain atm.. i'll get info from him when he's feeling better.. apart from that he is fine and is at home..
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Posted 19 November 2006 - 02:56 PM

Not good news at all hopfully he'll make a speedy recovery.

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Posted 19 November 2006 - 03:03 PM

parachutes when it popped lifted the rear tyres and drove him into the wall about about 280kmph rolled ontop of the barrier wall then slid on it's roof until it burst into flames.. thafs a bit more info from steve on another site..
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Posted 19 November 2006 - 03:14 PM

Thank goodness for roll cages and other such safety gear, on epoint to look at it has been mention that parachutes on small cars with high terminal speeds should be mounted / attached as low as possible to elivate the possibility of the rear wheels being lifter upon deployment might be something he will have to look at and address if he's got the chute mounted to high, the pask isn't normally the problem it's usually the chute strap location that has to be low down. Sorry to hear of his misfortune hope he makes a full recovery

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Posted 19 November 2006 - 07:55 PM

i'm with meanstreak on that one. so glad that our safety rules rules are held in such high importance. credo's obviously need to go to the engineers and constructors of the car for doing a great job in building a car that held together so well in such a fast crash. not everybody likes all the rules all of the time.....but they have obviously saved a life in this case.

my thoughts are with the driver and his family and team.
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Posted 20 November 2006 - 11:29 AM

umm i thought i saw somewhere else he crashed into the wall but the car was not that bad

did he crash again ?

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Posted 20 November 2006 - 01:43 PM

he broke just the T8 disc he told me
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Posted 20 November 2006 - 03:46 PM

Was a nice car...

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Posted 20 November 2006 - 06:25 PM

it's not getting repaired buy steve the car has been taken buy someone else..

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Posted 20 November 2006 - 06:44 PM

View Postfusion88, on Nov 20 2006, 11:29 AM, said:

umm i thought i saw somewhere else he crashed into the wall but the car was not that bad

did he crash again ?

Yeah, a few days earlier the wind/shoot took him into the wall, and they spent time fixing it up. Then it happaned again, but WAY worse.
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