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Article #9576Re: "Oh Lord, won't you fly me, a Mercedes-Benz" ( was Re: SUVs are rollover risks and prone fatal accidents! (NOT) )
From: Birken Vogt
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:53
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:53
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Brian Miller wrote: > > David Hillman wrote: > > > > In article <kj5q5tsac2at2jq9drcrnjmfclrj6dt05o@4ax.com>, > > David Jensen <david@dajensen-family.com> wrote: > > >That reminds me. Aside from that Mercedes a couple of years ago, has > > >anyone managed to flip their car back-to-front? > > > > 'That Mercedes' was actually three different Mercedes. One driver > > even did it twice! > > > > Porsche also had the same failure mode with their 911 GT1, but only > > once IIRC. > > > > Now someone can save me from looking up the rest of the lyrics to > > that great parody of the Janis Joplin tune by posting them here -> > > > > -- > > D a v i d H i l l m a n > > nma, scca, scscc, imoc > > I think in 1999 (or was it 1998) a Formula 1 car did this > in a race as it was coming to the finish line (on the last lap). > > It flipped and landed back on the track right way up and > slid over the finish line. > > He lost one position in the process. I was watching a NASCAR race a few years ago when a car got spun around backwards, still on its wheels, at high speed. But not for long, when the air caught it and flipped it right on its lid. It was incredible, I think the driver was unhurt. Birken
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