vroooom ptssssh

http://youtu.be/DY9UPiCNzCM

What do you lot think? This happened at Knockhill last Saturday during qualifying. The TR8 was going for a hot lap (despite previous mistakes on this perticular lap meaning he wasn't going to put in a good time) and the Austin was out getting some good times in.

I'd say the TR8 made poor judgment and was too eager to get past the austen on that short straight between the 2 corners, if the austen wasn't there i'd take a guess that he wasn't going to make that turn fully and would have ended up on the grass going by his speed/line!

What makes it worse is the Austen had just had a bare shell 3 month rebuild, and that was it's first outing was a minter too! I don't know either parties involved but had seen the Austen. Was passing ST150's and Legend race cars up the straight!

martin24uk

I would go for the tr8, went for a space that wasnt there.
poor little car went for a rolly polly, i bet that wont be cheap to fix.

RS Grant

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TR8 went for a gap that didn't exist by the time he got there, looked to be using some pretty shit racing lines previous to that as well.


Cheers,
Grant

The Youth.

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TR8 all day long, he didn't take a wide entry into the previous corner to get the austin on the cut back up the inside, and just tried to push his way passed, I see this alot specially in qually as when your on a hot lap your totally committed and if you come up against a slower car you do get angry and try not to waste the lap. But that can lead to what we have seen here..

steve

ballbag42

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Tr8 def hopefully someone had a word in his ear about driving standards

JPA

tr8 is at fault , you cant pass safely there , just is'nt room

2/3 seconds later could have passed austin on the straight before clarks

Csm

Fuckin hell

thebronze

Deffo twat in the TR8

vroooom ptssssh

Yea that's my and the guy's who put it together's thinking

Driver of the TR8 Recieved a Ł600 fine and 3 points on his racing license as far as im led to believe

Paulo P

It doesn't help the poor guy in the Austin though The driving standards of the TR8 driver are really poor, he needs to cool it!

COCHYN

I dunno, looks a lot like the TR8 went for the corner and the Austin cut straight across to make the corner before him. But I'm sure there's better angles from officials that made the ruling on the fine. Afterall, can't really issue a guy who's just rolled a nasty fine too, like kicking him when he's down

New Shell Dude

I,m blaming the guy in the Austin for having such a crap car, I mean come on an Austin.

kermitt

Austen had the correct line for the corner. TR8 should have yielded cos there is no way he would have made it through the following chicance carrying that speed using the line he was on.

It is single file through there otherwise you end up on the grass or in a smash.

martin24uk

It was a woman in the Austin

vroooom ptssssh

Yep was a chic in the Austen, wee car was her baby! It's being rebuilt

Glenn_

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Nothing wrong with that little Austin.A nice classic car.I bet the people who built the austin were gutted.

FiestaTom

Definatly tr8 to blame.

Rab

I'd say it was the TR8 too. But that's becuase everyone else is saying it. I haven't even watched the video..........

DanCossie

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ouch.....defo the TR8

Farmer Giles

TR8..

he went for the over take but after he got it sideways out of the previous corner he should have backed off and waited. If he'd got a clean drive off the corner he might have made it to the corner at least level. As it was he put himself in no mans land, he was not along side so the Austin took the proper line through the corner..

2p.

matts1

Not a racing buff but the TR8 looked to be at fault in my opinion. He looked like he was pretty talentless and was just giving it full throttle constantly with no idea of smooth driving and racing lines, getting in a right mess and not having much of an ability to read what other racers, using the racing lines would be about to do.

I hope he got some proper stick for it.

155lee

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Tr8 driver should have had his licence revoked,I've been a passenger in a v8 tr8 on the road and they handle like a bar of soap in a bath so need respect.that's a very nasty roll for what looked like a little tap.

Jim S

It certainly looks like the TR8 drivers fault but I don't believe he can get fined in less than a week. The stewards of the meeting have to report the incident to the MSA and they review the information and you can put your defence forward. As for penalty points on a competition licence I've never heard of that happening.

I hope that doesn’t happen to me in three weeks time when I’m there

YOREVOL

the tr8 should have yielded to the austin as the austin was ahead and the tr8 was not in aposition to pass.
my 2p worth.

3drzetec

im going for the austin, it was on the left side of the track and cut across when the tr went for the inside

WongRS

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TR8, seemed to be driving like a cunt before that happened too?

zetec-Sam

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TR8, what a tosser! All over the place even before he hits, love how he just fucks off when it's barely finished rolling too!

WongRS

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That's not him, looks like a 240/260z that goes through after, not the tr8 i don't think?

zetec-Sam

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You're right, my bad, only watched the little vid!

WongRS

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i thought the same at first, only noticed the second time!

P_is_for_Paul

Thats what I thought too, but after looking again, it wasn't him that flew past.

Ginger Will

Definitely the TR8, the Austin was taking the usual racing line when the dick driving the wedge, wedged it in the non-existent gap like a dick.

rallycross

Tr8' driving like a c0ck did he get his race licence in an African state?'if he hadn't hit the Austin he was heading for the gravel.

Non excuse for that especially not in practice.