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Car redesign the hard way

Posted By : Andy Winterton, 23-May-2004, 10:31pm

Ouch

Now that looks like a shed, Jon

Car redesign the hard way

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Car redesign the hard way

Posted By : Andy Winterton, 23-May-2004, 10:33pm

And another piccy.

Does anyone know which marshall made off with my con-rod? (after he found it on the track)

PS. Thanks for your concern James, I'm fine, just a bit sore

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  Posted By : Jon Wolfe, 23-May-2004, 10:46pm
  
  Just pop a couple of new rear light lenses on and it'll be ready to go! I like that cam-tail look...
  
  Is the chassis OK?
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    Posted By : Jason Chinn, 23-May-2004, 11:05pm
    
    Ouch indeed - what happened? There's a story in there for sure! Hmm bob-tail Spitfire - niiice
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      Posted By : Barry Blakeley, 24-May-2004, 01:22pm
      
      I was right behind Andy on the rolling start and when he was just about level with the chicane his engine let go(I was 30 mtr behind) I drove into the cloud of smoke expecting Andy's car to drop down to the inside of the track.
      The next thing I saw at about 45 deg to my right was Andy's car going backwards with flames and smoke spewing out of the front but moving towards the outside of the track.
      I moved left and when I was nearly level with Andy I saw in my periferal vision, and strangly, heard the impact.
      All this happened in a couple of seconds or less and I am sure Andy was just a passenger from when the engine let go.
      It was a major off and thankfully all the damage was to the car not the driver.
      Barry
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        Posted By : John Davies, 24-May-2004, 07:21pm
        
        Weird coincidence!
        You will all have seen the Monaco GP since the above - in which the Sato/Alonso incident is very like the Barry/Andy description. Although Alonso ended upside down on the concrete armco, he was unhurt - says as much for TSSC race engieering as it does for F1's.
        John
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    Posted By : Andy Winterton, 24-May-2004, 01:23pm
    
    Ha.
    
    Think the chassis will be OK - the rear wheels pushed forward so the radius arms bent the tub - a rare benefit from not having wishbones!
    
    Gonna take alot of Copydex to glue the block back together tho
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      Posted By : Richard King, 24-May-2004, 01:31pm
      
      Good thing there wasn't any rust in your boot or it would have all folded in and...oh, hang on.
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        Posted By : Kev Hadfield, 24-May-2004, 02:19pm
        
        Having watched the whole incident on video last night, its clear Andy was unable to do anything once the engine has blown and thankfully came out of it unhurt: only the mamouth task of re-building the car will probably hurt more.
        
        Let's not forget Paul Maddon the TR driver innocently caught up in the incident. I was speaking to him after the meeting and was clearly shook up and still unsure as to what happened. He also faces just as much work as Andy to rebuild his car, if not more. Many more evenings and weekends spent in the garage. All the best to both of you.
        
        Whilsts a small percentage of spectators love to see a good crash, I am sure the majority of them, like us are concerned about the well being of the drivers.
        
        Kev
        
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        Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 24-May-2004, 04:27pm
        
        Ang captured the start on video... and the end of Andy's first corner adventure - flames and everything....
        
        I will amend this post when I get home and link to the mpeg I've made so you can all withness it 'first' hand.
        
        can't post it from work due to firewalls
        
        watch this space ... !
        
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        Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 25-May-2004, 06:57pm
        
        http://niginthecar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/video/Andy...
        
        It's 1.7Mb and won't currently run in Netscape... I'll sort that asap.
        
        Andy... take a deep breath..
        
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        Posted By : Chris Wilson, 25-May-2004, 07:50pm
        
        I managed to more or less capture the beginning of Andy's dilemma and have attempted to put it on my very very basic website (I know more about fiddlin with spits and that aint a lot yet!, than web technical stuff!). Anyway, I've just done a trial with the link and it worked for me so here's the bit prior to NiG's bit (sort of!).
        
        Oh - its just under a meg and runs for about 9 secs (ish) and is Windows Media Player compatible. Haven't got a clue if Netscape can run it!!
        
        http://website.lineone.net/chrispaulwilson/andy_w...
        
        Regards
        
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        Posted By : Andy Winterton, 26-May-2004, 04:02pm
        
        Thanks Chris and NiG for loading the video clips... next time remind me to turn left not right at Rockingham...
        
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        Posted By : Richard King, 27-May-2004, 07:46am
        
        You were just like Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder.
        
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        Posted By : David Thompson, 27-May-2004, 08:59am
        
        Except that Andy's acting was better. Just as well the cameras were set up correctly too as you only get one shot at the crash scene.
        
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        Posted By : Richard King, 27-May-2004, 09:24am
        
        You think so? Personally, I thought Andy's acting was a bit wooden. He also really over-egged the fishtailing about with smoke coming out the bonnet scene...
        
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        Posted By : Andy Winterton, 27-May-2004, 02:53pm
        
        Remind me to get a body-double next time
        
        oh, and a new dipstick.....
        
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        Posted By : Michael Davis, 27-May-2004, 09:49pm
        
        Andy, apparently your efforts at reshaping the wall at turn one made it into Autosport this week. Not seen it myself but I'm told there is a picture.
        
        Fame at last?
        
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        Posted By : Andy Vowell, 27-May-2004, 11:25pm
        
        Page 101, fame at last indeed.
        
        Best you wish you had some Demon Tweeks stickers on now eh!
        
        Cheers
        Andy
        
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        Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 27-May-2004, 09:40am
        
        Mark Humphries had obvisouly been watching 'Days of Thunder' too, there was so much smoke we couldn't see through the corner. - his solution was to aim for where he thought the cars were and put his foot down my solution was to move to the inside where I could actually see.
        
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        Posted By : David Styles, 27-May-2004, 11:07am
        
        Chris,...
        
        I can play Nigels, but yours asks me for a username and password...
        
        is that just me ?
        
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        Posted By : Chris Wilson, 27-May-2004, 06:33pm
        
        Dave,
        
        I think it's most probably your end thats causing the username/password glitch - anyone else had a problem with viewing it?
        
        Regards
        
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        Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 27-May-2004, 06:53pm
        
        Chris - you don't work on a help desk do you?
        
        User error.... user error
        
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        Posted By : Chris Wilson, 27-May-2004, 10:03pm
        
        Wotsa help desk???? Me no savvy - me just a user!!
        
        Regards
        
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        Posted By : Andy Winterton, 24-May-2004, 04:48pm
        
        Kev, any chance of a copy of the video please? I'd love to see if my recollection of the "incident" bears any semblance to what really happened.
        
        Paul Maddon was pretty good about it afterwards - it's one thing spoiling your own afternoon, but I felt bad about ruining Paul's too.
        
        David was right about the crowd's view of crashes - one has a different perspective when one knows the people involved. Not many people want to see anyone hurt, but the spectacle and drama of a crash probably shows through more if one is further removed. Actually in the crash, there was too much going on to think too much. It was only when away from the car at the trackside that the usual emotions came to the fore - relief at being OK, frustration, regret, anger, embarrassment at holding up the race, annoyance at missing the race. I'm sure you can imagine.
        
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        Posted By : Kev Hadfield, 24-May-2004, 06:28pm
        
        Andy
        
        Send me your address and I will sort out a copy for you.
        e-mail me on khadfield112@msn.com
        
        Glad to hear that you are OK
        
        Kev