JWRC: Very lucky man

Impreza01 · 12-08-2006, 02:41 AM

I searched, so sorry if it's a WTLW (used the terms: lucky man wrc).

Here's a JWRC event where a safety marshall got very lucky when a Suzuki crashed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_u3sckWQjg

darksc00by · 12-08-2006, 02:42 AM

nice member number, but IMO I think he wouldn't have died... the tree didn't break, he was behind the tree

Impreza01 · 12-08-2006, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darksc00by

nice member number, but IMO I think he wouldn't have died... the tree didn't break, he was behind the tree

No, I know for a fact the tree wouldn't break since it contacted near the stump. I was thinking the guy is lucky that he was behind the tree and not in front of it, and the JWRC Suzuki plowed into the tree.

darksc00by · 12-08-2006, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impreza01

I was thinking the guy is lucky that he was behind the tree and not in front of it, and the JWRC Suzuki plowed into the tree.

Very true.

Tomnel · 12-08-2006, 02:49 AM

Man that was close, a few inches to the side and the car would've flipped around the tree and creamed him.

DetroitWRX · 12-08-2006, 06:25 AM

When I marshelled sno-drift they said if your on the outside of the cornner be by a tree. glad to see the advice work. Good job for him not to drop a load and look some what calm.

Calamity Jesus · 12-08-2006, 09:37 AM

He wasn't lucky.. he was smart. He wasn't behind that tree by chance.

The camera-person was lucky (and brave).

XenoWolf · 12-08-2006, 12:10 PM

This is why I refuse to stand on the outside of corners, even as a marshal.

davis10 · 12-08-2006, 01:29 PM

I would be behind the tree too if I was standing there

Adibadi · 12-08-2006, 05:06 PM

Once something very similar almost happened to me in San Remo. Bruno Thiry wanted to kill me the same way but in the last second he changed his mind, came out from the ditch and managed to avoid both me and the tree. I wasn't sure though that it would have held since he was drifting towards us around 80 kph. Anyway I cheered up the Italian fans and got a free cigarette to cool down...

akuhner · 12-08-2006, 06:47 PM

I was "Cheif of Spectator Safety" at a rally sprint once. I did not know that I was going to be placed in that position, and for this very reason I was pissed. I did it anyway because the event wouldn't have happened if I refused, but it was a gamble. The spectators ignored my tape and orders to move, wandered around the place, stood in dumb spots, and everyone got lucky.

I knew what the video was from the description, remembered it from years ago, yet I HAD to watch it again for some reason...

ChrisL2 · 12-08-2006, 08:02 PM

Pretty freaky in a way.

I had something similar, though it was at in autox in the DFW area. Throttle got stuck on a car and it came right towards me. Luckily I was behind some of those large steel posts used to stop cars from driving into places. I did almost the same type of back peddle to the side and back.

12-08-2006, 02:41 AM	#1
Impreza01 Scooby Specialist Member#: 152 Join Date: Aug 1999 Vehicle: 2002 Impreza WRX WRB	JWRC: Very lucky man I searched, so sorry if it's a WTLW (used the terms: lucky man wrc). Here's a JWRC event where a safety marshall got very lucky when a Suzuki crashed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_u3sckWQjg

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darksc00by Scooby Guru Member#: 102140 Join Date: Dec 2005 Chapter/Region: South East Location: University of :FloriDarwin: Vehicle: your mom	nice member number, but IMO I think he wouldn't have died... the tree didn't break, he was behind the tree

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Tomnel Scooby Specialist Member#: 12625 Join Date: Nov 2001 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: San Fernando Valley CA Vehicle: MY02 WRX Impreza Silver	Man that was close, a few inches to the side and the car would've flipped around the tree and creamed him.

12-08-2006, 06:25 AM	#6
DetroitWRX Scooby Specialist Member#: 18777 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Wagon Sedona Red Pearl	When I marshelled sno-drift they said if your on the outside of the cornner be by a tree. glad to see the advice work. Good job for him not to drop a load and look some what calm.

12-08-2006, 09:37 AM	#7
Calamity Jesus Scooby Guru Member#: 44501 Join Date: Oct 2003 Chapter/Region: South East Location: in a minefield of caddishness. Vehicle: 1984 "Skeletor from "He-Man"	He wasn't lucky.. he was smart. He wasn't behind that tree by chance. The camera-person was lucky (and brave).

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XenoWolf Scooby Specialist Member#: 64029 Join Date: Jun 2004 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Potsdam, NY (Tremont, PA) Vehicle: 1999 Impreza L Wagon Sun Bleach Red	This is why I refuse to stand on the outside of corners, even as a marshal.

12-08-2006, 01:29 PM	#9
davis10 Scooby Specialist Member#: 70011 Join Date: Sep 2004 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: Bozeman, MT	I would be behind the tree too if I was standing there

12-08-2006, 05:06 PM	#10
Adibadi Scooby Newbie Member#: 134370 Join Date: Dec 2006 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: MA, South Shore Vehicle: 2006 STI Blue	Once something very similar almost happened to me in San Remo. Bruno Thiry wanted to kill me the same way but in the last second he changed his mind, came out from the ditch and managed to avoid both me and the tree. I wasn't sure though that it would have held since he was drifting towards us around 80 kph. Anyway I cheered up the Italian fans and got a free cigarette to cool down...

12-08-2006, 06:47 PM	#11
akuhner Scooby Specialist Member#: 462 Join Date: Oct 1999 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Westport, CT Vehicle: 2005 Saab 92x Aero No more rally car...	I was "Cheif of Spectator Safety" at a rally sprint once. I did not know that I was going to be placed in that position, and for this very reason I was pissed. I did it anyway because the event wouldn't have happened if I refused, but it was a gamble. The spectators ignored my tape and orders to move, wandered around the place, stood in dumb spots, and everyone got lucky. I knew what the video was from the description, remembered it from years ago, yet I HAD to watch it again for some reason...

12-08-2006, 08:02 PM	#12
ChrisL2 Scooby Specialist Member#: 1444 Join Date: May 2000 Location: Manchester, NH	Pretty freaky in a way. I had something similar, though it was at in autox in the DFW area. Throttle got stuck on a car and it came right towards me. Luckily I was behind some of those large steel posts used to stop cars from driving into places. I did almost the same type of back peddle to the side and back.