More often than not track days are fun. If you like them the next step is amateur level club racing. That can be fun too. You get out on track, with like minded souls wanting to push themselves and their cars to the limits.
Sadly, sometimes some club racers confuse ambition for talent. Sometimes they confuse fun for win at all costs. And sometimes that ends up in arsehole moves like you can see in this video.
Thankfully, the affected driver walked away unharmed from this totally unavoidable incident which took place recently at Croft in the UK. Just make sure you watch the video again, and pay special attention to the head movements of the red baron.
This happened on lap three of a schedule which consisted of two 30 minute races. We’re only seeing one side of the story here, of course, but it’s pretty hard to mount a defence for the dickhead in the red MX-5.
Unfortunately the camera car ended up as a total write off. If you feel strongly enough about the plight of our unsuspecting victim, follow this link and lend a hand.
[Thanks to Pete for the tip]
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Wow what a douchbag..
You see that the driver in front DELIBERATELY changes line and pushes him off the road. If he didn’t lose his racing licence for perpetuity for that kind of driving, which COULD have killed another driver, the MSA in the UK really should have a long hard look at themselves.
Red Baron dude is a knob!
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According to the youtube comments when the video was still fresh, the offender has been kicked out of the club & banned.
Honestly at the speed he hit that barrier and flying over the slippery grass like that I just would not expect the guy to survive a hit like that let alone still be conscious. One lucky guy.
But the dude in the red car was just a pure and utter piece of work. After surviving, I would of got back to the pits and put a royal beating on the wa@#er in the red car. I’m sure the guy in the white car he bumped off the track seconds earlier would have helped in the beating too.
I serious would not have been able to control my anger. I mean the red car dude tried to kill him.
That’s my best mate in that car and from what I hear he was surprisingly calm after the incident. All safety equipment worked and only his ego was bruised.
As for the other driver his protests of his total innocence fell on deaf ears. Not sure about the ban but he got points and a hefty fine. His girlfriend was more angry than Darren was.
Late night visit anyone? I’d break both his hands and feet so he could never drive again