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Yeah, a sad day. On 4th September Steve Irwin(Aus) was killed and now on 8th September Peter Brock(Aus) is killed. This month already has 2 Aussies killed, whos the next one?? I don't want to know.
It underlines the fact that motorsport is dangerous and people die. Saddly rallying, with so many competitors is probably the most dangerouse. This is the third rally death I've heard about within a year after Michael 'Beffy' Park and another co-driver in a World Rally event.
Murphy's 9th Law of Technology:
Tell a man there are 300 million stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.
Sad news. I don't knw a lot about him, but I always hate hearing of a racer being killed in an event. It also reiterates the point that rallying is inherently a way more dangerous form of motorsport than circuit racing, whether it be road courses or ovals. Race circuits are controlled environments with strategically placed barriers and runoff areas. Rally stages, on the other hand, are often lined with trees, rocks, ditches, etc. Not exactly the type of stuff you wanna hit. Impacts that result in a concentrated high force such as a tree are no good.
I've been in one where at 40 mph (~65 kph) it pushed the whole passesnger side of the car back a few inches so that the front right tire was rubbing the back of the wheel well and my door would not close once I relieved the pressure on it and popped it opened. Oh and all this happened on a rally, TSD or Time-Stage-Distance rally, not a performance one. It was about 45 minutes north of here in Michigan in the winter on some snow covered dirt roads. That tow truck had a hell of a time finding us! We were fine and my friend was pissed that his 5.0 Mustang was toasted. Fortunately for him the radiator was missed by about an eighth of an inch (just over 3 mm). He had newly rebuilt his engine so it was at least a little consolation.
"Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better." - Hunter S. Thompson
I've marshalled at a few rallies and only once have I seen a real one, the guy only had a broken arm but he was in so much pain it was terrible, I don't want to imagine what would happen if someone was dead, or even unconciouse, that is one I never want to face.
At the manx international I was at a junction alonside someone who had never seen a rally car before, let alone been at the scene of an accident. It feels very strange having to breif a 50y/o on how to get someone out of a car and a bunch of spectators on where to stand when I'm only a kid to them, but in a real situation it didn't matter and we both did everything right and the guys had no seriouse injury. F1 is a different world in comparison.
Murphy's 9th Law of Technology:
Tell a man there are 300 million stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.
