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    vtluu Guest

    Default Carrera GT crash at Fontana... RIP



    From http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4562562/detail.html# :

    [size=18px]Two Killed In Crash At California Speedway[/size]
    [size=9px]POSTED: 3:23 pm PDT June 2, 2005
    UPDATED: 11:05 am PDT June 3, 2005[/size]

    FONTANA, Calif. -- Two San Diego County men were killed when their Porsche crashed and burned at the California Speedway, authorities said.

    The 2005 Porsche Carrera GT went out of control, left the inside track and careened onto the grass, hit a barrier and caught fire at 10:40 a.m. Thursday, San Bernardino County officials said.

    The passenger, Corey Nicholas Rudl, 34, died at the scene. The driver, Benjamin Miles Keaton, 39, was airlifted to Loma Linda University Hospital, where he died about an hour later, according to the county coroner's office.

    The La Jolla men were not burned but died of crash injuries, Supervising Deputy Coroner Randy Emon said.

    Both men were wearing helmets and safety belts but the car was doing more than 100 mph when it crashed, authorities said.

    "The driver's side was in good shape, but the passenger side was obliterated," Emon said.

    The accident occurred while the track was being rented by the San Diego chapter of the Ferrari Owners Club, speedway spokesman Dennis Bickmeier said.

    Clubs commonly use the speedway when professional races aren't going on, he said.

    The men are the fourth and fifth fatalities at California Speedway since it opened in 1997.

    Fontana is 55 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
    From http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61677 :
    IT WAS NOT BEN'S FAULT!!! THE ORGANIZER HAD PICKED THE 150MPH ZONE AS THE ENTRANCE TO THE TRACK AND THE F-CAR DRIVER PULLED IN FRONT OF HIM NEAR THE END OF THE STRAGHT. THERE WERE NO CORNER WORKS AND NO FLAGS!!! HE TRIED TO AVOID HIM AND SPUN OUT AND HIT THE WALL AT NEARLY THAT SPEED.
    The entrance to the track was at the absolute worst place in the straight and an F-car was waived on in error as they came down the straight. It was just unthinkable something like this could happen. The driver waived on is by all accounts an excellent driver and was only doing what was instructed. I doubt he ever saw the car in such a blind spot coming on.

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    Default Carrera GT crash at Fontana... RIP

    Very sad indeed... Wilson posted this last week
    http://www.norcalevo.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4735
    05 Evo 8 - 333 whp / 318wtq - Tanabe DP, TP, Modified 3" noir cat back, GM boost solenoid, Walboro FP, RC 1000cc injectors, E-85

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    vtluu Guest

    Default Carrera GT crash at Fontana... RIP

    Whoops, my bad, sorry for the repost.

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