"ToyDeathbot" (ToyDeathbot)
05/12/2014 at 05:52 • Filed to: None
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"ToyDeathbot" (ToyDeathbot)
05/12/2014 at 05:52 • Filed to: None | 2
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He was a 'regular user of the track' and hit the tyre wall at high speed :(
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jkm7680
> ToyDeathbot
05/12/2014 at 05:57 |
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That's sad. Honestly, I personally would stop doing that kind of thing in my 50's.
Squid
> jkm7680
05/12/2014 at 07:38 |
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Why would you stop tracking your car?
505Turbeaux
> ToyDeathbot
05/12/2014 at 07:47 |
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If he was wearing safety gear I wonder what the cause of death was. The car isn't that tore up is my only thought
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ToyDeathbot
> 505Turbeaux
05/12/2014 at 07:56 |
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yeah, and it looks like it was the passenger side which took most of the impact...maybe it was whiplash?
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505Turbeaux
> ToyDeathbot
05/12/2014 at 07:59 |
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totally, then I thought maybe there was an intrusion of something, but it was a tire wall. Poor guy, I hate seeing this shit but it is the price you pay to track as safe as they try and make it
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ToyDeathbot
> 505Turbeaux
05/12/2014 at 08:07 |
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well here's another view, and apparently he didn't die on scene, but in hospital
and the helmets should answer one of your questions
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10035…
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505Turbeaux
> ToyDeathbot
05/12/2014 at 08:09 |
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looking at it closer it was a sideways hit, bet he broke his neck at least from the sideways g's.
mr2gud2u
> ToyDeathbot
05/12/2014 at 08:12 |
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A sobering reminder that track days are dangerous
duurtlang
> 505Turbeaux
05/12/2014 at 08:20 |
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The guy was in his 60s. Maybe he had a stroke, causing the crash?
ttyymmnn
> ToyDeathbot
05/12/2014 at 08:22 |
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That's the passenger in the white helmet. Car is right drive for NZ.
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ToyDeathbot
> mr2gud2u
05/12/2014 at 08:29 |
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And a good reminder about how the outcome would have been a hundred times worst if it occurred on a public road!
More people have to start realizing that even if bad things happen on tracks, you still have someone with medical experience to watch over you rather than waiting a good 20 minutes for an ambulance to beat lunch hour traffic.
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ToyDeathbot
> ttyymmnn
05/12/2014 at 08:31 |
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if you look carefully, there's a camouflaged black helmet next to it
docvondeaf
> ToyDeathbot
05/12/2014 at 12:54 |
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Said he was in his 60's, heart attack maybe?
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jkm7680
> Squid
05/12/2014 at 16:01 |
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There's a point where things just get a little too risky.
Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> ToyDeathbot
05/12/2014 at 20:34 |
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Made (all of) the front page of the herald today - shame the only time motorsport gets serious coverage is when someone dies.
This is the second major-injury accident at Taupo in 4 months. And unless I miss my guess, it's basically the same accident as the MG one - guy misjudges exiting turn 9, hits the wall at a shallow angle much further down the straight (in this case probably went into the RH wall going backwards), corner of car digs into the tyres and spins the car round. Only difference was that in the MG's case it spun it round vertically too. I know Taupo's already considered pretty safe (FIA class 2), but I wonder if they're going to need to do something about that stretch between turns 9 and 10 - maybe get a sandtrap or two in there.
I'd bet the major injury was a neck one. With no 4 point belts he won't have been wearing a HANS. Digging a corner into the tyres at that speed is going to lead to a vicious whip-around, and the damage to the rear corner and position on the track suggests that's what happened.
Mucho sympathy to the family, and I hope they can take consolation from the fact that he died doing what he loved.