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[*] posted on 6-6-2016 at 05:40 PM


Watch this video. Right at the beginning it shows him going off the road. It's like he didn't see the turn. He drove straight through it. Maybe he was going too fast and was standing on the brakes. Tough to tell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoxYhnawmhE

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[*] posted on 6-6-2016 at 05:48 PM


My Son and Son-in-law were very close by (100 yards?), tho they did not actually see the accident. Their understanding is that the driver went way left to avoid some pedestrians before dropping off on to the dirt ramp into the river bottom. He was not going very fast, but still dropped his left wheel off the edge of the dirt ramp and that pulled him left and off the ramp and down into the swampy river bottom. He gunned it for a second as that is what they do to get thru difficult places/situations, probably not really seeing the people in his path.

That is the educated speculation that was going around just after with the crowd. This particular spot has had many race-accidents in the past, and is somewhat tricky.
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[*] posted on 6-6-2016 at 05:49 PM


Reminds me of the car during one of the races that went up on the sidewalk and hit spectators one or two years ago
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[*] posted on 6-6-2016 at 05:55 PM


Quote: Originally posted by Barry A.  
This particular spot has had many race-accidents in the past, and is somewhat tricky.


I wonder if they will keep up with the insanity of routing the race through a well known accident prone place in an urban, populated area. It really is stupid. I can't think of any other way of saying it.



[Edited on 6-7-2016 by SFandH]
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[*] posted on 6-6-2016 at 08:02 PM


Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  
Quote: Originally posted by Barry A.  
This particular spot has had many race-accidents in the past, and is somewhat tricky.


I wonder if they will keep up with the insanity of routing the race through a well known accident prone place in an urban, populated area. It really is stupid. I can't think of any other way of saying it.



[Edited on 6-7-2016 by SFandH]


I think it is one of the few places where they can route the race from the streets of Ensenada into the river bed, but not sure on that.
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[*] posted on 6-7-2016 at 12:05 PM


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