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Looks like we lost another 5 at Lakeside yesterday.

I have heard that an MX5 went in pretty hard near the bridge and the result was messy, hope the driver is OK and the car repairable. A quick look on Natsoft, and I think I can work out who it was, but until more comes to light it would only be conjecture.

SP? :-(

Think so.

I'm amazed that Lakeside is still open to be honest. So many bad crash reports seem to come out of the place.

Three show as running, ljs18 was there in his and did 24 laps or so whereas SP only did 5

No good and sorry to hear that

I dont have his phone number - but have dropped him an email.
Will advise if/when i get a response.

Edit

Just spoke to Chris

sideways at 180 under bridge ended up into barrier at hungry.
car is very bad - driver ok

Both air bags went off - car may be salvageable for track use only

unfortunately no on board camera

deviant wrote:I'm amazed that Lakeside is still open to be honest. So many bad crash reports seem to come out of the place.

Everyone is made well aware of the risks at driver briefing. It is unfair to close a track because some people crash there. For every crash that you've heard of, there are many many more people who have dríven there without crashing. It's a case of driver beware, which applies equally at any track.

MINX wrote:I dont have his phone number - but have dropped him an email.
Will advise if/when i get a response.

Edit

Just spoke to Chris

sideways at 180 under bridge ended up into barrier at hungry.
car is very bad - driver ok

Both air bags went off - car may be salvageable for track use only

Good to see Chris is OK, I bet he is a bit sore though.....

Pity about the car, but if it bounced off the armco without digging in it may be just panels and no chassis damage.

My desktop has the result of me spearing off under the bridge a little bit quicker, lucky for me I did a full 360 just tagging the fence losing only a headlight bucket, front spoiler and corner off a fibreglass bonnet and a dented guard. A day's work and it was up and running again in a sort of presentable fashion.

Car went in head on - front is stuffed

MINX wrote:I dont have his phone number - but have dropped him an email.
Will advise if/when i get a response.

Edit

Just spoke to Chris

sideways at 180 under bridge ended up into barrier at hungry.
car is very bad - driver ok

Both air bags went off - car may be salvageable for track use only

unfortunately no on board camera

Good to hear that Chris is ok.

Another SP off the list though...

Feelin' sorry for Chris, he always has a go and to me, right on the edge all the time and has been a pleasure to watch him - hope he recovers fast and we see him back again in the near future

Bummer to hear about the crash
Glad to hear he is OK

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Chris may be looking to get something more dedicated for future track days. Possibly non MX5.

What was his safety setup, this was a road car presumably if he had airbags?

Glad he is ok. Better dented pride than physical injury.

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