Yowza. CGT crash, 2 die. - Page 2

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ORIGINAL: 99a4audi

stupid rich people donno how to handle their cars

keep the asshole comments to yourself, ****

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The person driving the vehicle who was behind him (Ferrari Stradale) just called us and told us what happened from his view. He was first on the scene. He said the GT past him at over 150mph as they eased onto the straigh a way and was traveling close to 165mph when he saw the car swerve. He got his car stopped and was first on the scene. One person was DOA and the other (driver) passed away in the helicopter enroute to the hospital.

What happened with the pit marshall:

Marshall saw the GT coming and gave the Ferrari owner the "GO" Ferrari guy hesitated.. looked back at the track.. passenger was shouting "GO".. then marshall says "STOP" and the Ferrari guy takes off.

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Ben died on the track with a fellow lover of cars Corey as his passenger. He was nearing a the end of a high speed straight away when another car was waived on to the track causing Ben to swerve to avoid the collision striking a concrete retaining wall head on. Corey died instanteously and Ben died as he was being flown to the hospital.

thats too bad. I would hate to be the guy driving the car that caused him to swerve

that just sux all around, but may both of them rest in peace

http://www.legacy.com/signonsandiego/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=14186153

Odd coincidence, but a guy who died in this crash fequently posted on the yahoo finance message boards about the company I work for. I got this link off that board.

Seemed like a real good guy... I hope the dude above, who was flaming the "stupid rich guys" reads that.

hey this is about my post earlier about this thread, i donno what i was thinking, that was very rude of me to make that comment, im just saying sorry. Im in cali right now, im in business meetings, it turns out the dude in the passenger seat of the porsche GT was the guy giving the meeting's friend. The dude was ONLY 32, he was a very wealthy, he created a popular weathly website . The meeting went quiet when he told the story. I felt very bad about what i said. I wish i could take it back. RIP to the driver and passenger.

thanks for apologizing, 99a4audi

hope u guys except it, it was an asshole comment, and i never make such comments ever. i really am sorry if i affended anyone

Naw, its alright... thats the problem with making a post... its too easy to post it before you've really thought of it right? First impression, you see a CGT against the wall... and yeah, good chance it might be a yuppie -- god knows there are enough of them out there...

But, after thinking about it a little while, you realize that yuppies dont go to race tracks, and any guy who buys a CGT is awesome... you gotta love cars when you dump half a mil on one.

Race tracks need to be better managed... prolly some kid making 8 bucks an hour, flagged the 2nd car out in front of the ill-fated carerra.

thanks, ya it is a sad thing