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Originally Posted by MMC Racing So it was a left hand curve. The driver got into the dirt, over-corrected, spun around, and his rear hit the bank on the other

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Old 07-17-2010, 11:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So it was a left hand curve. The driver got into the dirt, over-corrected, spun around, and his rear hit the bank on the other side of the road. When his rear hit, it caused kind of a slow motion roll over. This is how he described it and his skid marks concurred.
all at 40 mph?
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all at 40 mph?
40 was the story he told the cop.. Like the driver told us later -he wasn't watching his speedometer at that exact moment, but 60+ was more likely.
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You could roll over at any speed if you hit a bank like that. But yeah that corner looks way faster than 40 mph!
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You could roll over at any speed if you hit a bank like that. But yeah that corner looks way faster than 40 mph!
Maybe, but this wasn't a suzuki samurai. The good thing is nobody was hurt.
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