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Posted by TheBrain (Member # 35) on :
 
Went to the track on Wednesday to take advantage of the weather, (mid 30's here in South Florida)
Track opens @ 6pm, I get there at about 6:30 and see a helicopter landing at the end of the drag strip. After waiting about an hour, they announce that there will be no racing

Here is the article from the Palm Beach Post

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/man-18-in-serious-condition-after-crash-at-168054.html

An 18 year old with a 2006 Vette? Seriously??? At least his parents were there to see the mistake they made.

Brian

[ January 08, 2010, 02:32 PM: Message edited by: TheBrain ]
 

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Posted by FoX GT (Member # 4587) on :
 
i thought corvettes had good brakes?
 

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Posted by Big block 66 f100 (Member # 8867) on :
 

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Originally posted by FoX GT:
i thought corvettes had good brakes?

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not if you dont push them
 

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Posted by racsirx (Member # 1710) on :
 
I thought 18 makes you a legal adult, also at 18 you can go fight a war but you cant drive a corvette at a track at 108 MPH. Also I just never understood why at 18 you can die for this Country but you cant drink. And for record I have 4 kids and one is 17.
 

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Posted by 2stangs69-91 (Member # 1951) on :
 
I think you may have missed the point of the post. I would not feel comfortable with a 18 year old kid racing a vette at the track given his amount of driving experiance encase something went wrong. Now if he had been racing since he was 8 in JR dragsters it would have been different. I hope he pulls through. I wonder if he had a helmet on? Now you can feel free to turn your kids loose on what ever you want that is your choice. GSXR1000 maybe would that make you nervous?

[ January 08, 2010, 06:25 PM: Message edited by: 2stangs69-91 ]
 

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Posted by Nastysvt (Member # 6431) on :
 
damn, even if the brakes went out, downshift that bitch. Hope he makes it through. sad story
 

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Posted by FordManDan (Member # 432) on :
 
Not sure why he crashed, but he's 18, which is old enough to operate a fast car. If he had a mid 12 second 5.0 stang, would the parents be stupid then? I'm just saying we should speculate that he's a rich as punk. He might be a rich cool kid that had a medical problem or mechanical failure on his chevy. Hope he's ok.
I think I was 19 or 20 and running 12.40s in a 30 year old car with stock suspension and drum brakes! Now that's asking for trouble!
 

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Posted by crazy horse (Member # 7089) on :
 

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Originally posted by FoX GT:
i thought corvettes had good brakes?

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not if you dont push them

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since when do you have to push on them? i thoght newer cars stopped themselves

this sucks tho hope the kids allright
 

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Posted by TheBrain (Member # 35) on :
 

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Originally posted by FordManDan:
Not sure why he crashed, but he's 18, which is old enough to operate a fast car. If he had a mid 12 second 5.0 stang, would the parents be stupid then?

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Originally posted by FordManDan:
Not sure why he crashed, but he's 18, which is old enough to operate a fast car. If he had a mid 12 second 5.0 stang, would the parents be stupid then?

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Absolutely !!!!! I know that I had 2 years driving experience when I got my first 5.0 @ 18 years old. It was a bone stock 83 Capri. Totalled it 29 days after I bought it. It wasn't due to lack of experience, it was a total lack of respect for what the car could and could not do.

Years later I told my Dad he should NEVER have co-signed for that car.

Go ahead, blast away. I can take it

Brian

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holy shit that shows how old you are if you financed a 83 i wasnt born till next year lol.just kiddin
 

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Posted by TheBrain (Member # 35) on :
 
I bought the '83 Capri used in July of '85, Bought my new '85 Capri RS in September.

You were born the year I graduated High School

Brian
 

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Posted by MikeD. (Member # 8060) on :
 
The real question is why is an 06 vette only trapping 108?

In all reality, that sucks. I bought my 5.0 when I was 17, saved for it, and told my parents I was buying another truck when I went to buy it. They were VERY upset when I came home with the car. I wasn't allowed home for a few days, but when I did, my dad asked for the keys. He left, came back, and told me when his 442 he had was faster, gave me the keys back and said dont kill your self. I guess he figured out how slow they are stock.
 

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Posted by bigjerry (Member # 6033) on :
 
When I came home with my vert. My dad did not let me drive it till I installed a roll bar.
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 
sad, but what car you are in has nothing to do with it.

You can die just as easily in an 88 escort.
 

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Posted by 2stangs69-91 (Member # 1951) on :
 
lol if you dont hit your brakes racing your escort you wreck doing 65.
 

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Posted by Duncan Motors (Member # 7045) on :
 
lol! i loved all three of my escorts! sold all three too, shoot not sure why? good little buckets.hope the kids alright but damn prob no experience for sure .
 

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Posted by need-a-cage (Member # 5415) on :
 
Something must have happened to him going down the track. The shut down areas are huge, he couldn't have possibly thought that the race wasn't over yet, could he? Well, maybe in a Vette that keeps pulling at speed. Maybe he was watching the speedo or something and trying to hit 120mph?

I hope the poor kid pulls through. This is a pretty sad story.

An 06 Vette is really safe. Remember, a 15 1/2 year old can take a written test and get his motorcycle permit and go buy a 150hp bike that runs 10's at 130mph. You can find these bikes used nowaday's for a few grand. That is dangerous. More so on the street though than on a track. It is better to build up to the fast car or bike, especially if you build it yourself because you appreciate it a lot more and hopefully won't do something stupid on the street.
 

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Posted by justflipa03 (Member # 9642) on :
 
Damn spoiled kids! thats just redicioulus his parents buying him a corvette for his first car. they must be brain dead
 

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Posted by ugotsmoked (Member # 6069) on :
 
108 trap? he obviously did not know how to drive.
 

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Posted by fast 98gt (Member # 9307) on :
 

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Originally posted by turbo50:
sad, but what car you are in has nothing to do with it.

You can die just as easily in an 88 escort.

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very true my first car was a 94 ford aspire and i almost killed myself in that a few times being dumb
 

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Posted by 707vibrantcobra93 (Member # 4702) on :
 
It almost sounds like maybe the poor kid my have mad something happen to him before the end of the track, siezure, black out something medically wrong because even not knowing how to drive or not knowing the track he still would have known that there was a barrier he was geetng close to and to hit the breaks. It's a theory. Either that or he made a retard move. In any case hope he pulls threw and lives to race another day
 

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Posted by John91coupe (Member # 18) on :
 
Here's another "theory". Maybe this kid had no idea where the quarter mile ended. He might have had this notion that his corvette should do 140 in the quarter and just watched the speedometer until he ran out of track. Then again, maybe it was just stupidity.
 

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Posted by RODRIGUEZ (Member # 9104) on :
 
Poor kid, if I was him I'd contact Chevrolet and tell them my brakes went out at the track (don't know if he even tried using them or not but somebodies gotta pay for what happened, why not Chevy ) and try and get a new Vette, they'd probably get a fat settlement and maybe even a brand new Corvette!
 

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Posted by trickflow211 (Member # 8503) on :
 
ya age has nothing to do with it, i am 18 years old, and my 5.0 is my 1st car, i saved up since i was 16 years old and payed ever penny of it... and i have freinds that are 20 and 21 who have had multiple cars and they got a 5.0 beacause i had mine, and they wrapped there 5.0s this years...i just respect my car, and dont do anything stupid...
 

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Posted by street_illegal_stang (Member # 1554) on :
 
Ouch! Retard! I bet he was still trying to out run that fox after the end whoops
 

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Posted by drop88stang (Member # 9650) on :
 
Thats how a Real Chevy Looks
 

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