that a Mini nearly Died
but
that the driver is OK
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| Author: | Maxi23 [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | David Wheatley driving a Morris Cooper luckily escaped.. |
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20539954-1702,00.html Driver walks from high-speed crash By Todd Balym at Bathurst October 07, 2006 10:30am Article from: AAP A DRIVER in the Historic Touring Cars race at the Bathurst 1000 motor sport event amazingly walked away from a high speed crash at the Mount Panorama circuit today. Less than 24 hours after two V8 development series drivers were rushed to hospital in a critical condition following a crash on the mountain circuit, David Wheatley driving a Morris Cooper luckily escaped without serious injury from his own heavy crash. Wheatley's vehicle lifted onto two wheels as he came flying around the final bend leading onto the main straight. It flipped onto its roof and slid into the tyre wall in front of thousands of spectators, spiralled twice through the air and then rolled over again before coming to rest upside down. At one stage throughout the stunning sequence Wheatley's head protruded from the vehicle as his driver's side door had been ripped from the body of the vehicle. Wheatley managed to free himself from the wreckage without assistance, and rescue crews, who arrived quickly onto the scene, immediately hosed down the vehicle to eliminate fire risk. He walked to a nearby medical car and was taken to the on-track medical centre as a precaution. Wheatley was extremely lucky to not be seriously injured. Unlike the extensive safety precautions enforced on V8 Supercar drivers, Wheatley was not required to wear the new HANS safety device which has been made compulsory in other driving categories to protect the neck from serious whiplash during accidents. |
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| Author: | doogie [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:31 am ] |
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Thank god David is OK, he's such a genuine nice guys, his car is replaceable, he is'nt. Doogie |
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| Author: | Gadgets mini [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:32 am ] |
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| that a Mini nearly Died
but that the driver is OK
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| Author: | seahag [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Poor Baby |
Anyone have a pic of his mini ? Regards Seahag |
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| Author: | cush [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:49 pm ] |
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1960's technology safer than 2006 technology? 
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| Author: | aaron [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:33 pm ] |
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Once again cush, you show the sensitivity of a brick.... |
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| Author: | Blokeinamoke [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:44 pm ] |
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aaron wrote: Once again cush, you show the sensitivity of a brick....
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| Author: | Maxi23 [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:54 pm ] |
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Just saw the video of the acco on Ch 10 He was one lucky fella to walk away from it! Glad he is ok! |
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| Author: | pulver [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:58 pm ] |
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Just saw the crash then on telly and ran to the computer.... Crikey that bloke is lucky. Can anyone fill me in on the details of the car, the race and so on.... Just amazing... |
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| Author: | meeni [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:21 pm ] |
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cush wrote: 1960's technology safe than 2006 technology?
i think if a car hit his drivers door at 200 kph he would have been in worse shape... different crash glad hes ok, from what i saw and it was brief, the mini seemed like it held together ok, who knows, could be repaired... |
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| Author: | doogie [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:48 pm ] |
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David's car was one of the nicest best prepared mini's around, David was lucky enough to have no budget restriants, so only the best was used, the roll cage in his car was built by Arthur Jackson in Sydney, judging by the way David walked away from the car it was a sound investment, im sure he's planning his new car already. Doogie |
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| Author: | ss wanab [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:13 pm ] |
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see the crash on tv Woow it was a big one 
Glad hes ok tho 
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| Author: | DOZ [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:13 pm ] |
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Here is Davids Car at Eastern Crrek in March this year. 
Glad he was unhurt and the Mini seemed to cope with the roll over ok, probably due to cage etc. Daniel |
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| Author: | simon k [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:48 pm ] |
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it's easy to say this after only seeing the footage on the news, but I'd say the cage didn't get a lot of use in that crash - the car didn't appear impact on the roof at all - his biggest risk was the helmet whipping his head around
still, anyone who walks away from any sort of accident is lucky - nice car, hope he's gonna be there battling it out again next year |
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| Author: | Molina [ Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:02 pm ] |
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Somebody find video footage of this crash... STAT! I wanna see it. Was out all yesterday and only heard that there was a big mini crash when i was at the pub. |
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