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    Cobra crash....

    http://youtu.be/nFcAO-wisg0

    I just don't get how this happens.....I mean I know he lost traction, but how do you do you not correct?

    I have seen this happen to quite a few guys.
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    Last edited by Hawkeye; 01-31-2012 at 11:10 PM.


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    Simple... no driving skills at all.

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    That could happen to anyone

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    Quote Originally Posted by mustang50lx View Post
    That could happen to anyone

    Thus the post......I guess it kinda scares me a bit that it could.


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    No wonder .... the steering wheel was installed on the wrong side!
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    I realize with the short wheelbase of a Cobra that it can swap ends a little easier than a bigger car, but jeez...he never got out of the gas. Almost seemed like he wasn't paying attention.
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    Thats what happens when you decide to be a hero and stay in the gas when you are spinning. Short wheelbase and not letting out of it did him in.


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    No driver mod, that was terrible. How the hell do you lose control of a car going 30mph?
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    Nice. Looks like he turned out of the slide just a hair, certainly not enough to correct and never lifted. Then he looked back at the starting line like "WTF?!" This often happen when the "money vs brains" scale leans heavy on the side of money.
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    What a shame
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan B. View Post
    Nice. Looks like he turned out of the slide just a hair, certainly not enough to correct and never lifted. Then he looked back at the starting line like "WTF?!" This often happen when the "money vs brains" scale leans heavy on the side of money.
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    It doesnt help when you dont line up in the grove.


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    After he fixed the car from not knowing how to lift when the car gets sideways, he went road racing.

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    Terrible driving. A quick counter steer and less gas would have saved the car...shame.

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    maybe it was a woman driving? lol
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    Wonder if he retreived his timeslip. May have been a sixty ft on there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silverhatch View Post
    After he fixed the car from not knowing how to lift when the car gets sideways, he went road racing.
    I sure hope not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Aubele View Post
    I sure hope not.
    I posted like it was the same driver in the Cobra rollover roadracing vid posted here earlier...........

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